In the UK, the book most often stolen from the library was 'The Joy of Sex'....

And we did have a male librarian who insisted on wearing a dress to work. He even went to an industrial tribunal for the right to wear a dress in public. The council lost that one and it was to no-one's surprise that 8 weeks later he was promoted to managing the cataloguing department where no public ever went!

I like the idea of taking the starchiness out of librarians... I've worked with all varieties and although I admit to wearing my hair in a bun sometimes, I have not worn tweed since I was 8 - and that was my father's jacket in a fancy dress competition (I was a chimney sweep).

KTS