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She slipped the registrar 30 pieces of silver

This note, from the science library of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, has a bit of a backstory. Explains our anonymous submitter: “Here, you can reserve a carrel for the entire...

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Volenti non fit injuria

Garvey is a 3L at a “relatively cheap” state law school in New York City, where he says “there’s a perpetual joke that it’s still a bargain, even with all its many, many problems.” Garvey found this...

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Grimace and the fry kids

The school in Los Angeles where Anna works is under renovation, so a lot of the kids cut through the library on their way to and from the cafeteria. Recently, one of these fine young scholars spilled...

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The case for single-sex toilets

“In the staff area of our library, there is a single-stall, co-ed bathroom,” says our anonymous submitter in Berkeley, California. Everyone got along okay, more or less, until recently, when one of the...

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And seriously, FYI you guys

This note was spotted by Sara at the downtown Alamo Cinema Drafthouse in Austin, seemingly written by an employee channeling Amy Poehler’s character in Wet Hot American Summer. Seriously guys,...

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I’m sorry if this is rude, but…your mere presence offends my delicate...

Our submitter in Orange County, California came across this note on a table at the local public library while studying for the Bar Exam. “I figured the added noises would simulate the noises during the...

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Shushing the shusher

Anna in Minneapolis (“librarian in peach sweater”) recently received this anonymous note from a disgruntled library patron. “Apparently, I was talking too loudly to one of our elderly customers on the...

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Please don’t treat the stapler like you treat your farm animals

This brilliantly understated little note comes to us from a campus library at the University of Auckland, where submitter Louise says the staplers do seem to get jammed into disrepair on a fairly...

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Well, someone’s feeling a little Shortz-tempered.

What’s an 11-letter word for “passive-aggressive tactic?” Well, it happens to be the weapon of choice at the Portsmouth Public Library in New Hampshire, where Persephone says there is some serious...

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PEDANT (noun)

Oh boy. (As always, just click on the image to enlarge.) related: Volenti non fit injuria

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But…you said not to flush anything down the toilet?

Writes Sarah: “I am deeply sorry, long-suffering San Diego Public Library, for whatever past incident(s) made this sign necessary…though I do appreciate the superfun font!” related: Colostomy bags!

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So much for “New Year, New You”

In honor of that special time of year when New Year’s resolutions are made abandoned, Laughton in the U.K. draws our attention to this particularly apropos selection from  Awful Library Books. related:...

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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Biblio-bully

Our submitter, Lee, says he recently went to the library in search of some subjects for drawing practice. While browsing the botany section, he flipped open a particularly old and musty book when...

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