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Saturday, July 26, 2008

A Librarian's Lexicon for the Layperson

A Librarian's Lexicon for the Layperson by Roy Tennant: "As is quite well known, librarians are afflicted with a particular strain of linguistic debillitation known as jargonitis, or inflammation of the jargon gland. So to assist those not similarly affected, I have taken it upon myself to explain some of the terms that are the result of this sad affliction, imitating (poorly) the style of the great Ambrose Bierce"

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