Hi, there from a fellow teaching assistant in Milwaukee. :wave:
Concerning you not being a real librarian, just because you don't have the sheepskin in Information/Library Science doesn't preclude you from being a library assistant (my mother was one herself back in 1973-1976 and helped start up/run the tiny library she helped found), and as
Nanaea would probably tell you, a library couldn't run without the LAs.
Heck, when I was able to get over to the tiny library where I grew up (a suburb of Pittsburgh), I used to help them out, too (I started at the age of 7 and continued until I was 10). I also helped in the elementary school library (spent quite a bit of time with books. ;) ).
Bud blagosloven (blessed be in Russian/Ukrainian)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or
Gaia Euphoria)