Unbelievably, and unfortunately, the Dewey Decimal System (the system librarians use to order books) classifies poetry as non-fiction.
The oil company employs its own librarians at the site who insist that only pre-1976 material on issues such as solar power are available to journalists and the public.
Warren proceeds to calmly recite numbers that could inspire even librarians to storm a few barricades.
As for the literary judgment of librarians, to my mind the Impac panelist have alighted on more consistently interesting books than the Booker judges over the years.
Cardigans – once associated with librarians and teachers – are on the cusp of a fashion moment.
"I can't think anyone has ever bought a book on hearing that it won the Impac prize," he continued, "though it's nice of them to hand over 100,000 euros on the say-so of a lot of librarians".
A deal was done to allow the library to remain open, primarily as a children's library with shorter opening hours, using volunteers to assist a reduced number of librarians.
Librarians are being made redundant.
Librarians are irked by this, but not yet anxious.
Other librarians, however, regard the Google settlement as a good compromise, even if it is not perfect and does not address the criticisms that Mr Kahle and other internet types have with copyright law.
Another Lewisham library is run by Age Exchange, a charity for the elderly.In a quiet success for David Cameron's "Big Society", the number of volunteer librarians has risen from 12,708 to 21,642 in the past five years, according to CIPFA.
