When New Books Arrive in the Mail

 

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Merry librarian-snark-mas to all and to all a good snark! Enjoy your break, and we'll see you in the new year! 

When You Search a Works Cited List for Articles and Three of the Citations You Need Put the Incorrect Journal

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When Someone Teaches Me a Formatting Shortcut

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When You are Eating Lunch and Suddenly Have an Epiphany About Your Work

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When All Your Friends are Partying at the Big Academic Conference and You're Stuck at Home

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Finally Finding a Seminar Paper Topic with Enough Sources

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When You Call the IT Desk from Your Classroom but then Figure Out the Problem

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When You Have a Really Positive Experience at a Conference and Remember Why You Got into Academia in the First Place

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Perfect Article - ILL

 

The waiting is the hardest... 

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Teaching Courses Outside Your Expertise, Like a Boss!

 

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T-Rex Trying - To Put on a Cardigan

Our favorite wardrobe staple...

 

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Someone Tries to Get My Attention by Going “PSSST!”

 

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When I Have Stayed Up Too Late Preparing for Class

 

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When a Student Writes an Unexpected Thank You Note

 

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When You Make it Through a Particularly Rough Week of Classes

 

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Working in an Academic Library with a Small Staff

Between instruction, reference, committees, and other appointments, all of us run around pretty much like this:

When I Get a Price Quote for a Database

 

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When you come up with an awesome new lesson plan and are really excited about it...

...and then it flops...

 

When it is too quiet at the reference desk

 

When You Finally Locate That Source You So Desperately Need On Worldcat

 

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