This is a place for the Secret Librarian Book Club. We are a group of Secret Librarians reading books and talking about our secret lives as librarians. We were founded in 2011 by Jen R as a continuation of the SJSU SLIS 202 class. (Thanks for the novel idea.) The original idea was for us librarians and librarians in training to discuss books. However, if you are simply a bibliophile, we just might make an exception for you.
The Secret Club Facts: (Updated 12/14/11)
- Current Members: 8
- Current Admins: Jen R and cynthiaalise
- Members (Or Authors) are allowed to publish, edit and delete their own posts. However, only administrators are allowed to monitor and delete posts published by other people.
- Members are allowed up upload and post pictures to the blog.
- Non-Members are free to comment on posts, but please adhere to the Rules of Conduct below.
The Not So Secret Code of Conduct:
- The first rule about the Secret Librarian Book Club is not to talk about the Secret Librarian Book Club.*
- Remember even though we are secret, we are also public. Please keep that in mind when creating posts or comments. If you wouldn’t want your child to say it. Don’t post it.
- Everyone is entitled to their opinion and we welcome discussions and debate. But please do not be hurtful.
- Anyone found to be in violation of the above is subject to the removal of their publishing right and/or blocked from commenting.
* Haha couldn’t resist putting that in there. Feel free to talk about the book club, we are on a public site after all. And if you know other SLIS students/profs or Bibliophiles feel free to let them know about the site!
Contact Your Secret Administrators:
Jen R
cynthiaalise
thesecretlibrarianbookclub 
December 13th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Hi everyone – how exciting !
At the moment, I am trying to get some Christmas presents created, so I am re reading my book “Warping All by Yourself” by Cay Garrett. This title refers to how ‘weavers’ (like me) set up their looms 🙂
I know some librarians in their secret lives are also very crafty, so I figured I would own up to be a weaver (and very crafty) right from the beginning. I am also a cat lover with two cats “Lady Pyn Willow” and “Emhrys Ambrose Twigg”. After all, Eliot’s The Naming of Cats does make the case for cats to have three names. (” T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
December 14th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Does adding swear words in the middle of their two names when they are on the counter count as having three names? haha.
December 14th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Only if the swear words have more or less than four letters. Four letter words should never be said to a cat with dignity.
December 14th, 2011 at 6:20 PM
haha. 9 times out of ten it’s not even a swearword but “butthead”
December 15th, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Cats and I have a tenuous relationship at best. The last cat I got along with was a neighbor’s cat that used to hang around my last apartment. We didn’t know its name, so we called it Mr. Meowgi. Later we learned it was a girl cat, so we changed it to Mrs. Meowgi. 😀
February 6th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Hah! Love the “fight club” reference!! That was perfect! The site looks cool, Jenn! Nice shooting!
February 8th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Thanks!