9.26.2006
"Mrs. Thurgoode quietly crosses the room in her sturdy, sensible lace-up shoes, steel gray buns firmly in place. Her sharp eyes scan the room for offenders: those smart little preteens who talk behind raised books and stand in the book stacks with the human growth and development section.
The stereotype still lingers! When in fact, librarians run marathons, study aromatherapy and are certified in foot reflexology. They can list the ingredients in the recipe for Armenian rice pilaf or walk you through the steps of making a paper mache pinata with supplies you have on hand without consulting a book.
A librarian can move miles away and some of her patrons still call her at home with reference questions.
In fact, so few of the general public visit the modern library that their image of library personnel is stuck forty years ago when they were traumatized by the librarian in their small hometown.
They are not coming to us, so is the solution to go to them in schools and supermarkets and have a meet the librarian column in the newspaper?
We need to get to know each other."
Nancy
Circulation
The stereotype still lingers! When in fact, librarians run marathons, study aromatherapy and are certified in foot reflexology. They can list the ingredients in the recipe for Armenian rice pilaf or walk you through the steps of making a paper mache pinata with supplies you have on hand without consulting a book.
A librarian can move miles away and some of her patrons still call her at home with reference questions.
In fact, so few of the general public visit the modern library that their image of library personnel is stuck forty years ago when they were traumatized by the librarian in their small hometown.
They are not coming to us, so is the solution to go to them in schools and supermarkets and have a meet the librarian column in the newspaper?
We need to get to know each other."
Nancy
Circulation
# posted by J.P. Morgan : 6:39 PM
