[Publib] 50 things

[Cheryl]

It has been my experience that patrons don't hesitate to do this. "You
should read this, it's so good," but that's their opinion, I personally
loathe the genre or author about which they are enthusing. The closest we on
the other side of the desk get to promoting taste is to suggest read-alikes.


And why do so many people assume that the librarians have read every book in
the building? I've barely got time to update my checkbook.

Cheryl Coovert
Lexington KY

Your librarian doesn't feel she should bring out a book and say to the
> patron, "You need to read this.  You have to read this.  You are going to
> love this, even though it is a hard read.  A truly rare book, appreciated by
> only a few.  Trust me."  How many times do librarians push taste on
> patrons?  Taste, with its implication of superior pastimes, is out of
> fashion in the library.  T
>



-- 
Now listening: Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters, read by Barbara
Rosenblat.
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