Re: Shelving Books

[Joan Rosen <jrosen@MCIUNIX.MCIU.K12.PA.US>]

I was going to let this one pass, but one response got me going.  Of
course we shelve books--sometimes the alternative is books piling up on
carts and eventually empty shelves!

There are many librarians who do not have help in the library to shelve.
What else can they do but shelve?  We are fortunate to have others to
help us--but when they are absent, or things pile up for other reasons,
we shelve too.  It may be poor use of professional time, but a library
cannot be useful to patrons if materials are not available.  In a perfect
world, we would all have enough paid, trained, capable help and would not
need to shelve!

J.

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