Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 5 Things That Make a Library -- 8 Past Predictions about Libraries and Information in the Future -- 3 Rules of the Librarians of Time and Space -- 10 Suggestions for a Library-Related Ben and Jerry's Flavor -- 10 Gifts for Your Librarian Friends -- 10 Things Microsoft's"Ms. Dewey" Used to Say -- The Seattle Books Examiner'sTop 20 Things Librarians in Public Libraries Wish Patrons Knew or Did -- The Swiss Army Librarian's Top 10 Pet Peeves about Patrons -- 10 Commandments for Borrowers of Books -- 6 Birds That Make Library-Related Sounds -- Larry Nix's Top 10 Libraries on Postage Stamps -- 15 Favorite Library Postcards -- Top 10 Library Blogs -- Top 16 Book Blogs -- Top 60 Subject Blogs and News Sources -- Norman Stevens's 10 Best Children's Picture Books That Feature Libraries and Librarians -- 10 Librarians in Adult Fiction -- 25 Offbeat Book Titles -- Martha Spear's Top 10 Reasons to Be a Librarian -- Scott Douglas's 10 Reasons to Be (and Not to Be) a Librarian -- Top 10 Ways to Make Sure Potential Applicants forYour Library Job Are Turned Off by Your Ad -- 10 Recruitment Vows for Librarians -- Roy Tennant's Top 10 Things Library Administrators Should Know about Technology -- Leigh Anne Vrabel's 10 Things to Do When You Are a Library Director -- Jenny Levine's Mind-Set List for Library School Students -- Sean Fitzpatrick's 7 Cool Tools That Librarians Should Know About -- Key Dates in American Library History -- 5 Movies with the Worst Librarian Stereotypes -- 5 Movies with Librarian Role Models -- 3 TV Shows with Librarians -- 12 Librarians Who Came Back to Haunt -- Top 15 Books about Real Librarians -- 12 Librarians Who Were Poets -- 14 Ways Public Libraries Are Good for the Country -- Ranganathan's 5 Laws of Library Science (Updated) -- Michael Gorman's Revised Laws of Library Science.

John Cotton Dana's 12 Rules for Reading -- Top 25 Largest Libraries in North America -- 10 Unusual Rare-Book Genres -- 10 Book Curses -- 10 Intriguing Paper Defects -- Stephen Leary's Top 10 Ways to Exit a Library -- Booklist Editors' Best American Fiction, 1980-2005 -- Top 10 Challenged Books, 1990-2000 -- Other Challenged Books, 2001-2009 -- Top 12 Silly Reasons to Ban a Book -- 10 Most Popular Celebrity READ® Posters -- What to Do When the Media Calls -- How to Say "Where Is the Library?" in 50 Languages -- Top 10 Library Music Videos -- Notes -- You may also be interested in -- Back Cover.