Thing 20 - Library Routes

Most of the information wanted for this thing has been listed for thing 10 although I am now in a qualified role working as a subject librarian for a college. This is an interesting post for a number of reasons - but librarians may well be interested to learn that there are now more qualified librarian posts than library assistants at the college. This is the result of a recent restructure and it remains to be seen how practical this is (should we be shelving, if we don't who will?!)

I had a go at trying to list my outdated blog post on the Library Routes page but readers of this blog (all 2!) won't be surprised to learn that I failed miserably! I did SOMETHING but nothing like what I was supposed to do. So, alas, only readers of this blog will be able to have me as their specialist round in Mastermind. The world weeps!

Last week I went to the opening of Wakefield Library- a beautiful building with completely new books and a lovely atmosphere (although I'm really not sure about the uniforms the staff have to wear!) It was opened by Jarvis Cocker. He said that reading a book which like getting inside the head of the author and so a place full of books is really like being at a party filled with interesting people. Here's hoping that's what the rest of my career will be like!