[Publib] dress codes and employees

[Miriam Bobkoff]

At 09:17 AM 3/25/2007 -0700, you wrote:

>You must work for a very discrminating public. It has always been my 
>impression (in public libraries) that the public does not differentiate 
>between  librarians and paraprofessional staff, and is in fact unaware of 
>this distinction. When I was fresh out of library school in my first 
>library job, I was a little surprised to hear a patron (a lady of a 
>certain age) describing all library staff as "the help".
>
>Robert Logan
>Austin, TX

Around here, both the public and any city employee who comes in the 
building on business--especially the IT guys-- think that any familiar face 
under our roof, from professionals to clerks to wierd-street-guy volunteers 
to the really old ladies (sorry, they are) sitting in the Friends Book 
Store, are Interchangeable Staff and can successfully answer any question.

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