In August we posted an item titled, “The Books Know One Wants to Borrow,” and reported about two Detroit area librarians (Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner) and how they find “interesting” (understatement) material as they weed their collections. For example, a recent post, Groovy, Baby Yeah featured a 1983 book with people wearing some hip and groovy clothing of the period. Mary and Holly remain on the lookout for this type of material and post their findings on the Awful Library Books Blog.
Now, move your calendar ahead three months and Mary and Holly are appearing on national television. That’s right, national tv, The Jimmy Kimmel Show.
Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner are finding old books on library shelves in Plymouth, and in the process are enjoying their 15 minutes of fame. Mary and Holly flew west Wednesday to Hollywood, and they can hardly believe their instant notoriety.
“I am still trying to figure out how it’s caught anybody’s fancy,” Kelly laughed.
“It’s just something I never thought would happen in my life,” said Hibner. “National TV catches the attention of some little hobby you do, and there you are.”
When late-night host Jimmy Kimmel heard about the librarians’ hobby of taking outdated books out of circulation and blogging about them, he immediately saw the comedic possibilities.
You can watch segment online. Look for the video viewer on the right side of this page.
Source: WXYZ
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