Comments on: A Sincere Hug and Easter Chocolates http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: beautiful Chinese girl http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5392 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:30:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5392 Interesting article.I’m a beautiful Chinese girl,could you do a friend with me?

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]]> By: Peter Bromberg http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5386 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5386 Hi Janie,

You’ve really captured the reason I loved doing public service reference work.

I once read an article that explained why cigarette smoking is so terribly addictive: It’s because every puff gives your brain a positive reinforcement of nicotine, and that happens 10 times per/cig.

“That’s just like being on the reference desk”, I thought! Except instead of 10 nicotine hits, I got 10 hits of “thank you” every hour. Help someone, “thank you!” Help someone, “thank you!”

Quite addictive! :-) (and it doesn’t affect one’s tennis game like 2 packs of Marlboros…)

]]> By: liz http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5385 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:24:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5385 Thanks for sharing. I think it’s not only these big moments that make it worth it, but also the small ones that happen everyday. When you help someone find a book and they look at you and say, Thanks, you just made my day. Or when you set a kid up on a games computer and they shriek, Curious George! That’s my favorite! What other job do you get to make people’s days regularly?

]]> By: Cynthia http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5380 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5380 I’m a financial analyst who returned to graduate school (part-time) to get my MLIS. Everyone thinks I am insane. Everyone pushes me to get a job at a corporation–you know, finanical stuff they say. No I say–I want to be a librarian, just like the ones who have helped me all my life. I know I will take a big cut in pay. I am ok with that. Yeah, I know, it hasn’t started yet and maybe I am kidding myself, but I don’t think so, because if ANY public library would hire me–even part-time–I would quit today. I want to have experiences like yours–thanks for the stories! I really needed them to get me through the end of this semester (while I try to design my first UI web based tutorial….).

]]> By: Azzy http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5379 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5379 Fantastic anecdotes. For me, the 2nd week after starting at a new library I helped a woman print out a flyer for a small business she was trying to start. She came in because her family wouldn’t help her, so she hoped the library would. When she saw her flyer in print she cried and gave me a hug thanking me all the while. Never felt so good in the workforce before and it just cemented my belief that I was in the right job for me.

]]> By: Michelle McLean http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5377 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5377 Job satisfaction is the main reason I have worked in public libraries for 21 years. Thanks for sh owing that its about more than the money.

]]> By: library2.0 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5376 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:17:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5376 that really put a smile on my face. Its nice to see some rewards are not always financial to make a job enjoyable………..

]]> By: Ross Callender http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2/#comment-5375 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:28:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2007/04/05/a-sincere-hug-and-easter-chocolates-2#comment-5375 Loved the anecdotes. My personal fav occured when I was working for Gates Library project and the public library I was out was holding an Open House. A little boy about 10 years old asked me if he could give me a hug to say thanks for the computers and cake! Still chokes me up to this day! Thanks for sharing!

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