They are letting me down gently!
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
November 20, 2018 2:22am CST
I am about to retire soon from my part-time job as a librarian at De Montfort University - I did my last-but-three session there yesterday evening.
They are being very nice to me and not giving me any awkward jobs to do, so I am able to spend my time doing what I have always liked doing best, which is helping students with their information problems.
Yesterday there was quite a long enquiry about tracking down an online journal article - we found that we could only supply an abstract, not the full text - and I was able to give some guidance on how to reference sources in an assignment.
Apart from that, and the usual "where's the ladies/gents?", I had plenty of time to interact with MyLot!
Just three more 4-hour sessions to go, which is 12 hours or 720 minutes - it doesn't sound much when you get down to counting the minutes!
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5 responses
@a_jerobon (2304)
• Eldoret, Kenya
20 Nov 18
You are a great librarian, we students always need such help but we don't always get librarians who are ready to guide us in the library.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Nov 18
you were a big help to the students. who will assist and guide them after you?
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
20 Nov 18
You would have to define what you mean by "librarian". Most of the staff you will see on a library issue desk are not professional librarians who have had at least one year of postgraduate training. I agree - some library assistants can be a bit robotic, but not many that I have worked with, and I don't know any like that where I work!
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