Hi, colleagues,
A scrupulous reader feels disgusted when Dewey suggests that it is normal for
some people to take books into the bathroom.
http://www.unshelved.com/2011-1-11
Reader: -Someone just took a library book into the restroom!
Dewey: -And?
Reader: -That's filthy!
Dewey:
.
Hola, colegas:
Let's chat about libraries on cruise ships.
Anyone for ship librarian?
Most cruise ships are equipped with a small library. It is frequently quite
messy, as the role of librarian is assumed as an added task by some crew member.
Book lending is usually based on an honor system:
?Hola,
Hoy presentamos dos chistes de preguntas con respuestas paradoja.
Si no los pilláis a la primera quizá no es un problema de idioma.
;-)
Dewey is at the information desk in the library.
A big sign says one question per person.
There is a long queue of patrons waiting to ask their
?Hola, colegas:
Who's the right person to ask?
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-12-16
Library tip #84: Ask the right person.
Patron (holding a plate with food):- I need a fork.
Dewey:- There's a diner down the street.
Coleen:- I need a million dollars. We're both out of luck.
Tamara:- I brought
Si, hay varias. Se pueden ver en http://www.unshelved.com/store.
--- On Mon, 12/20/10, Juan Manuel Santiago juanma.santi...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Juan Manuel Santiago juanma.santi...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [IWETEL] Quotes Jokes
To: IWETEL@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES
Date: Monday, December 20
Una pregunta, aunque supongo que la respuesta serña negativa: ¿sabéis si hay
o se piensa hacer alguna edición de Unshelved en papel?
Muchas gracias.
Saludos,
Juanma.
https://sites.google.com/site/frikitecariscalendario/archivos-calendario
El 17 de diciembre de 2010 11:50, Tomas Baiget
Dear followers,
The complaining patron visits the Mallville library again. Dewey has new
sarcastic but polite answers ready for her.
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-12-6
Patron: - Your collection stinks!
Dewey: - Couldn't find what you were looking for?
Patron: - Not a thing.
Dewey: - I'd be
Dear Colleagues,
Today's strip raises a philosophical question: Should the library, analyzed as
an information system, take into account the effects that books have on their
readers? Or does the library duty end with the loan?
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-11-16
A user did not like a book he
Re: qandj - and anonymous tweet-4 - 3 December 2010Hola, amigos:
Mel is calmer, but now suggests closing the Twitter account. From the very
first day she has suspected that it was Dewey who sent the tweet on the
library's budget woes and, as we saw in previous strips, she has talked with
him,
Hello, folks,
Mel is still investigating who may have sent the tweet saying that the
Mallville Public Library has budget problems. After having shown Dewey the
tweet printed on a sheet of paper, she takes him to a computer to check it out:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-9-28
Dewey:
?Hola, amigos:
Mel, the director, has received some anonymous tweets reporting that the
Mallville Public Library has budget problems. She suspects that Dewey has sent
them and goes to ask him about it:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-9-27
Mel: -Tell me it's not you.
Dewey: -Tell you
Re: qandj - an optimistic reader
-
Hi, colleagues,
Dewey shows us his stoic resignation to the harsh reality of the facts; and
the poor reader either doesn't understand him or is an optimist.
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-10-26
Dewey: -That book isn't where it's supposed to be.
Hola:
¿Qué podemos esperar de un sistema que sugiere libros en la web 2.0, como el de
Amazon?:
http://comics.com/committed/2010-01-03/
Computer: - Welcome to amazon.com. Please place your order.
User: - Hop on Pop
Computer: - 200,000 people who bought Hop on Pop have also purchased...
The Cat
?Hola, amigos:
Today we present some short jokes about books and libraries:
1)
From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down I was convulsed with
laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Groucho Marx
2)
How come the librarian slipped and fell in the library?
Because
?Hi, friends,
Although Mel, the manager, has to keep an eye on Dewey, sometimes --as an
insecure middle-aged person who is out of touch with the younger generation--,
she asks Dewey for advice:
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100818
Mel: -Why all the rumours about staff
?Dear colleagues,
Today we are quoting from an article on the recent fame achieved by Pastor
Terry Jones, of Florida, who had intended to burn Korans.
Book-burning: fanning the flames of hatred
by Jon Henley
in The Guardian, Friday 10 September 2010
Hi, folks,
The demanding lady is really going too far. Poor Dewey strives to help her but
she does not listen to his explanations and persists with her preconception
that Dewey does not know how to search for information.
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100729
Dewey:
Hello,
A no-nonsense lady has definitely got Dewey's number. Before asking him to help
her, she warns him that she expects him to pay attention and do his best:
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100727
Patron: -I don't want you phoning this in.
Dewey: -That's why I'm here in
Hola, colegas:
No doubt you all will agree that to perform as a librarian in a library or as
an information especialist in a documentation centre one must have good
psychological skills. To deal with the public sometimes requires patience;
also, it is difficult to interview users to ascertain
Hola, colegas:
Dewey the librarian is painting the wall in his overalls, as mandated by
Mel, director of the library. He is approached by a maintenance man who
offers him some opinions:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-7-20
Maintenance man: -You're supposed to go with the grain.
Dewey: -I prefer
Hi, folks,
Due to the bad economic situation, the staff of the Mallville Public Library
are forced to perform tasks for which they had no training at university:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-7-19
Mel: -We're taking on some building maintenance.
Dewey (sarcastic): -We the people? We the
Hola, colegas:
The Mallville Public Library has run out of paper and toner for the printer
available to the public. A user is angry about the situation, but Dewey
counterattacks by showing his detailed knowledge of the personal things she has
printed out --and then left behind-- that have
Re: Fw: qandj - 30 de juliol | VERSIÓ 2Hi, friends,
We are living in a time of scarcity, and Mallville is no exception.
Last Friday we saw how Dewey scolded a client for making too many copies in the
library. The paper supply ran out and Dewey stuck the sign Bring your own
paper over the
Hola, amigos:
A female patron is printing massive amounts of paper.
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100712
Dewey: -You're wasting our limited supply of paper.
[Dewey crosses arms.]
Patron: -You haven't run out yet.
[Patron points to printer.]
Dewey: -I'm not sure
Re: qandj pel 16 de juliolHola, colegas:
Siguiendo una sugerencia de Silvia Solabre Suárez, hoy comentaremos la letra
del ya popular vídeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_uzUh1VT98
de cuya existencia nos había informado ya por IweTel Encarnación Alcázar
Ramírez.
Aquí hemos encontrado la
Hola:
In today's episode, a ghostbuster is investigating the strange phenomena that
occur in the Mallville Public Library:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-6-16
Patron: -Your office supplies disappear?
Dewey: -Often.
Patron: -And your equipment malfunctions?
Dewey: -Without warning.
Hola, colegas
We saw how Dewey gave a woman a big book to sit on so she would have the
optimal chair height to work at the table. Colleen, another librarian, comes
along and gets angry with the woman:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-6-1
Colleen: -Books are not furniture.
Woman
Good day,
Today we hear how Dewey makes jokes at the expense of a libary patron, who gets
a bit annoyed, but then he behaves well and helps her:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-5-31
Reader: -Your seats are too low.
Dewey: -A poor worker blames her tools.
Reader: -Your attitude needs
Hola, amigos:
The ill-mannered student who disappointed Mel the day before, comes back to the
library looking for help, but Dewey avoids him:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-5-25
Student: -Come on, library guy. We both know you're here to help.
Dewey: -I offered help. You were rude. Case
Hi, colleagues,
Dewey's way of handling a complaint letter -as we saw the other day- caused
the user to send a new one:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-5-4
Mel: -Look at this complaint letter!
Dewey: -Already handled.
Mel: -No, this is new! It's a complaint about the way the first
Hola, colegas:
In today's episode, Dewey calls a user who has sent a complaint letter to
the library, and he seems to want to be helpful:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-5-3
Dewey: -This is Dewey at the Library. I've got your complaint letter right
here.
Dewey: -I'm calling to clarify what
Hola, colegas:
Hoy comentaremos un artículo de *The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/
* sobre el gran clasificador mecánico de libros instalado en el Library
Services Center, un nuevo local de la *New York Public
Libraryhttp://www.nypl.org/
*:
Estimados colegas:
Hoy escuchamos a Dewey con su sorna habitual contando a un lector cómo se
preparan los libros antes de ponerlos en las estanterías a disposición del
público:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-4-20
Patron: - You buy the book. You put it on the shelves.
Dewey: - It's not that
Hola,
Dewey is browsing publishers catalogs and book reviews to decide which books to
buy for the library. Tamara approaches him cheerfully, but soon discovers his
unique selection criteria:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-3-17
Tamara: -It's good to see you weighing the relative merits of books
Hi, friends
Merv and his friend are trying to steal a DVD from the automatic machine
recently installed at the library, but Dewey catches them:
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-2-3
Boy (poking into the machine): -I think I feel a DVD set.
Merv: -Better not be another audiobook.
Boy: -My
Hi folks,
The lady we met the other day is still complaining and Dewey's cynicism
exasperates her even more...
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-1-19
Dewey: -Done complaining?
Lady: -I'm not going to become a dinner party anecdote.
Dewey: -I don't need notes for that. I just make up the
Estimados colegas,
La tira de hoy no es muy graciosa, pero nos servirá para aprender 3 términos:
to feel dizzy (marearse), to feel queasy (sentirse mal) y clinging (aferrado).
In the library there is a new carpet, and its bright colours have made a reader
dizzy. Dewey tries to give her
Hola, amigos,
In today's scene, Dewey tells a reader not to return a book to the shelf. At
the same time he realizes his role as the library police, and gets the idea
to play a little joke as if he were arresting a criminal. Mel, the library
director, always careful and polite, is
Hi, colleagues,
As is quite common in our QJ stories, today the action takes place in the
Mallville Public Library, although not dealing specifically with any library
subject. So we diversify our vocabulary.
Some library users have complained to Mel, the manager, because they noticed a
foul
Hola colegas:
A reader has lost her bookmark and asks Dewey for help to find it.
Dewey: -I checked the lost and found. No bookmarks.
Patron: -Bottom of the bookdrop?
Dewey: -Not there, either.
Patron: -Maybe an errant breeze deposited it into another book.
Dewey: -... How exactly would
Hi, friends, ¡Merry Christmas!
The good Mel, the Mallville Public Library manager, is celebrating Christmas
Eve with her friend while sipping a martini. Meanwhile she calls Dewey, her
librarian, to wish him a happy Christmas. As always, he takes the opportunity
to ask favours: he says he is
Hola,
The Christmas holidays are approaching and Cathy, Dewey's girlfriend, is
preparing greeting cards.
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20051222
[Tamara's hands, holding a photo of Dewey and Cathy riding a small train.]
Tamara: -I can't believe Cathy got you to rider the
Hi, folks.
A bizarre bookmark.
User: -Got a piece of paper?
Dewey [after having given him a small piece torn from a sheet of paper]: -I
like simple bookmarks, too.
User: -I misplaced the toenail clipping I normally use.
TRADUCCIÓN
Un extraño marcador.
Usuario: -¿Tienes un pedazo de papel?
Hi, colleagues,
Schools often invite librarians from 'outside' to make presentations about
services and resources their libraries can provide that supplement the school
library collection. Career Exploration Days are also very popular, and that
might be what Dewey has gotten himself into on
Dear colleagues,
Dewey and Colleen are in a coffee shop well-known for its repertoire of
customised coffees.
Note that in many family style U.S. restaurants, regular coffee is free
with a meal, with free refills.
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090929
Dewey: - I can't believe
Hola, colegas.
Dewey makes an ironic comment on the blue screen to a user in trouble. Perhaps
the user is in front of a typical MS-Windows (tm) error screen and has lost all
his work?
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090912
Library tip #62: Seek help early.
Dewey: - That's a
Dear readers,
As you will recall, Dewey made a lady go home to get her ID card before she
could sign a permit allowing her husband to pick up her books. Meanwhile the
lady imagines an opportunity that in exchange Dewey will allow her to snoop
into the reading choices of her husband, and
Hola,
Last week we saw a husband trying to pick up a book his wife had reserved, but
Dewey would not deliver it and forced her to come and collect it in person...
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090902
Lady: -My husband couldn't check out the book I ordered?
Dewey: -Not
Hi,
An aged reader is listening to music of the 80's at high volume on his laptop.
Colleen, who is middle aged, loves it. In contrast, that music seems very old
to Dewey and he even imagines himself wearing a mustache of the 40's:
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090904
Hi, folks,
A children's summer reading programme in the library
Last week we saw Mel and Tamara having to prepare a summer reading programme
for young people in the library without receiving additional funds from the
library system. The summer is over and a boy is telling Tamara, who listens
Hi, colleagues,
Today's post is quite easy.
Mel, the manager of the library, is concerned about providing a summer reading
program when the library system fails to find the funds to support it:
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040510
Mel [on phone]: - No. I understand.
Hola, listeros,
Hoy veremos un episodio de Monty:
http://comics.com/monty/2009-08-10/
Monty is at the beach.
He finds a bottle with a message from some castaway, and then another message
from the same individual...
First bottle:
Please, send help! I'm stranded on a remote, uncharted
Hola,
El vagabundo gorrea electricidad de la biblioteca para cargar la batería del
teléfono, pero no queda claro cómo pagará sus llamadas... ¿o es que el teléfono
lo usa como excusa para hablar él solo?
Dewey le dice, básicamente: como no has cargado el teléfono aquí y has dormido
todo el
Hi, folks
Please come with us to the Mallville Public Library:
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090703
Dewey: -You can't write Tamara up. She didn't swear. She used a cartoon
word!
Mel: -I have to begin disciplinary procedures! This has gone up the ladder.
A parent complained. I
Hola,
By clicking this url we will hear Dewey, the librarian, and his young friend
Merv negotiating a favour, just before closing the library:
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090713
Dewey: -We will be closing in five minutes.
Merv: -I've got a big project due tomorrow.
Dewey:
Hi,
Dewey is criticized for eating a carbohydrates only sandwich ...
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090706
User: -That is not part of a balanced meal.
Tamara: -That doesn’t look healthy.
Dewey: -Any opinions about my sandwich?
Merv: -Needs more cocoa puffs.
TRADUCCIÓN
Dewey es
Hola,
Aquí en el hemisferio norte ha llegado otro verano, con su brillante sol...
Y los bibliotecarios-documentalistas seguimos eternamente con nuestras
preguntas existenciales: ¿quiénes somos? ¿qué hacemos? ¿dónde vamos?...
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090613
Hi, colleagues,
Mel, the Mallville Public Library manager, is presenting a new acquisition
in a meeting with staff.
http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090507
Mel: - Thanks to the recession we're spending more time helping with job
searches.
Mel: - So I bought this resumé software.
Hola, colegas:
Hoy presentamos un comic que hemos encontrado en:
http://comics.com/monty/2005-11-06/
Monty's cat, the protagonist of this story, often acts surprisingly. Here we
see them visiting the library, where anyone can find something interesting...
Monty: - Oh, there you are!
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