Thanks, Zen. I wish you non-difficulty with the special anniversary cover.
Pffl to that email, Jesse.
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
WindSparrow - Sep 16, 2016 4:01:12 am PDT #27711 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2016 4:28:33 am PDT #27712 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha HA! The email did not say my work was garbage, and did have constructive feedback. (It is still possible the person emailed my boss to tell him my work was garbage. She is tricksy.) (My work is not garbage.)
(He looked at me like I was stupid/I'm not stupid #Ham4Board)
msbelle - Sep 16, 2016 4:39:08 am PDT #27713 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Where's that like button?
-t - Sep 16, 2016 4:57:09 am PDT #27714 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Everything's coming up Jesse.
That's awful, Windsparrow! I'm so sorry.
I just want to be able to sleep until sunrise. That doesn't seem unreasonable.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 16, 2016 5:36:12 am PDT #27715 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Everything's coming up Jesse.
#Gypsy4Board?
Connie Neil - Sep 16, 2016 5:41:07 am PDT #27716 of 30003
brillig
I just want to be able to sleep until sunrise. That doesn't seem unreasonable.
Well, if sunrise would stop moving around, it wouldn't be such a problem.
Kate P. - Sep 16, 2016 5:42:16 am PDT #27717 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Zenkitty, I'd also be happy to email a bit with your niece. I've worked in a public library and am now in a school library. I definitely echo flea about how it's even more important for a librarian to like people than to like books. Unless she wants to do something very specific and back-room-y like archives work or cataloging (and I don't think there are a ton of job postings for those types of positions), most library jobs involve a lot of customer service and outreach. Getting to know your patrons and your community, building relationships with them, and learning what they need and how to serve them best, is really at the forefront of librarianship, at least in my experience.
Had more to say, but the baby was up for 2 solid hours in the night and I cannot brane anymore. (At least she doesn't do this very often? And I'm no martyr, M took her for the second hour and was the one to finally get her back to sleep successfully, but still, we are all running on empty today.)
Zenkitty - Sep 16, 2016 5:58:06 am PDT #27718 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, Kate. I'll pass along the info and the offer. She seems interested in this career path for real, for a change, and I'm hoping it sticks.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2016 6:15:58 am PDT #27719 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
#Gypsy4Board?
YES!
bennett - Sep 16, 2016 7:44:16 am PDT #27720 of 30003
Zenkitty - I'm also a librarian and work in an academic library so I can chat with her about that side of things. The public/customer service side is also very important as is the getting to know your community, but the community is more focused that that of a public library. We do have a fair number of back-office positions, some that are very technical and require extensive experience, so there's a wide range of opportunities.
I also second the getting of volunteer experience - I volunteered with my high school library and then worked part-time in college. It really helped in figuring out which aspects of librarianship I was NOT interested in. Never doing Acquisitions again.