Shady Dell Public Library
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By the time you spot the librarian, she’s already been watching you for some time.
She can’t stop thinking about it, is the problem. Does the dead zone affect her colleagues the way it affects her? What are its properties? Has it always been there, or did it appear after the sinkhole disaster of last year? She longs to study it. She writes theories instead of sleeping at night.
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
She can’t stop thinking about it, is the problem. Does the dead zone affect her colleagues the way it affects her? What are its properties? Has it always been there, or did it appear after the sinkhole disaster of last year? She longs to study it. She writes theories instead of sleeping at night.
If she crosses this zone more than twice in a day, a clear liquid dribbles from her ears—but only briefly.
Valerie R.’s manager has told her she is spending too much time in the hall between the admin offices & the staff ladies’ room, & that further behavior might result in a disciplinary action.
Valerie R.’s manager has told her she is spending too much time in the hall between the admin offices & the staff ladies’ room, & that further behavior might result in a disciplinary action.
February 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
If she crosses this zone more than twice in a day, a clear liquid dribbles from her ears—but only briefly.
Valerie R.’s manager has told her she is spending too much time in the hall between the admin offices & the staff ladies’ room, & that further behavior might result in a disciplinary action.
Valerie R.’s manager has told her she is spending too much time in the hall between the admin offices & the staff ladies’ room, & that further behavior might result in a disciplinary action.
We will reschedule Diana M.’s postponed local history talk, “’We Came Upon a Little Dell Where the Sun Seemed Afeared to Shine’: The Inauspicious Beginnings of Shady Dell,” as soon as she has completed her Mandatory Staff Training modules! The modules have a way of jogging one’s memory.
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
We will reschedule Diana M.’s postponed local history talk, “’We Came Upon a Little Dell Where the Sun Seemed Afeared to Shine’: The Inauspicious Beginnings of Shady Dell,” as soon as she has completed her Mandatory Staff Training modules! The modules have a way of jogging one’s memory.
“I’m happy here,” Diana M. proclaimed as we led her, with mild difficulty, to the Library Van. “I belong at the Panda Express in Ozark!”
“The tattoo suggests otherwise,” Agnes L., Circulation Manager and Interim Security Officer, rightfully declared as she buckled Diana M. into the passenger seat.
“The tattoo suggests otherwise,” Agnes L., Circulation Manager and Interim Security Officer, rightfully declared as she buckled Diana M. into the passenger seat.
February 1, 2026 at 11:11 PM
“I’m happy here,” Diana M. proclaimed as we led her, with mild difficulty, to the Library Van. “I belong at the Panda Express in Ozark!”
“The tattoo suggests otherwise,” Agnes L., Circulation Manager and Interim Security Officer, rightfully declared as she buckled Diana M. into the passenger seat.
“The tattoo suggests otherwise,” Agnes L., Circulation Manager and Interim Security Officer, rightfully declared as she buckled Diana M. into the passenger seat.
See complete program listings on our website!
February 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
See complete program listings on our website!
Fill out a mandatory waiver and drop off potty trained kids for Storytime with Miss Agnes, each Monday at 10 AM in the Children’s Reading Room.
This week’s theme: “Let’s Explore Shapes! How about Circles? Circles Naturally Have Zero Corners!”
This week’s theme: “Let’s Explore Shapes! How about Circles? Circles Naturally Have Zero Corners!”
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Fill out a mandatory waiver and drop off potty trained kids for Storytime with Miss Agnes, each Monday at 10 AM in the Children’s Reading Room.
This week’s theme: “Let’s Explore Shapes! How about Circles? Circles Naturally Have Zero Corners!”
This week’s theme: “Let’s Explore Shapes! How about Circles? Circles Naturally Have Zero Corners!”
That cover is amazing! We will have to check it out and see if it fits our criteria for materials selection. It may be a little too good…is it good? We’d hate to make the rest of the collection jealous.
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
That cover is amazing! We will have to check it out and see if it fits our criteria for materials selection. It may be a little too good…is it good? We’d hate to make the rest of the collection jealous.
Ah yes, “The People Underneath” by M. Caldwell? A perennially popular series, even after all these years. We can hardly keep them on our shelves. The Our Lady of Occasional Obeisance tried to stage a book burning a few years back, on account of the ecstatic cannibalism scene, but no one showed up…
February 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Ah yes, “The People Underneath” by M. Caldwell? A perennially popular series, even after all these years. We can hardly keep them on our shelves. The Our Lady of Occasional Obeisance tried to stage a book burning a few years back, on account of the ecstatic cannibalism scene, but no one showed up…
I stared at the dodecahedron last night as it pulsed and today my vision seems a couple notches dimmer. Is that to be expected? 😅
January 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I stared at the dodecahedron last night as it pulsed and today my vision seems a couple notches dimmer. Is that to be expected? 😅
Under no circumstances should you invite a FBL Librarian into your house. If someone claiming to be an FBL Librarian approaches you, avoid eye contact and contact our Main Branch Tipline immediately. Press 6 at the menu.
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Under no circumstances should you invite a FBL Librarian into your house. If someone claiming to be an FBL Librarian approaches you, avoid eye contact and contact our Main Branch Tipline immediately. Press 6 at the menu.
What a viable young man! Would you consider applying for a Page position at our Main Branch? Minimum wage, but there are…benefits.
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
What a viable young man! Would you consider applying for a Page position at our Main Branch? Minimum wage, but there are…benefits.
Anyone with information on Diana M.’s whereabouts should call the SDPL Main Branch Anonymous Tipline (Press 2 and the menu). Thank you for your patience as we work through this staffing issue!
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Anyone with information on Diana M.’s whereabouts should call the SDPL Main Branch Anonymous Tipline (Press 2 and the menu). Thank you for your patience as we work through this staffing issue!
Or when someone peruses the Book of Death and Certaine Recippes Containing the Liver-Organ of Various Animals (located in the basement archives) and just leaves the pages…open. Our Librarians hate that trope. 🙄
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Or when someone peruses the Book of Death and Certaine Recippes Containing the Liver-Organ of Various Animals (located in the basement archives) and just leaves the pages…open. Our Librarians hate that trope. 🙄
(The basement archives are currently closed for remodeling.)
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
(The basement archives are currently closed for remodeling.)
Agnes L. will update as soon as she has a fix.
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Agnes L. will update as soon as she has a fix.