[Publib] Re: Why Librarianship

[Brenda Crispin]

I did the same thing.  I had a collection of Nancy Drew books and a few other novels.  I glued pockets into the back, inside covers and placed a check-out card.  Then I tried to get the neighbor children to check them out.  My sister was the only one who actually took advantage of my little library.  

And still I did not think of being a librarian until I was in my early 40s and facing a major life-change (divorce and almost-grown children and an opportunity to go out on my own and seek a career).  It took me two years to realize that the career for me was librarianship and that happened only because I walked into my local public library as I did on a regular basis but that one time stopped dead in my tracks in the lobby as I thought, "Why did I never think of being a libraian?"  It seemed so natural and has proven to be a perfect match for my interests and personality.  And I give much credit to my mother who read to me as an infant and always had books in the house, and the wonderful City Librarian in my small home-town who knew me by name.



Brenda Crispin
Local History Librarian
Oxnard Public Library
251 South A Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
805-385-7531
Brenda.Crispin at ci.oxnard.ca.us
>>> "Linda Shaw" <lshaw at ci.aurora.co.us> 05/02/06 9:41 AM >>>
I was recently going through books I owned as a child, as I now have a
child of my own who'll be inheriting them.  Inside the front covers in
very childish handwriting:  "Property of the Library of Linda Shaw. 
$1.00 if lost.  .50 if damaged."  As I recall I had a little card system
and loved loaning my rather extensive library of books out to my
friends.  I guess I'm hard-wired for this line of work!

Linda Shaw
Central Library Coordinator
Aurora Public Library
14949 East Alameda Parkway
Aurora, CO  80012
(303) 739-6625 (P)
(303) 739-6579 (F)
www.auroralibrary.org


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