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Warm & Fuzzies & Frustration
It’s storytime folks, so get comfortable and read on about this experience I had recently that is probably not at all shocking for other librarians, but may be eye-opening for non-librarian readers. Two older gentlemen came up to the desk the other day and I happened to be able to…
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What does reference mean anyway?
I primarily work at our children’s reference desk while at the library. Although sitting there waiting for someone to ask me a question is not all I do. I plan a lot of our programming, assign call numbers to new books, select new additions to the library, shelf read, weed…
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To Reference or Not To Reference?
Yesterday, I finally got back to a project that got pushed to the wayside last spring. It happens all the time, we start working on something full steam ahead and something else that is more important takes its place. We began working our way through the reference area in our…
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“Where are the good chapter books?”
As a reference librarian, I am guaranteed to get some people asking me the most interesting, weird, cute, and ridiculous questions known to mankind. Questions (by adults usually) like, “Can you help me find a book? I can’t remember the title or author, but I know the cover was blue and it was…