(1)Human Folley: its manifestations in the library.
(2)Human Courage: and just how far some library users are prepared to push back the boundaries of tolerance of the library staff.
(3)Individual Uniqueness: and how weird some people actually are.
(4)The Depth and Scope of Human Exploration of their world: and how this creates cataloging problems
(5)The Creativity of the Human Race: and the originality of excuses for overdue books.
(6)The Complexity of the English Language: and the cost of comprehensive or specialist dictionaries.
(7)The Rate of Growth of the Internet: and the amount of junk contained therein.
(8)The Speed of Digital Communication: except in displaying critical web pages.
(9)The Innocence of Children: according to the children themselves when caught in acts of library vandalism.
(10)The Great Mysteries of Life: and why librarians keep doing what they do best.
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