Re: TARGET: Who's the "Librarian"

[Wendy Stoll <Wendy40@AOL.COM>]

My guess is that is has to do with our penchant for being egalitarian.  Most
of us don't call assistants "clerks", even when all they do is clerical work.
 There never seems to be the same problem in the classroom; parents and
children are very aware of who the teacher is, and who the "assistant" is.

The other thing is that we're always so busy, teachers and students will take
whomever they can get when they come in for help.  There is a lot of
"librarian" work that many assistants are perfectly capable of handling, for
example, helping someone find a book or use the card catalog.  The things we
do that only we do tend to be background things, like ordering and weeding
and budgeting, and so forth.

This is not as much of a problem in schools where the librarian is actively
involved in planning...then the teachers are VERY aware of our position.

Just some thoughts.
Wendy Stoll
Walden School
Louisville, KY