Re: [LM_NET] GEN: Reading on the Job

[Billie Esser <billie.esser@GMAIL.COM>]

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
>
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