The library is unusually full of mothers toting along small children. My guess is that because it is the day before Thanksgiving they have the day off from work or classes or whatever. And while they would get child care for their children if they were at work or school, they just bring them along to the library. After all, we surely don't mind a bunch of whining, crying kids running around the library, and getting their sticky fingers all over the computers. I'd rather have dogs in the library, and I am decidedly NOT a dog-lover.

I just had a patron who wanted the latest edition of a textbook. When I handed her the one from 2002 asked if we had a more recent edition. Did she want me to fetch it from the future?