[Publib] Why librarianship?

[Marie]

I was one of those children who created her own library w/ cards to sign 
out--and if no one signed them out, I signed them out to my stuffed 
animals--the most well-read teddy bear in town!
In high school I was a page at my local library....where I did everything, 
including checking out books, repairing books & typing cards.

A million years later (okay, close to 15), I was laid off from a job I 
wasn't happy in and tried a few different things, including a stint as an 
EMT, a puppetteer, and a camp counselor.  I thought I would go back to 
school to be a teacher, but that wasn't for me.  I saw a want ad for a 
children's librarian & realized that that would be the perfect job for me.  
Incidently, I didn't get it, but I did get a different job in a tiny library 
and started library school.  I have since graduated (in January 2006) and 
moved on to several other jobs.  I still think I would be great as a 
children's librarian, but I'm relatively happy here.

Marie Mueller
Reference/Teen librarian