So as I've been told by a couple people now, every time we venture out into a different area of librarianship in these introductory classes we are going to want to be that type of librarian. So this past week I went and I interviewed my librarian administrator. I've just moved to the Clay area and so I decided to go to NOPL @ Cicero and meet with Lynne. She was the coolest lady ever. The NOPL was the coolest library ever.
It wasn't even the interview that got me (though that was fascinating) it was when she opted to give me a tour of the library and show me some of the things we had been talking about (making room for computers, the children's area, the new big comfy chairs, you know the usual library decor).
We were talking about the use of the end of stacks for material and suddenly a quote from our textbook popped into my head about marketing space and I just kind of blurted it out. It's literally the first time that I've retained information yet! I know that is probably sad, but it's true. Up until this point I've sat poised at my computer looking up countless words, going over every single piece of reading material we are given attempting to grab a hold of something here that will click. Walking into a library is what did it for me.
When I was there (and after I had that moment) I kind of looked around and went, AH-HA WATSON I'VE GOT IT! I have lived my life either behind a desk or in a book. As a history major at Cortland for my undergrad and then for the past two years working at MFC I've never really been hands on in something I love. Don't get me wrong I worship the ground that history walks on, but I never did anything with it. I didn't intern anywhere, I didn't do anything like that. But being in that library and talking shop (or as much shop as I could talk) with Lynne and then two other librarians she introduced me too (yes! she introduced me to the program librarian and the children librarian, by then I was giddy. I was probably rambling away at these people and they needed to get work done), I was like yes! This is it! I want to stay here! Find me a bunk in the children section! Honey I'm home!
Poor Lynne should never have opened up at that door to me. I'm going to be in that library every free minute (okay, well then I'll never be there) I've got.
4 comments:
congratulations! this rules.i definitely know the feeling.welcome!
alison.
Thanks!
I TOTALLY want to set up a bunk in the kids section! OK, maybe YA, but we'd still be roomies!
Awesome that you had such a great experience!
Sarah
Hahaha, actually, at the NOPL, there was a little door connecting the YA and Children's section. So we could like peek through and say hi!
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