One post asked the question about whether or not we are in the service business.
Obviously, yes, we are. And I have no problem finding materials for teachers "on
the clock". Call me crazy, but I don't think it is reasonable for a teacher to
catch me as I'm walking out the door with a request that she needs first thing in
the morning, and expect me to fill it. And, the original poster was not even going
to be in that library the next day. I'm sure her schedule is posted somewhere, so
it should be the teacher's responsibility to know when she will be there. I think
I would have told the teacher I would get to the list as soon as I could.
As for all of us who get "walked on", and I think we all do at one time or another,
I quote Ann Landers. "No one takes advantage of you without your permission." We
sometimes are our own worst enemies in how we let the rest of the staff treat us. I
am very willing to help whoever needs it and asks for it. I also suggest that I
might have been able to help when I hear that someone "had trouble" getting
something. But, I refuse to be a pushover and feel guilty if someone is late in
asking for something, and I can't get to it right away. Now, I will admit, it took
me many of my many years of being a librarian before I got the backbone to stop
some of the problems, but, I don't lose any sleep over things now. Just how I cope.
We all do what we can.
Currently reading Hattie Big Sky
Hitty (still)
Same Sweet Girls (adult) Janet Perry, Prek-12
LibrarianCerro Gordo CUSD 100, Cerro Gordo, ILperrybros@hotmail.com
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