I love this and refer to it constantly. Thank you to Librarian By Day for introducing me to it.
Boolean Logic Mother Nature style!
-Paul Duncanson
The great librarian/shambrarian venn diagram by Dave Pattern.
If you are a librarian and you meet a shambrarian:
- DO ask questions such as “would you like some more cake?” and “what is your favourite cake anecdote?”
- DO feel free to compliment the shambrarian if they are wearing a particularly witty t-shirt
- DO NOT bore the shambrarian by talking about your recent holiday tour of “Ye Olde Gin Palaces of London Town” or by reciting verbatim your top 50 gin based cocktail recipes
- DO NOT attempt to sexual arouse the shambrarian by showing them photographs of library porn (e.g. this, this, this or this)
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you say “if all the librarians got together, we could easily index the entire web”
If you are a shambrarian and you meet a librarian:
- DO ask them questions such as “where is your closed stack1?” and “what is the Dewey classification for Chocolate Guinness Cake?”
- DO feel free to compliment the librarian if you think that they have particularly nice cupcakes
- DO NOT embarrass the librarian by asking them if “colon classification” means what you think it means
- DO NOT attempt to sexual arouse the librarian by showing them photographs of shambrarian porn (e.g. this, this, this or this)
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you say “Google Scholar is much better than that *very* expensive product your library just bought”
1The “closed stack” is where librarians store their cakes and usually has a “NO ENTRY — LIBRARIANS ONLY” sign on the door. If the librarian does not have enough room in their office, the closed stack may also be used to house the library’s gin distillery.
boolean operators
dinosaurs AND space
I’m a librarian and I’m okay
I sleep all night and I work all day
(via stefanieem)
