Table of Contents
Introduction: Where Are the Books? ix
Part I Where All My Problems Began 1
Chapter 1 Every Bookish Kid's Dream (or One Librarian's Path) 3
Chapter 2 Five Things I Learned in Library School 11
Chapter 3 I Need a Library Job: The Struggle Is Real 19
Chapter 4 It's Like a Dream Come True: My First Library Job 30
Part II Tales from… 41
Chapter 5 Circulation 43
Chapter 6 Reference 56
Chapter 7 Youth Services 71
Chapter 8 Tech Support 86
Chapter 9 Collection Services 97
Part III Library Director Tales 109
Chapter 10 [In Ralph Wiggum's Voice]: "I'm a Director!" 111
Chapter 11 The Buck Stops Where? 119
Chapter 12 The Many Hats of a Small Library Director 129
Chapter 13 Leaving the Place in One Piece 139
Part IV Librarian Rants and Raves 149
Chapter 14 We Don't Just Sit and Read All Day 151
Chapter 15 What Not to Say to a Librarian and Other Pet Peeves 159
Chapter 16 Joys of Librarianship 173
Chapter 17 This Isn't My Last Chapter 188
Chapter 18 Final Words and New, Bigger Problems 207
Acknowledgments 217
About the Author 221
