What an excellent idea, marking books you are reading and posting lists of what
you've read!
I also feel it is a vital part of what I do to read and evaluate new arrivals as
well as previously unread books already in the collection. It is unfortunate that
we feel compelled to explain the importance of on-the-job reading or that we might
be "wasting time" better spent on other tasks.
Our relatively new high school principal wants me to tutor students who need
remedial help, which I am happy to do, to make sure that the time for which I am
being paid is being well spent. (Some years ago, I wrote an article describing
what I do in the course of a day. Perhaps I'll give it to her to read.)
Librarians. . .have been my lifelong friends, guides and heroes. . .—Joseph Bruchac
Barbara Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
Brooklyn, New York
basyak10@hotmail.com
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:01:59 -0400
> From: lynda.short@FAYETTE.KYSCHOOLS.US
> Subject: Re: GEN: Reading on the Job
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> I feel it is my responsibility (and certainly a pleasure and a perk of the
>profession!!) to read what I purchase in addition to the professional journals
>from which I make my purchases. I can, and do, book talk titles I have not read,
>but the passion shines through and they fly off the shelves if I talk about what
>I've read and am currently reading. My co-librarian and I put stickers with our
>initials on the spines of what we've read....the kids love it. We also post lists
>of what we're reading. We create the same types of lists for our teachers to post
>so the kids are aware they live among literate adults. My goal is to read 100
>books yearly; haven't quite achieved that, but 80 isn't too bad. My reading is
>done in fits and starts; the students always come first!
>
> Lynda N. Short, MSLS
> Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
> 1600 Man O' War Blvd.
> Lexington, KY 40513
> 859-381-3546 x 2122
> FAX 859-381-3549
> lynda.short@fayette.kyschools.us
>
> She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. (1873) ~ Louisa May Alcott
>~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
>[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Billie Esser
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:15 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: GEN: Reading on the Job
>
> Don't read on the job? Ridiculous! Telling a librarian not to read
> on the job is like telling a Chef not to cook or taste the food they
> prepare for customers each day.
>
> Billie Esser
> Librarian
> Jefferson West High School
> Meriden, KS
> billie.esser@gmail.com
>
> On 7/31/09, Megan Kurtz <mkurtz@donbosco.org> wrote:
> > 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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