In the Morning:

Books by Iyanla Vanzant. "All of them."
Printer advice.
Zip code lookup.
Literacy office phone.
I call a sir a ma'am. Fortunately, he was amused.
Racial breakdown of school districts in Dallas.
Electronics test books.
He's forgotten his username and password, and he can't type. He swears he's been to the website before and he has important business there. Meanwhile, the line behind him gives me dirty looks.
Kate Remembered, by A. Scott Berg.
The beginning of wisdom, by Leon Kass.
Franco-Prussian war books.
The man who's forgotten his username certainly never had one. He sits there trying things at random and grumbling to himself. When it asked for an email address he gives his name, along with "com-dot-net." I remember him as the man who once got upset because we told him it was impossible to fax his document with a photocopier.
Tuesday's paper.
Bathroom?
Yesterday's paper.
No publisher will publish his novel, which he now keeps in a green plastic case.
He wants a quick look at his family tree on the internet. I try to warn him ... He announces that he intends to start with the census.
Stapler.

In the Afternoon:

A guy wants to know roughly where everything is. I point out fiction, nonfiction, and magazines. He is happy.
Address to the State Department Administrative Hearings office.
Can I help you? "Nope." This is becoming a trend.
Armageddon, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry O. Jenkins, on tape. But while I fail to locate a copy she discovers that she hadn't read The remnant yet. Unfortunately, we didn't have a copy of that either.
Today's paper.
Issues of Dragon from many years ago. Alas ...

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In the Morning:

Local free weekly paper.
The five love languages, by Gary D Chapman.
Local Habitat for Humanity contact.
Printer advice.
Nursing career books.
Phone for Rally's Burgers.
Today's paper, then yesterday's.
Change for a ten.
Map of Wisconsin.
Yesterday's paper.
Books for fathers of special needs children, in Spanish.
A circ clerk shows me a list of garbled mathematical equations that a patron puts in the suggestion box every few days.
Don't call me brother, by Austin Miles.
"Books telling you about the dangers of red meat."

In the Afternoon:

BBC sound effects library CDs v. 7 and v. 18.
Louis L'Amour books.
Bathroom?
"Is he too young to use the computers?" Yes.
Printer advice.
I'm told in great detail all the problems with the microfilm readers, including the fact that it's usually the other machine that gives her trouble, etc etc.
Computer workshop info.
A scruffy patron wants a look at the penal code.
I kick two kids out of the stacks for running.
Is such and such a group meeting here tonight?
CPT guidebooks.
Beethoven's Heilgenstadt Testament. She thought it was in a book and I spent forever looking for it, as one computer crashed, then another. When they came back up I googled it and found it in ten seconds.

Internet Signups: 41

In the Afternoon:

Addresses to state facilities, but he couldn't narrow it down.
Area codes.
Scratch paper.
Yes, we have word processors.
Yes, we have computers.
Phone for a nearby Chevy dealership.
City directories, 1961-67.
Criss-cross, and the tax assessor's office.
The greatest, by Muhammad Ali.
CDs by Gloria Lynne.
Today's paper.
Phone for an individual and for Marshall Fields.
Today's paper.
"The book of civil service exams. Do you have one that's got all of them?"
Eight notarizations. The guy comes in all the time and has decided to call me "my friend."
The front desk can make you a library card, sir.
Sorry, ma'am, we don't have a scanner.
"I need books about AIDS. You know, the pros and cons."
Printer advice.
Pencil.
ASVAB books.
One of those patrons who talks too loudly and doesn't know it wanted books by D. W. Buffa.
Computer crash.
Email advice.

In the Evening:

Yellow pages of rock.
Missing floppy is found.
Don't run!
Pregnancy books.
Copy machine.
Printing advice.
Sorry, no fax machine.
Back issues of Vibe.
Stapler.
Musical scores.
Student loan guidebooks.
Resume books.
Can I help you? "No."
Pen.
Aphrodite and City of the beasts, by Isabel Allende.
Info on our journal databases.
1984, by George Orwell, Nectar in a sieve, by Kamala Markandaya, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Caravans, by James Michener, and Cry, the beloved country, by Alan Paton. Now you have an idea of the 9th grade summer reading list.
"Do you have any fiction books, I mean, books on vodou?"

Internet Signups: 33

In the Morning:

Department of Justice address.
Printer advice.
Sorry, you're too young to use the computers here.
Whiteout.
Printer advice.
Today's paper.
What old newspapers do we have?
Dictionary.
Change for the copier? Not here.
Printer advice.
Probate numbers? Huh?
Printer advice.
Computer crash.
Much explanation of the microfilm machines.
Consumer info on replacement windows.
Local Lions Club number.
"Where's this area code located?"
Printer advice.
Computer crash.
Rules of the Road.
Printer Advice.
The masks of Othello, by Marvin Rosenberg.
The blueberry muffin murder, by Joanne Fluke.
CDL guides.
Don't run!

In the Afternoon:

Don't run!
Today's paper.
Classifieds.
"I need a computer program on opening and closing Microsoft."
Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler. Also speeches of his.
City directories 1960-67.
A little night music, by Stephen Sondheim et. al. (Complete score).
Today's and yesterday's paper.
Printer advice.
What company runs the school buses?
He was told that we had a certain newspaper from 2002. We don't. He was not happy.
She can't log into our library "members only" databases.
Sunday paper.
Stapler.
Today's and yesterday's paper.
"Where is the children's section?"
Street gangs.
Phone number for a nearby library.
"I don't know how the Internet works." Luckily, Librarian Q got this one.
A Simpsons comic book anthology.

Internet Signups: 46

In the Morning:

Day of the week for a certain day in 1948.
Computer crash.
Computer crash.
Books by Emmet Fox. "Can you pull all of them for me?"
1979 Honda 750 repair manual.
Like sisters on the homefront, by Rita Williams-Garcia.
The guy with the Honda asks for the Haynes customer service number.
Nearby law library.
The Honda man returns requesting an ILL.
The Wright sister, by Richard Maurer.
1-800 directory.

In the Afternoon:

No eating in the library.
"Where are the 'teen quick picks?'" I didn't know.
The author "Patricia Cromwell." Close enough.
Britannica.
Info on two people. I fobbed him of on the Internet guy (Techie X).
Computer workshop info.
Dictionary.
Newspaper.
"I need a book on the downside of eating meat. I need a book about beef, being serious fat and all."
Mythology books.
Latest phone book.
Printer advice, and yes, we have Excel.
Kate remembered, by A. Scott Berg.
Address of someone in Spokane.
Resume books.
Challenging Chicago, by Perry R. Duis.
Gladiator books.
Are you hungry, dear? by Doris Roberts.
The doom stone, by Paul Zindel.
1993 Mazda MX-6 repair manual.

Internet Signups: 19

In the Afternoon:

The print server was down all day. Many patrons looked at me with disgust when I told them.
Honda Elantra repair manual.
Insect books with pictures.
Newspapers for June 9-14.
SS-4 form.
Who do the people with classical music ringers on their cell phones think they're fooling?
Can I help you? "Nope," she said.
Don't worry about it, ma'am. We'll put those books away.
Valueline and Morningstar.
Local paper.
Directions to Miller Park.
Snake books.
Art vocation.
She wanted to speak to Administration. On a Sunday.
A woman heard about 12,000 miles in the nick of time, by Mark Jacobson, but couldn't remember the title, author, or the radio station where she had heard the interview.
2001-2001 yearbooks.