I found this rather amusing, in a head-desk kind of way...

One of our circulation clerks gave me a book, saying that we'd had two complaints about it (she wasn't sure if it was the same patron both times, but considering the complaint I'd guess that it was). There was a note taped to the front of the book saying "There is absolutely no reason to cover up the author's picture." So I look for the cover-up; there's a small photo of the author on the inside back flap and the tape that we use to attach the dust jacket to the book overlapped the top of the photo by a smidgen (it covered most of her hat and a little of her forehead. ??!!? So in the interests of patron happiness, I peeled up the end of the tape and trimmed off the offending piece. Some people really need to get a life.
And on the children's room front...
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