Re: TARGET: Who's the "Librarian"

[Audrey Glick <glick@IWAYNET.NET>]

Maybe what we need is a uniform!  Or at least a name tag that identifies the
librarian as librarian and the clerk or aide as such.


>I find it interesting that ours is the one of the few professions (is
>there another) where anyone working behind a library counter is a
>librarian.  If you go to a bank, there is a teller, a bank officer, a
>trust officer, etc.  If you go to a lawyer's office, there is a
>secretary, a clerk, a lawyer.  If you go to a hospital, you can tell who
>is a nurse and who is a doctor or orderly...why is this such a problem in
>libraries?  People completely    disregard differences.  My assistant is
>always asked by teachers to find things, help them with questions, etc.
>No matter which level of public schools I've been in, this has been a
>recurring problem.  SOmetimes, it's easier to be alone.
  Audrey Glick
    Worthington, Ohio
      glick@iwaynet.net