little things that thrill librarians

the next five days of work are (with only one small exception) completely free of programs and/or meetings.  this is the one miraculous week of each year when this phenomenon occurs.  this year, i’m choosing to celebrate by weeding the juvenile fiction collection. today, i got from lloyd alexander to beverly cleary (must work a bit more quickly the next few days…).  i found books that hadn’t been checked out since 2003.  i found books that were falling apart.  i found that we had four copies of some rather odd things.  but my favorite find of the day was the mis-shelved adult novel (and no, not risque “adult” just not-juvenile “adult”) that had been marked “trace” in the computer (meaning no one knew where it was, but we hadn’t given up and marked it lost yet.  some books have that status for a looooooong time).  it was the only copy of that book in the whole library system.  there were five people on a waiting list to check it out.  and i found it.  wheee!