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The American Library Association is meeting, and tweeting, in Chicago. A report:

"The nearly week-long librarian meet-up, which began July 9, delivers 'over 300 educational programs' to professional bibliophiles each year--including workshops like 'Collection Development: Decision Making With Data' and 'When Is Nice Too Nice? Strategies For Disengaging From the Talkative Patron.' Some attendees, however, haven't been entirely satisfied with the ALA programming. So they launched a "secret" Twitter account for librarians to share more intriguing professional insights....

"Some librarians are exhausted by the conference's material ('I have reached the point of the conference where I no longer give a damn about anything anyone is saying any more.') Others are inspired by a perceived lack of cultural acceptance for a librarian's sex life ('I am an adult. I am a librarian. I enjoy good sex. Including at this conference. What is the problem?')."

That secret account was shut down, then relaunched.

(Hat tip: Mark Athitakis.)