Library Confidential : Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library

Don Borchert has been an assistant librarian in the Californian Public Library system for 10 years. He previously worked as a cook, a fine china salesman, a Christmas tree chopper and a sod farm worker. This is his first book.The public library - a haven of calm, source of information, home to the student, the geek and the aging librarian. Or so you might think.Don Borchert's ten years as assistant librarian have taught him that a library is more than just a place to borrow books, it's also a pl