LJ Idol - Week 9 - Unprepared

[monkeysugarmama]

Library school teaches you all the theory you need to work at a reference desk, but they forgot to mention one little thing - you’re never fully prepared to work with the public.

I graduated knowing how to hunt down the best resources and how to “get the right book into the hands of the right person” but, when a 14-year-old kid in a bulging

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[rosepurr]

Excellent as always! I used to work in the front lobby of a newspaper. We could totally trade stories.

[monkeysugarmama]

For sure!

I tailored it to be about librarianship, but really, anyone who works with the public has the same kinds of experiences.

I got my library masters from the University of South Carolina, by the way.

[rosepurr]

In Columbia?

[monkeysugarmama]

Yes!

[rosepurr]

That's a fun city.