- do reference, meaning we answer questions.
- do reader's advisor, meaning we talk books with people and help them select their next read.
- help people find books, music, periodicals, and movies within our collections.
- select items to add to the collection.
- select the books that are old, crappy, irrelevant or completely inaccurate to send them to book heaven.
- teach classes, anything from computer to literacy classes.
- run book discussions.
- order articles and other books from other libraries for people.
- shh people who forget they're in a library.
- reunite bad parents with their neglected children.
- protect the privacy of our patrons by NOT sharing their book selections with anyone.
- celebrate reading banned books.
- fight off book challenges like the plague.
I'm missing all kinds of stuff. I haven't even touched on what management does. Haven't talked about grant-writing, library-building, lobbying, promoting stuff, etc. We do a lot, but here's a little taste.
Are there any librarians out there? What do you do that I haven't mentioned?
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