Re: [LM_NET] Reading on the Job

[Toni Koontz <fussbgt@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

When I had the grade school and again in the college, no one questioned my
reading while working as long as I put the item down and tended to my
patrons quickly when needed. In the high school, for some strange reason,
the boys were reluctant to "interrupt" me...until I  made a sign that read "
Need help - just ask."

I once, however, got criticized for being at my desk and on the computer a
lot...until that person needed help and found that  all the time I was
spending was actually to find resources for the class he was taking and the
major paper and project the class was going to be doing.

I think it comes down to being available and making sure that all know why
you are reading.  I used to carry a book with me everywhere with a big
bookmark sticking out of it and would make sure to say something about it to
those I met.  When teachers saw me reading while waiting for a meeting to
start, or  at lunch before others came in, or any time there were a couple
of free minutes, they realized I wasn't just reading instead of working,
but, instead, was doing a big part of my job.
Toni Koontz
Retired Librarian
Columbus Ohio


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Megan Kurtz" <mkurtz@DONBOSCO.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: GEN: Reading on the Job


> I'm curious how many of you read on the job.  Before I got a library job,
> reading at work was a guilty pleasure - something I snuck in here or there
> when I could.  Now, though, I'm wondering if it acceptable to read books
> in
> the collection or professional development books when I'm on the clock.
> I'm
> worried that if students and staff see me reading they will think I am
> slacking off or don't have enough work to do.  So tell me - what do you
> do?
> Thanks!
>
> Megan Kurtz
> Library Media Specialist
> Don Bosco Charter High School
> Kansas City, MO
> mkurtz@donbosco.org
> 816-691-2900
>
> "Education breeds confidence.  Confidence breeds hope.  Hope breeds
> peace."
> -- Confucius
>
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Toni Koontz
Retired Librarian
Columbus Ohio

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