h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

British librarianship qualifications seem easier to understand:

http://www.cilip.org.uk/qualifications/assistants.html

http://www.cilip.org.uk/qualifications/where.html

and New Zealand looks cool:

http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/about/2qualifications.html

and Ireland looks positively friendly;

http://www.libraryassociation.ie/policy/career.htm

and librarians obviously do more than stamp your books and put them away these days:

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/pub/standard/staf0597.htm

http://www.worldfishcenter.org/training/training_library.htm

Yep. But the skills of a true bibliophile are often lacking.

A bit like the woman who owned the bookshop in 'You got mail' and the large bookstore that put her out of business!

Yep.
Oddly enough, I find that the best stores are often those that sell
used books. The owners and employees are a bit eccentric and they are so much more knowledgeable about the history of books, rather than keeping up with the trends.
The Book Cellar downtown has folks like these, but they do have to keep up with some trends as they are also a comic book vendor and that is very trendy.

When I was a pre-teen, I got into American fantasy comics - as I remember, the Fantastic Four and Green Lantern were my favourites.

Very good choices.

Glad you approve!