3 posts tagged “librarian”

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Ten reasons to be a librarian

You totally get to classify things.

Where else are you going to ruin a person's day over a 20-cent fine?

The funky glasses make you easily mistaken for a hipster.

You can make up whatever you want and people will believe you just because you're a librarian.

Ten reasons not to be a librarian

Who wants to go to grad school for two years to learn theory you will never use?

Those little punk teenagers on skateboards.

People kind of expect you to know things.

If you know enough about how to find information to be a good librarian, you can definitely make more money doing something else.

More at the link above....

1. What type of work do you do?
   I am a librarian.  My official title is "Assistant Circulation Manager"  which means I'm responsible for supervising 14 people as well as doing a metric assload of day to day circ stuff.  But I do like it most days.
   
2. What would be your dream job?
   Courtesan.
   
3. Have you ever volunteered, or done work for a charity?
   Yes, from time to time.
   
4. Do you like what you do?
   most days.
   
5. Show us something that is work related.
   The view from my desk.
   
   

   Deskview
   
   

I've tried.  I really have.  And I may come back to it sporadically, but I just can't keep up with twitter.  However, as a librarian, I feel it's my duty to be knowledgeable about as many of the latest tools that are out there.  Some may work for me, some won't.  But if I can pass them onto someone (either a coworker, colleague or patron) who will get use out of them, then part of my job is done. 

So sorry to those who are tracking me via twitter.  And, a sincere thanks to C for pointing it out to me.  Keep sending those bleeding edge, web 2.0 tools to me.  One may actually stick.