Today our branch manager mentioned that last month our juvenile circulation was up by 40%.\u00c2\u00a0 She said she believed this was because\u00c2\u00a0a second children’s librarian\u00c2\u00a0and I have been added to the staff.\u00c2\u00a0 When the library only had one person in the children’s department, she naturally wasn’t able to keep the children’s desk manned.\u00c2\u00a0 Now we have someone sitting among the children’s books almost all the time.<\/p>\n
It felt good to be told that my presence has made a difference.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes I sit back there and feel like I’m only getting the opportunity to smile at babies, hear clever children read, and start the computer for kids.\u00c2\u00a0 Fun for me, but is it helping anyone?<\/p>\n
But yesterday I got to help a Dad find summer reading books for his first grader.\u00c2\u00a0 I got to find more train books for our little friend Miles.\u00c2\u00a0 And I even got to help my friend Darlene’s adorable children find books to check out.<\/p>\n
(I know my former boss will wonder if the stats are up simply because I use that library now.\u00c2\u00a0 However, I’ve been checking out more YA books than Juvenile ones, honest!)<\/p>\n
And really, even if I don’t hand them a book, surely it’s a good thing to win the heart of a toddler, as I got the chance to do today, simply by smiling at him.\u00c2\u00a0 The mother was one of our many, many immigrant patrons, and I think she felt a little more welcome when I obviously thought her son was adorable.<\/p>\n
I do love libraries.\u00c2\u00a0 You get to meet parents who care about their kids enough to read to them.\u00c2\u00a0 You get to share amazing books with amazing kids.\u00c2\u00a0 It was nice to be reminded today how privileged I am to work at a library.\u00c2\u00a0 Also nice to hear that my having fun at the library might even be making a difference!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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