
My library doppelganger SHER C often reserves books I want to read, have read or need to read. Here’s a book that my doppelganger reserved that I need to read! Don’t worry. I left it on the shelf or him or her. I just reserved my own copy.
When you order a book online from the Johnson County (Kansas) Library, you can pick it up on the shelf at the branch you choose. A shortened version of your name will be on the spine. My name is SHER C. There’s another SHER C, whose reserved book choices are often so similar to mine. I call him/her my library #doppelgänger.
My library doppelgänger SHER C often reserves books I want to read, have read or need to read. Here’s one I need to read!
The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” by Marie Kondo.
The Library Angel is a phenomenon described by Arthur Koestler in which information (typically in libraries) becomes accessible through chance or coincidence rather than through the use of a cataloguing system.
Arthur Koestler coined the term library angel for frequently experienced meaningful coincidences in which the right book or reference suddenly presents itself at a moment of need.