I suppose the issue is what most people understand by the term "librarian"- i.e. as someone who works in a library regardless of the actual job they do within that library and those of us with the qualification in librarianship like to feel that this is recognised. (I always use the term "librarian" and at the risk of boring people sometimes go on to explain the sort of job I do in the hope they might understand its' complexity)
To complicate things further most of the people who work in our libraries now do the things that used to be only done by "librarians"
Cathy
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Subject: Re: Alternative job description - Librarian
Hi Sarah
I would say Librarian every time, it's what I am. I am curious, though. Why do people expect you to make their fines disappear?
Katy Wrathall
On 8 Aug 2011, at 09:24, Sarah Jenkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I need your advice. When someone asks you what job you do, what do you tell them? Do you say you're a librarian, or do you use an alternative title?
>
> The reason I ask is because I keep on being asked to give "help" with fines, i.e. make them dissapear, and it's become noticably more frequent. So, to avoid that situation I'd like to think of an alternative job description.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you
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