Wednesday, November 01, 2006

...you need a degree to do this?

True story:
As I was wrapping up a reference interaction with a patron a couple of months ago, she asked, "By the way, how did you get a job working here? I love this library and I'm here all the time. Maybe I should start working here too." I said, "Well, I started off by first going to graduate school...." She interrupted me there and said, "Oh, you need a degree to do this?"

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2 comments:

John Klima said...

Of course you do! :) Gary you remember all those classes we took that talked about interactions with patrons and other practical library needs?

JK

Meghan Ecclestone said...

I find this little story funny because as an aspiring MLS student, I hear that same line ALL THE TIME. "I thought you just had to apply to be a librarian! You need a Master's degree?" Yeah, ask me that the next time you're finishing an essay in the eleventh hour and can't figure out how to access the electronic databases at your university's library.... (I suppose I will benefit from any "diplomacy with patrons" classes offered at school).