The Joke's On Us How many academic librarians does it take to change a light bulb? Just five. One changes the light bulb while the other four form a committee and write a letter of protest to the Dean, because after all, changing light bulbs IS NOT professional work! How many catalogers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Just one, but they have to wait to see how LC does it first. How many cataloguers does it take to change a light bulb? Only one provided it is in AACR2. How many reference librarians does it take to change a light bulb? (with a perky smile) "Well, I don't know right off-hand, but I know where we can look it up!" How many reference librarians does it take to change a light bulb? None if it has a LCSH heading. How many library system managers does it take to change a light bulb? All of them as the manual was lost in the last move (or flood). How many library managers does it take to change a light bulb? At least one committee and a light bulb strategy focus meeting and plan. How many librarians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Four, one to install it and 3 to test it in staff mode for 3 months before the patron can use it. How many library technicians does it take to change a light bulb? Seven. One to follow approved procedure, and six to review the procedure. (eight if you count the librarian they all report to.) And Now For Something Completely Different One day a librarian sees a chicken walk up to her desk and cluck, "book-book-book- BOOOOOK." She follows the chicken while it pecks at six books and pulls out a library card. The next week the whole sequence happens again, and the curious librarian follows the chicken to see where it's going with all these books. She follows it to a pond, where the chicken gives the books to a frog, who glances at the titles and throws them aside, saying "readdit! readdit! readdit!"