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in reply to a message by Nanaea
Brows could radiate sweat. I know mine did today--I've just gotten a job at the library, and shelving is hard work!
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Yes, it is. I volunteered last summer at a library, and I didn't even shelve, I just neatened up the shelves (which did, however, involve reshelving), and I had to battle exhaustion more than once.
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Welcome to the club...
In our one-employee-at-a-time library I check in, order, check out, deal with research questions, but many of my best work hours are spent shelving..it's great mind therapy!
In our one-employee-at-a-time library I check in, order, check out, deal with research questions, but many of my best work hours are spent shelving..it's great mind therapy!
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Oh, I wish...
That I could find the time to help out in the library, but then again, I don't know how much I'd get done...I'm forbidden (mother's orders) to read while (not) cooking supper, lol!
I used to plan how I'd manage to spend the night in the library...I could probably do so if I stayed hidden in a dark corner and silent.
Nanaea, I don't know where you work, but maybe you could tell me why my public library now charges $60 for out-of-town patrons? (like us) What costs so much? And is it going up in your area?
Y :)
(I can say 'book' in five languages)
That I could find the time to help out in the library, but then again, I don't know how much I'd get done...I'm forbidden (mother's orders) to read while (not) cooking supper, lol!
I used to plan how I'd manage to spend the night in the library...I could probably do so if I stayed hidden in a dark corner and silent.
Nanaea, I don't know where you work, but maybe you could tell me why my public library now charges $60 for out-of-town patrons? (like us) What costs so much? And is it going up in your area?
Y :)
(I can say 'book' in five languages)
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Barb, you know I love you for many reasons. Not least among them being that you're a librarian.
Many communities have churches. My ideal communites value public libraries as their shining "temples of worship".
And, of course, all library employees are sacred priests, priestesses, and acolytes. :)
-- Nanaea
Many communities have churches. My ideal communites value public libraries as their shining "temples of worship".
And, of course, all library employees are sacred priests, priestesses, and acolytes. :)
-- Nanaea
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OT: Another bibliotek fanatic (and accolades to any and all library personnel)
If I could move into a library, I would. I used to do some volunteer work at one of my grade school libraries and I also did some at a very small public library (helping my mother in the public library doing some general stuff, doing the shelving in the grade school library.)
Ah, a library (preferably one with an in-house living, breathing, warm, non-human mascot.) Just find a place to stick my bed and a decent kitchen, then I'd be set.
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
If I could move into a library, I would. I used to do some volunteer work at one of my grade school libraries and I also did some at a very small public library (helping my mother in the public library doing some general stuff, doing the shelving in the grade school library.)
Ah, a library (preferably one with an in-house living, breathing, warm, non-human mascot.) Just find a place to stick my bed and a decent kitchen, then I'd be set.
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Non-human mascot: We used to have a library cat...
...but alas, Morris was done in by an undisciplined canine. (not in the library, just down the street).
...but alas, Morris was done in by an undisciplined canine. (not in the library, just down the street).
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Thanx,Nanaea! I'm at work now in a British Council Library and my coworker is on her break,so it's a one-man operation. Nice to know that we're appriciated.
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"all library employees are..."
except in southern US small-town libraries, where all employees seem to be hog-callers. I've never seen a louder group of people anywhere, notwithstanding that there's supposed to be some degree of "quiet" in a library setting.
I've gone so far as to politely request the (apparent) senior staff person present whether those on duty might turn the homey gossip (with each local walking in) down a few decibels. I never got much beyond a muttered apology and absolutely no change in Wanda and Lurleen's caterwauling with the patrons and their screaming spawn.
except in southern US small-town libraries, where all employees seem to be hog-callers. I've never seen a louder group of people anywhere, notwithstanding that there's supposed to be some degree of "quiet" in a library setting.
I've gone so far as to politely request the (apparent) senior staff person present whether those on duty might turn the homey gossip (with each local walking in) down a few decibels. I never got much beyond a muttered apology and absolutely no change in Wanda and Lurleen's caterwauling with the patrons and their screaming spawn.
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Linda, Barb and Mary Anne are pretty good at homey chit-chat with the locals too....
But we try to keep the noise down to a dull rumble.
But we try to keep the noise down to a dull rumble.
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Daividh, Daividh...
You're still clinging to the past. The days of peaceful perusal in public libraries are long gone. That went the same route as the card catalog, Daividh.
-- Nanaea
You're still clinging to the past. The days of peaceful perusal in public libraries are long gone. That went the same route as the card catalog, Daividh.
-- Nanaea
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That's what I tell my feet whenever they start complaining...
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Heyyyyy, Array!
You're shelving in a library? That's a great job! I'm always pushing public libraries -- and the folks who do the vital work of shelving library materials (we call them "pages") absolutely rock. :)
Major props to ya. :)
-- Nanaea (Library Director)
You're shelving in a library? That's a great job! I'm always pushing public libraries -- and the folks who do the vital work of shelving library materials (we call them "pages") absolutely rock. :)
Major props to ya. :)
-- Nanaea (Library Director)
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