The Witchy Librarian

Greetings! Welcome to this tumblr! As you can see, there isn't much to it as of yet, but that will change. The plan is for this to be a place for me to talk about some of my favorite things as well as my experiences with my spirituality. There can...

[librarianproblems]

WHEN FRONT LINE STAFF COME INTO THE CATALOGING DEPARTMENT AND COMMENT ABOUT HOW QUIET IT IS

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A PATRON WON’T SHOW AN ID BECAUSE “THAT’S GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE!”

[witchbrarian]

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Hello fellow witches who librarian, or maybe…librarians who witch? @thewitchylibrarian And @witcheslibrary

Maybe one day we’ll meet at a conference!?!

[thewitchylibrarian]

:D I’m going to ALA this summer. :)

[witchbrarian]

Dang! I’m not going to ALA this year! 😩

[thewitchylibrarian]

Oh no! This is my first time going that's hopefully going to be more than just the exhibit floor. I'm excited.

[witchbrarian]

🌊 🌊 🌊

Hello fellow witches who librarian, or maybe…librarians who witch? @thewitchylibrarian And @witcheslibrary

Maybe one day we’ll meet at a conference!?!

[thewitchylibrarian]

:D I'm going to ALA this summer. :)

[librarianproblems]

WHEN THE POTUS PROPOSES TO CUT FEDERAL LIBRARY FUNDING

Get informed and contact your representatives people.

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ARGUING WITH FRONTLINE STAFF ABOUT PROPER CATALOGING

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“LAST TIME I WAS HERE, SOMEONE RECOMMENDED A BOOK. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS?”

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SOMEONE PRINTS OVER FIFTY PAGES BUT SAYS THEY ONLY WANTED ONE

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WHEN I CAN’T REMEMBER MARC FIELDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN

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MY WEEDING PEP TALK

[thewitchylibrarian]

I have to share this, purely for the Empire Records gif.

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LISTENING TO CATALOGERS

[thewitchylibrarian]

Yes, yes we are.....

[avaelizabetha]

List of incenses correspondences, by use

Anointing: frankincense, jasmine, lavender, rose, vervain, orange Balance: cypress, jasmine, sandalwood, sweetgrass Banishing/Releasing: clove, cypress, mugwort, sage, lemon/lime Binding: cypress, dragon’s blood, rowan, vertivert Blessing: copal, frankincense, rosemary, sweetgrass Changes: bayberry, dragon’s blood, lilac, patchouli, woodruff Cleansing: cedar, frankincense, pine, sage, sandal Courage: cinnamon, dragon’s blood, patchouli, rosemary Creativity: dragon’s blood, lavender, orange, rosemary, savory, tangerine Cursing: bayberry, close, dragon’s blood, myrrh Divination: bay, copal, lilac, mugwort, myrrh, sage Goals: acacia, bay, cedar, cinnamon, dragon’s blood, orange, sandalwood Happiness/Peace: jasmine, lavender, orange, rose, vervain, sandalwood Inspiration/Wisdom: acacia, copal, frankincense, oak moss, pine, sage Love: cinquefoil, jasmine, lavender, mugwort, orange, rose Luck: bay, bayberry, jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood, violet Meditation: acacia, copal, cypress, cedar, frankincense, jasmine, sage Power/Strength: dragon’s blood, frankincense, patchouli, verbena Protection/Defense: bayberry, dragon’s blood, rosemary, woodruff Visions: basil, bay, copal, frankincense, mugwort, sage Willpower: bay, cedar, patchouli, rosemary, sage, woodruff

(source: Grimoire for the Green Witch - Ann Moura, 2003)

[librarian-secrets]

 Pokemon Go is here. As I walk in endless circles around the library trying to hatch one of my eggs, I’m thinking of ways to integrate it into programming, or to advertise that we are both a hotspot for picking up Pokeballs and other paraphernalia. 

Does anyone out there have any great ideas they’d like to share? How can we get Poketrainers involved in the library? 

How can we get our patrons to Be The Very Best? 

[thewitchylibrarian]

I found out my library is a poke gym. There's gonna be many a battle for control. And that's just between staff....

[nawsk]

[beeesafe]

The Signs Reading

Capricorn: Tries to see how fast they can read this book.

Aquarius: Doodles notes/pictures of the sides and corners.

Pisces: Pictures everything in their head very descriptively.

Aries: Reads the cover and never reads it again.

Taurus: Has a bunch of snacks while reading the 50 page book.

Gemini: Tries to plan how long they’re gonna read.

Cancer: Doesn’t like reading that much but likes imagining the events.

Leo: Reads a chapter or two a day.

Virgo: Somehow finished the book in a day AND wrote a summary on it.

Libra: Reads children’s books even though they’re 13+.

Scorpio: Develops feels for the characters and never lets them go.

Sagittarius: Reads parts of a lot of books but never the full thing.

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One of my history professors is this scarily intense German guy, and today we were talking about the peer reviewing process and how vicious some academics can get, so I casually asked him what the worst review he’d ever received was.

He became very stony-faced, looked off into the distance and said, completely deadpan and in his thick accent:

“It does not matter. They are dead now.”

I think my professor has killed a man.

[technicalzombie]

Didn’t you know? In order to get a PhD you must commit at least one murder, using your field of expertise as a weapon.

Chemists, Physicists, Engineers, they have it easy.

Kill someone with poetry some day. Or Geology[I have it on good authority that “hit them with a rock” is considered very poor form].

[tacticalnymphomania]

@rj-abacura pls confirm

[thewitchylibrarian]

Glad I'm not going for a Ph.D. in library science....