#reallifelibrarian

[the-librarian-geek]

Usually we don’t really like when people are writing in the library books but it’s kinda sweet that they liked the book you know. The scribbles in pencil read “This is the most beautiful book I’ve read in my entire life. - 5 May 2018.”

[the-librarian-geek]

New furniture at work, so we are closed for a month. Really great, actually, in these dire times.

Now we just have to unpack all the boxes with books, and to put them back up unto the new shelves. Kinda heavy work!

And no, the tree isn’t real. The trunk is but not the leaves.

[the-librarian-geek]

A weird question...

that’s all

So me and the colleague are sitting behind the information desks when a boy about ten walks up to us asking,

Boy: Do you work at the library?

The colleague: Yeah...(?)

Boy: Is it fun?

The colleague: Yeah.

*Me internally during the whole thing*: What else do you think we are doing here? Sitting behind these desks answering questions...if we not working here...

[the-librarian-geek]

The exasperation when you come back to this after the weekend. Like really. (Adults do this...😓)Why not put it on one of the other trolleys.

[the-librarian-geek]

Not book related at all but,

Today at work there was this little child telling us that if you laugh too much you start hiccuping.

Wisdom as its finest! And it was so sweet you know. Just wanted to tell you all. Sometimes the small things make the day, you know.

[the-librarian-geek]

Some time ago I helped an elderly man to use the copier and he was really pleased with me. Told me I was very kind. Kind and beautiful. He said: Such a beautiful girl. And I was like totally flustered by it. People often thank you for the work you do but not often they also call you pretty. But he was very nice about it. And thanked me many times.

[the-librarian-geek]

The librarian call.

Shortly after opening, I hear how a little girl (3-4years-ish) says to her company: “This is almost my thing here with all books ... I love books.”

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I really feel that these spontaneous exclamations makes my work so worthwhile. A definite great start to the day! 😍😊

[the-librarian-geek]

It’s that time of the year again. Summer vacation - i.e. RETURN ALL THE BOOKS

[the-librarian-geek]

I’ve been over at the nearest school to talk with the teachers and the headmasters about the library. That the library isn’t a school library but a public library. And what we can and cannot do for them. And it was like a great amount of them that didn’t know that we were a public library...and was surprised - like I mean truly suprised... one of the teachers even wondered how long we had been a public library and I just...like forever....😅 you know...

[the-librarian-geek]

Our shelves of English literature for middle graders and young adults really needed to be updated and today the first batch of books arrived. And to be honest I really want to read them myself too 😍✌️

[the-librarian-geek]

Enough is enough.

There was this little girl and her mum visiting the library yesterday. After some time in between the shelves the little girl emerges by herself and walks towards the library's out-checking machine. She calls back to her mother that, "its time to go home...we have enough books now" and then she begins to put down her books on the machine, quite determinately. She calls for a mum 2-3 times more before the mother joins her by the machine. Then the mum checks out the books and they leave.

[the-librarian-geek]

After all this time? Always! No but really. This mailbox is still for the library's newspapers, so why are our patrons still stubbornly trying to mash their books inside of it. They(the books) more or less avalanched their way out of there when I opened the door. We don't get to them faster this way you know. Just learn to come back with them in time...

[the-librarian-geek]

When you get something more than just the book...

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New books at work! ✌️😊

[the-librarian-geek]

Library haul 📚😍✌️- or you know when all your holds arrive at the same time...😅😂

[the-librarian-geek]

After many days of struggle I could at last , with some help from a colleague, finally make these books loanable. I mean so people can borrow them from the library where I work. The books will hopefully find their readers, especially when the movie comes out ✌️😊