Websites in Humor

1. All About Deselection (a.k.a. Weeding) for Libraries
   Tongue-in-cheek checklist.
   http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/3803/deselection.html
   
   
2. Biblia's Warrior Librarian Weekly
   Satirical electronic journal featuring original library humor.
   http://warriorlibrarian.com/
   
   
3. Conan the Librarian
   Conan inhabits the mythical Information Age, where he is a typical reference librarian. His world nevertheless bears some strange similarities to our own. From the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries.
   http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/mall/conan/conanhp.html
   
   
4. Dave's Guide to the Library
   Secrets, bad ideas, funny books, and jokes.
   http://www.daves-guide.com/
   
   
5. Great Moments in the History of Technical Services
   From 4362 B.C. to 1920.
   http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~murrizol/ts_history/tshist.htm
   
   
6. Hypatia's Humorous Library Tales
   Such categories as Strange Items Found in Books, Weird Patrons, and Creepy Crawlies.
   http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2776/
   
   
7. I am the Very Model of Computerized Librarian
   Gilbert and Sullivan parody, lyrics by Diane M. O’Keefe, MSLS, and Janet T. O’Keefe, MLS.
   http://www.tk421.net/humor/cybrarian.html
   
   
8. Job Title Generator for Careers in Library and Information Science
   The Job Title Generator will predict your future job title in the world of library and information science professionals.
   http://lamar.colostate.edu/~mach/jobtitles/
   
   
9. Librarian Avengers
   Commentary on libraries and librarians including why one should fall to his knees and worship librarians.
   http://www.librarianavengers.org/
   
   
10. Librarian's Lao-Tzu: The Book of the Library and Its Ways
    Lao Tzu, the reputed author of the work, was a librarian. This is the first attempt by a fellow librarian to translate the Tao te Ching.
    http://www.geocities.com/onelibrarian.geo/lao_tzu.html
    
    
11. Library Books 4U
    Stories and quotes about libraries.
    http://www.librarybooks4u.com/
    
    
12. Library Cartoons
    An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.
    http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/cartoons/index.html
    
    
13. Library Humor
    Original comedy pieces, including "Top Ten Job Ad Mistakes" and "Nancy Drew in Library School."
    http://www.gflower.org/Pieces.htm
    
    
14. Library Humor
    Humorous stories and cartoons about libraries, librarians, and related topics.
    http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/humor.html
    
    
15. Library Humour
    IFLA collection of library humour. Includes such categories as Library Laws (with apologies to Murphy), Lightbulb Jokes, and Perfect Excuses.
    http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/humour.htm
    
    
16. Library Life: A Column of Eclectic Rantings
    Celebrities as librarians. Help yourself.
    http://www.ukans.edu/~assoc/buller.htm
    
    
17. Peep Research
    Research into the information literacy skills of Peeps. Includes detailed documentation and pictures on this special population of Easter candy.
    http://www.millikin.edu/staley/fluff/peep_research.html
    
    
18. Stupid Duhrector Tricks
    Questionable decisions of library directors.
    http://www.geocities.com/abesottedphoenix/stupidtricks.html
    
    
19. The Driving Insane
    This blog provides a glimpse into the alternate, semi-psychotic universe of the local public library (with some forays into the outside world.)
    http://thedrivinginsane.blogspot.com
    
    
20. The Laughing Librarian
    Huge collection of links, Zen koans, bookmarks and signs, sig file quotes.
    http://www.laughinglibrarian.com/
    
    
21. The Library Workplace Folklore Web Page
    Which is more revealing: the fact that staff tell their boss they just love the new computer system or the fact that they've posted 15 cartoons and a parody poem lampooning it in the staff lounge?
    http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~lis405/folklore/folk.htm
    
    
22. The Lighter Side of Librarianship
    Links to a variety of entertaining library- or book-related resources, including the Book Game, Wordplay, library records, and others.
    http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/subjects/liblit/lightside.html
    
    
23. The Lipstick Librarian
    She's bold, she's sassy, she's helpful.
    http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/
    
    
24. Tom the Dancing Bug
    Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug considers the possibilities of the public library. From Salon.com.
    http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/2000/08/24/boll/index.html
    
    
25. Unshelved
    Daily comic strip set in a public library.
    http://www.overduemedia.com/
    
    

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