What community college library employee doesn't experience the overwhelming sense of dread that comes with preparing for the first day of a new semester? Long gone are the intercession days of angelic silence and shelving peacefully amidst a ghost town of book shelves and unoccupied study corrals.
We employees forge ahead into the new semester with the kind of irritability that comes with food poisoning, but at least we make a point to have a smile on our faces while doing so. I usually make an effort to be pleasant, especially after I once had a patron comment on my look of dissatisfaction by telling me in a really facetious tone that librarians must have the most stressful jobs. I often wonder what kind of workplace the general public thinks libraries are. Sure, it's an intellectual environment, but it definitely isn't the "zen" atmosphere people might believe it to be. There's print cards, paper jams, the homeless, and nursing students. Oh, nursing students...
I'm kidding. I have no qualms with my fantastic job (really, it is fantastic). Working for and with the public is always rewarding and there's never a dull day. Here's an outlet to document them.
- Circ. Ass.
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