{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Susan Baier","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/susanpb24\/","title":"Hall of Shame","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lNyx1ySl6l\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/hall-of-shame\/\">Hall of Shame<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/hall-of-shame\/embed\/#?secret=lNyx1ySl6l\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Hall of Shame&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"lNyx1ySl6l\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"There are countless anecdotes out in Library Land about crazy reference questions (Where can I find a photograph of a dinosaur?) and misunderstood book titles (Can I get a copy of Tequila Mockingbird by Harper Lee?) But I plead guilty to some verbal gaffes, malapropisms, and just plain confusion of my very own in the name of public service. Won&#8217;t you join me in a journey down my embarrassing memory lane? A young girl infected with Justin Bieber Fever recently asked me, breathlessly, if we had any books on the pint-sized heartthrob. None were on the shelf, so I put some on request for her. She walked away, and my next patron asked for several items including Elizabeth George Speare&#8217;s The Sign of the Beaver. &#8220;Yes&#8221;, I said, &#8220;the catalog does indicate we have on the shelf The Sign of the Bieber.&#8221; Sigh. Maybe Justin should have chosen that for..."}