Hectic Pace – A view on libraries, the library business, and the business of libraries


Skip to content

    
        
 
 
    
        
            Hectic Pace

        
            
                
            







     


    

        








  
    
    
        My Pre-Covid Things

        Posted On Dec 21 2020
        by Andrew K. Pace

     
        
        
            Authors note: these parodies are always about libraries and always based on Christmas songs, stories, or poems. 2020 being what it is, this year is an exception to both…that’s right, I’m siding with my family and admitting that My Favorite Things is not a Christmas song. (sung to the tune of “My Favorite Things”) [Click the YouTube link to listen while you sing along.] Eating in restaurants and movies on big screensPeople who don’t doubt the virtue of vaccines.Inspiring leaders who don’t act like kings.These were a few of my pre-Covid things. Live music venues and in-person classes.No masks or …

        


        
        
            Tagged with:  / 
            Category: Christmas Parody / 
            Leave a comment            
        

        
            

        

     
 
    
 
  

  
    
    
        Sitting in the Reading Room All Day

        Posted On Dec 17 2019
        by Andrew K. Pace

     
        
        
            (sung to the tune of “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”) [Click the YouTube link to listen while you sing along.] People shhhhhh, are you listening? In the stacks, laptops glistening The reading light’s bright The library’s right For sitting in the reading room all day. Gone away are the book stacks Here to stay, the only town’s fax. We share all our books Without judgy looks. Sitting in the reading room all day. In the lobby we could build a book tree. Readers Guide is green and they stack well. I’ll say ‘Do we have ’em?’ You’ll say, ‘Yeah man.’ …

        


        
        
            Tagged with:  / 
            Category: Christmas Parody / 
            1 Comment            
        

        
            

        

     
 
    
 
  

  
    
    
        It’s the Best Library Time of the Year

        Posted On Dec 20 2018
        by Andrew K. Pace

     
        
        
            (sung to the tune of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”)  Press play to sing along with the instrumental track! It’s the best library time of the year With no more children yelling And no one is telling you “get it in gear!” It’s the best library time of the year It’s the qui-quietest season at school Only smile-filled greetings and no more dull meetings Where bosses are cruel It’s the qui-quietest season at school There’ll be books for re-stocking Vendor end-of-year-hawking And overdue fine cash for beer Send the word out to pre-schools Drag queen visit …

        


        
        
            Tagged with:  / 
            Category: Christmas Parody / 
            Leave a comment            
        

        
            

        

     
 
    
 
  

  
    
	
		Posts navigation

		1
2
…
56
Next

	  





			
			About

				A blog and its author



			
Search the Archive

				
					Search for:
					
				
				
			

Archives
		Archives
		Select Month
 December 2020  (1)
 December 2019  (1)
 December 2018  (1)
 December 2017  (1)
 July 2017  (1)
 April 2017  (1)
 March 2017  (1)
 February 2017  (1)
 December 2016  (1)
 November 2016  (1)
 October 2016  (4)
 September 2016  (1)
 August 2016  (3)
 May 2013  (1)
 December 2012  (1)
 October 2012  (1)
 September 2012  (1)
 July 2012  (1)
 April 2012  (1)
 March 2012  (1)
 January 2012  (1)
 December 2011  (3)
 June 2011  (2)
 April 2011  (2)
 December 2010  (3)
 October 2010  (1)
 August 2010  (1)
 July 2010  (1)
 June 2010  (1)
 May 2010  (1)
 April 2010  (2)
 March 2010  (2)
 January 2010  (1)
 December 2009  (2)
 September 2009  (2)
 August 2009  (3)
 July 2009  (1)
 June 2009  (2)
 May 2009  (2)
 April 2009  (3)
 March 2009  (1)
 January 2009  (3)
 December 2008  (2)
 November 2008  (1)
 October 2008  (1)
 September 2008  (3)
 August 2008  (2)
 July 2008  (2)
 June 2008  (3)
 May 2008  (4)
 April 2008  (3)
 March 2008  (4)
 January 2008  (1)
 December 2007  (4)
 November 2007  (2)
 October 2007  (4)
 September 2007  (4)
 August 2007  (3)
 July 2007  (3)
 June 2007  (5)
 May 2007  (5)
 April 2007  (5)
 March 2007  (6)
 February 2007  (4)
 January 2007  (5)
 December 2006  (4)
 November 2006  (4)
 October 2006  (4)
 September 2006  (4)
 August 2006  (5)
 July 2006  (4)
 June 2006  (2)




			
Categories
CategoriesSelect Category
2.0  (6)
ALA  (20)
April Fool’s  (7)
Catalogs  (9)
Christmas Parody  (12)
Community Development  (1)
E-books  (6)
EBSCO  (3)
Education  (2)
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion  (1)
General  (82)
Google  (9)
Innovation  (31)
LITA  (5)
Mergers & Acquisitions  (19)
Metasearch  (7)
NISO  (5)
OCLC  (30)
Open Source  (5)
OpenURL  (1)
Product Management  (5)
Public Libraries  (1)
Publishers  (9)
Sacred Cows  (5)
Search  (1)
Standards  (9)
Vendors  (41)
Web-scale  (9)
WMS  (20)
WorldShare  (7)






			
 OCLC Next
	We persevere through challenges when we rely on each other Skip Prichard
	Why a “Library on-demand” vision benefits from pandemic wisdom Cathy King
	The OCLC network: Collaboration, innovation, and efficiency OCLC


OCLC Colleagues
	025.431: The Dewey blog
	The Digital Shift (Roy Tennant)
	Hanging Together
	Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog
	OCLC Next
	WebJunction



Library Colleagues
	librarian.net
	Screwy Decimal
	The Shifted Librarian
	Librarian in Black
	Free Range Librarian
	The Travelin’ Librarian
	David Lee King
	Jenny Arch
	Justin the Librarian
	Mr. Library Dude
	Thoughts from Carl Grant



Search WorldCat
			



Enter title, subject, person, or keyword









		
Hectic Pace RSS feeds
	Entries RSS
	Comments RSS



		

	





	
		
			© 2006–2021. All Rights Reserved, Hectic Pace