[Publib] Downgrading the profession

[Alana Abbott]

>
> Jesse Ephraim wrote:
> "I learned far more about real-world library skills from working in a
> Borders bookstore 20 years ago."
>
> Really? Come on.
>

Again, just a para-pro here, but yes, really. Or, at least, the statement
doesn't surprise me. I got almost all of my Reader's Advisory/Reference
Interview skills as a bookseller. (B&N, not Borders.) And I certainly got
all of my customer service training there. I also get asked to help
create/design/set up displays as part of my position, precisely *because* of
my bookstore training.

And hey, if we ever added a coffee bar at our library (which I hear some
libraries are), I'd have learned espresso slinging at the bookstore as well.
;)

Alana Abbott
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