Learned the Library the same way
Hi Karman
"...I was never a librarian but I did do time at King Edward College Campus library in Vancouver in about 1985/86 on a work/study program while taking 5 courses there. My youngest was 3 and in the daycare there as well I absolutely loved handling the books and shelving them! And what a way to learn the library and what books they had. I was only there a few months..."
Same period I had a job working at college library my freshmen year, they had just moved into a new building and I spend several weeks shelving and rearranging books. First time through they just had us take the books out of the boxes and fill the shelves in order, when that was done they discovered that the new building was more than half empty so we had to spread the books out and leave space for the collection to grow. After handling every book in the library two or three times I never had to use the card catalog for the next four years. I just knew where all the books where, they did make me take the freshmen course on how to use the library.
Margaret (wife) said use the library a lot check out lots of books libraries love the circulation figures, particularly at budget time.
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