Monday, March 20, 2006
Git along, lil' Deweys, git along...
I am now a Library Technician I for the San Diego County Library, Solana Beach Branch.
However, I think a much better job title would be Apprentice Book Wrangler. Yes, we wrangle more than books-- we also handle lots of CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes. But I think "Book Wrangler" has a nice tone to it. And it's sure descriptive of what we do.
The uninitiated would think that books are fairly placid things, just sitting around in piles or on shelves. Nope. Ours migrate all over the county, and have to be corralled, branded, culled, herded....On a typical day we receive a shipment of 6-12 boxes of books from other branches and ship almost as many out. Not to mention the piles of our own books that patrons return or check out. We're one of the busier branches in the system.
I am planning on spending at least my first week's salary on comfortable shoes. Being on your feet 8 hrs a day is hard work when you've been managing a desk for much of the past decade. That is one part of the librarian stereotype that is accurate--we all wear comfortable shoes, and for a reason!
However, I think a much better job title would be Apprentice Book Wrangler. Yes, we wrangle more than books-- we also handle lots of CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes. But I think "Book Wrangler" has a nice tone to it. And it's sure descriptive of what we do.
The uninitiated would think that books are fairly placid things, just sitting around in piles or on shelves. Nope. Ours migrate all over the county, and have to be corralled, branded, culled, herded....On a typical day we receive a shipment of 6-12 boxes of books from other branches and ship almost as many out. Not to mention the piles of our own books that patrons return or check out. We're one of the busier branches in the system.
I am planning on spending at least my first week's salary on comfortable shoes. Being on your feet 8 hrs a day is hard work when you've been managing a desk for much of the past decade. That is one part of the librarian stereotype that is accurate--we all wear comfortable shoes, and for a reason!
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