Random statistics

[listersgirl]

As of today, I have met, however briefly, 30% of my friends list. Okay, I knew 9 of the 26 people pre-internet life, but still, that feels like quite a lot. And so far, not one of you has turned out to be a serial killer. Score!

Also in the department of random statistics about me: 63% of my friends list are paid users. Considering only 1.6% of LJ users as a whole are paid, that's quite substantial. I'm not sure exactly what that says about us, but I'm sure it says something.

I'm pretty sure, too, that many, many of you are librarians or work in libraries. This is not deliberate on my part -- I don't think I've ever added someone just because they are a librarian -- but I think more a case of librarians automatically gravitating together when they're anywhere near each other.


[Poll #443580]

Comments

[caffeinediary.livejournal.com]

Funny you should make this poll today. I just dropped in the mail my transcripts requests and recommendation forms.

[protoainsley.livejournal.com]

I exaggerated slightly in the 'not been in a library in years', but it's the closest to the truth. Until recently I'd not used one in years for books, just as sources for internet access while on campus.

I did not know until recently that people who worked in libraries were not necessarily librarians. I thought that is what they all were.

Basically, I like libraries for obscure research, but...I really want to own my books.

[goovie.livejournal.com]

i used to work in a bookstore. but now i'm an aspiring jungle gym for two-year-olds--i mean, preschool teacher. but you knew that. :)

[borrowedwings.livejournal.com]

I worked in my college's library for a while as part of the school's mandatory student work program. Does that count?

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I've volunteered in a library before, but never actually worked in one. When I was 11, the only way to get extra tickets was to volunteer in the school library, so that's what my breaktimes were. And for Year 10 work experience I went to the Schools Library Service. It was excellent. I got to go in the book mobile, select books for schools, sticker a school library with dewey decimal stickers and best of all, hide in the rolling stacks and read.

I was 22 before I had a job that didn't involve books - after five that did in some way.

[minervacat.livejournal.com]

i was a research assistant in the carleton archives, too, which is only sort of part of a library, but still. well. you know what i mean. that's my academic experience.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

not one of you has turned out to be a serial killer

THAT YOU KNOW OF.

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

You haven't met me! *evil cackle*

Ahem.

[blue-lotus.livejournal.com]

I go to the library several times a week as I'm always researching stuff.

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

I work the circ desk at the public library every couple of weekends. I'm fully on paid library staff as a part-time worker. I am often referred to as "the librarian" by patrons.

I don't know why I don't see myself as one? But I'm just... I don't know. The girl who works the circ desk in the library, not the LIBRARIAN.

Mine is a fascinating mind.

[sh1mm3r.livejournal.com]

I've noticed this weird affinity on my friends list too, but since I am one of your 37% without a paid account, I can't do my own poll. I also wonder how many of the people on my friends list are involved in libraries in some way AND are addicted to BPAL. Hee.

[tinkerer.livejournal.com]

Ah, library work... my first real power-trip. :)

They even wrote graffiti at the school (and as this was a school for nerds and geeks, graffiti was not all that common) in my honour, as I wouldn't let the hooligans play computer games and steal people's passwords...

Got to thinking

[sh1mm3r.livejournal.com]

Springsea and I have been trying to figure out where to go on a road trip over one of the Spring Break weekends....

:) :) :)

You live in Toronto, right? Always wanted to see Toronto.

Hee.

[emiline.livejournal.com]

My friend, who is almost done his MLS, recently asked me why I hadn't decided to do one myself. We had so much fun working together at our university library. I like librarians.

[anglaisepaon.livejournal.com]

I work for a publishing company as the head of the department that sells to libraries. There's a little button on our website that says "Ask a Librarian." Those go to me. So I'm a pseudo-librarian.

I start my MLS this summer, so I'll be less of a sham librarian then.