Comments on: I Wish I Was a Librarian

By: kim

kim — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:59:04 +0000

Jane,
Try reading “The Kaizen Way” by Robert Mauier. Fantastic book!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:00:07 +0000

Thanks for sharing the Librarians go GaGa clip, fantastic. Loved it, and love my job (elementary school librarian)!

By: Lorie

Lorie — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:24:47 +0000

Libraries are truly the best

By: Mary J.

Mary J. — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:39:43 +0000

Virginia…another lover of “Little Golden Books”! When I woke up on my 7th birthday, there were TEN “LGB’s” at the foot of my bed! I was treated to a morning of reading in bed!! …obviously a most treasure memory;)

By: Jill F.

Jill F. — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:55:18 +0000

What a fun video!! I’ll bet they had a blast making it. And unlike the real Lady Gaga videos, I can actually show it to my kids! Libraries (and librarians) are the best – just the smell of the library makes me happy!

By: Janelle Wolf

Janelle Wolf — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:10:18 +0000

Thanks for posting the link for that video Jane! :0) It brought me back to my days at Flagler College where I did my work study in the college library. Oddly enough, the front desk of the one in the video almost looks identical to the entrance of the one at my college. Too cool! I really enjoyed my time working there for that year ~

By: Stacy in AZ

Stacy in AZ — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:58:10 +0000

I grew up in a small town in NY. Books were checked out by hand and there was a card in the back of the book that told you when it was due back. You looked up books in a card catalog and there were no inter-library loans. The librarians used to come around to the tables to tell you that the library was closing…no blinking lights or PA system announcements. And the library was a place where you knew you had to respect the quiet rule and the librarians would “shush” you if you spoke above a whisper. Thanks for making me think of that again. Nice memory.

By: Stacy in AZ

Stacy in AZ — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:40:37 +0000

How cool is that, that your library tells you how much you saved by borrowing the book from the library instead of purchasing it. I wish my library did that too!

By: KathyGee

KathyGee — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:08:18 +0000

Jane,
I wanted to be a librarian but it required a MA and by the time I finally finished my BA in English, going at night for six years after many years of not being in college, it didn’t make sense to quit my job to go full time to library school for two years. However, my heart is at the library and I walk there nearly every week. Those UW librarians are great; a long way from “Marion, the librarian” -they prove Librarians ROCK!

By: Carole Fiore-Abshire

Carole Fiore-Abshire — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:14:11 +0000

I love my library, here in crawfordville,fla. When I first moved here, the lbrary was at the old courthouse, I had 2 small children and space was tight. Anyways, they moved to a beautiful new building. I lived in chicago and you were only allowed 4 books and if they were late you were cahrged $1.00 each book. Here you can call to renew and its only 50cents each day and $1.00 for DVD. I can even have a book on hold. Myrtle and Clarris aare my favorite librarians, and Betty, all three of them know me and my reading habits so they let me take new books out and I have them back early. I evne help out during their book free book fairs. I love it, I wrote to my congressman, and Governor so they wouldn’t stop funding our libraries in fla. We need them for our future children.