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For the Love of Libraries...
I got my first library job in 1st grade. I stayed behind after my class left and helped the librarian put the cards back into the books. For this work, I was paid in an extra book each week. I believe this started my love of libraries. Boy was I mad when I couldn't do this again in 2nd grade.
We moved and for 3rd and 4th grade there was a "new way" of teaching and students could check themselves out to go other places in the school. I went to the library media center every day! I read all of the Little House books and then started reading biographies. I checked out 2-3 books per day. Also at this time, I began begging my parents to take me to the public library.
We moved again and finally, in 6th grade, I got to work in the library again. I don't remember what I did but I do remember the librarian taking all her workers on a field trip to meet some authors. Now My new town and a tiny library in the town hall. Some friends and I started doing our homework in the upstairs reference room.
My next library home was the library in my 7th-12th grade school. I loved being there for any study hall as well as hanging out there after school. Once I got my license, I could drive to libraries! The library in a neighboring home was a cool colonial style house. I'd spend my Saturdays there.
My summers were spent working as a nanny. Our Fridays were visiting the library, getting lunch, going grocery shopping, and heading home to read our books.
We moved and for 3rd and 4th grade there was a "new way" of teaching and students could check themselves out to go other places in the school. I went to the library media center every day! I read all of the Little House books and then started reading biographies. I checked out 2-3 books per day. Also at this time, I began begging my parents to take me to the public library.
We moved again and finally, in 6th grade, I got to work in the library again. I don't remember what I did but I do remember the librarian taking all her workers on a field trip to meet some authors. Now My new town and a tiny library in the town hall. Some friends and I started doing our homework in the upstairs reference room.
My next library home was the library in my 7th-12th grade school. I loved being there for any study hall as well as hanging out there after school. Once I got my license, I could drive to libraries! The library in a neighboring home was a cool colonial style house. I'd spend my Saturdays there.
My summers were spent working as a nanny. Our Fridays were visiting the library, getting lunch, going grocery shopping, and heading home to read our books.
My college's library was right across the street from a public library. I got a public library card right away my freshman year and used both libraries for studying, researching, and finding the latest fiction to read. During this time I also used the library at the other college in town. It was a great way to meet guys!
After college, I got a job in the city while living in the burbs. I used the library to get books to read on public transportation commute.
I start visiting library story times when my oldest was 15 months old and continued until my youngest went to Kindergarten. I always signed my kids up for the summer reading programs. They had library cards as soon as they could write their name on the card. We practiced this at home. I raised readers and library users. My first grandchild is continuing the tradition of attending library story time at his local library.
I didn't become a librarian until my mid-forties. When I was younger even though I was always at home in any library, I never considered it a career option. A family move lead me to rethink what I was doing. I enrolled an ALA approved MLIS program and worked a variety of part-time library jobs to see what would be a good fit.
Today I am the librarian at a parochial school. My students range from 3 years old - 8th grade. I continue to use the public libraries in my county as well as several surrounding counties. My world would be black and white without libraries. - Deirdre Jameson
After college, I got a job in the city while living in the burbs. I used the library to get books to read on public transportation commute.
I start visiting library story times when my oldest was 15 months old and continued until my youngest went to Kindergarten. I always signed my kids up for the summer reading programs. They had library cards as soon as they could write their name on the card. We practiced this at home. I raised readers and library users. My first grandchild is continuing the tradition of attending library story time at his local library.
I didn't become a librarian until my mid-forties. When I was younger even though I was always at home in any library, I never considered it a career option. A family move lead me to rethink what I was doing. I enrolled an ALA approved MLIS program and worked a variety of part-time library jobs to see what would be a good fit.
Today I am the librarian at a parochial school. My students range from 3 years old - 8th grade. I continue to use the public libraries in my county as well as several surrounding counties. My world would be black and white without libraries. - Deirdre Jameson
It was safer to say, “I’m going to the library,” get on my bike and spend hours of a day rather than remain home with an abusive step-parent. The library was a refuge, a place where I could just be and the bonus was that there were books, plenty and plenty of books for me to read. I was so lucky that the library was 1.5 miles away from my house. - Kerry Spillane