When I meet new people and tell them I’m a librarian they tilt their head to one side and ask, “Aren’t you a little young for that?”

Apparently you can only do my job if you have grey hair. The movie stereotypes abound.

They also think all I do all day is stamp books and put them back in shelves.

I don’t stamp books anymore. The automated machines (which I call Robot One and Robot Two) stopped that. Although I do miss it. The date stamp gave a reassuringly solid thump on the paper.
Yeah alright, I do re-shelving but it’s only a small part of my role.

Last week it was international story telling and building a diverse reader community (yes, I’m working on ideas for a grant application). Today it was the pose of the child.

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