[LM_NET] Response to Vent: Teacher Joke

[KIMBERLY KOVACH <KIMBERLY.KOVACH@UCPS.K12.NC.US>]

In response to Vent: Teacher Joke:  Over Spring Break, my father-in-law asked me 
why I needed a Master's Degree to "sit around and check out books".  I let my 
husband answer that one because the steam was coming out of my ears and I didn't 
want to say anything I'd regret.  I also enlightened him later that day, when I was 
a little less worked up.  Yes, Virginia, there IS a difference between being a 
circulation desk clerk at a public library and being the one-and-only media 
coordinator in a school.  
 
That being said, I am currently working on earning my MLIS and there is a pretty 
big disconnect between some of my coursework and what I actually do all day in the 
media center.  As I often mutter to my assistant when some piece of equipment 
breaks down and I am called to fix it, or we are asked to do some random thing by a 
teacher or my principal, "They don't teach this in library school."
 
Kimberly Kovach
Librarian/Media Coordinator
East Union Middle School
Union County Public Schools
704-624-2114
kimberly.kovach@ucps.k12.nc.us 
 
Please take note that East Union's main phone number will change on Monday, June 
16th to (704) 290-1540.  Please place this new number in your records and begin 
using it at that time.
 
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Carolina Public Records Law, which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third 
parties, including law enforcement.

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