Re: [LM_NET] GEN: Reading on the Job

["Short, Lynda" <lynda.short@FAYETTE.KYSCHOOLS.US>]

I feel it is my responsibility (and certainly a pleasure and a perk of the 
profession!!) to read what I purchase in addition to the professional journals from 
which I make my purchases.  I can, and do, book talk titles I have not read, but 
the passion shines through and they fly off the shelves if I talk about what I've 
read and am currently reading.  My co-librarian and I put stickers with our 
initials on the spines of what we've read....the kids love it.  We also post lists 
of what we're reading.  We create the same types of lists for our teachers to post 
so the kids are aware they live among literate adults.  My goal is to read 100 
books yearly; haven't quite achieved that, but 80 isn't too bad.  My reading is 
done in fits and starts; the students always come first!

Lynda N. Short, MSLS
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
1600 Man O' War Blvd.
Lexington, KY 40513
859-381-3546 x 2122
FAX 859-381-3549
lynda.short@fayette.kyschools.us

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. (1873) ~ Louisa May Alcott ~

-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications 
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Billie Esser
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:15 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GEN: Reading on the Job

Don't read on the job?  Ridiculous!  Telling a librarian not to read
on the job is like telling a Chef not to cook or taste the food they
prepare for customers each day.

Billie Esser
Librarian
Jefferson West High School
Meriden, KS
billie.esser@gmail.com

On 7/31/09, Megan Kurtz <mkurtz@donbosco.org> wrote:
> I'm curious how many of you read on the job.  Before I got a library job,
> reading at work was a guilty pleasure - something I snuck in here or there
> when I could.  Now, though, I'm wondering if it acceptable to read books in
> the collection or professional development books when I'm on the clock.  I'm
> worried that if students and staff see me reading they will think I am
> slacking off or don't have enough work to do.  So tell me - what do you do?
> Thanks!
>
> Megan Kurtz
> Library Media Specialist
> Don Bosco Charter High School
> Kansas City, MO
> mkurtz@donbosco.org
> 816-691-2900
>
> "Education breeds confidence.  Confidence breeds hope.  Hope breeds peace."
> -- Confucius
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