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...for a job at the branch library that's opening six blocks from my house in a month or two! "Library Page", basically meaning I shelve books. But working in a library is something I've always thought I'd enjoy, and $6.80 an hour isn't bad money for my first job.
Wish me luck...
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I work in the school library for one of my class periods as a Student Aide. I work the check out desk half the period and sit on my ass the other half. I use it as a study hall type period, but where I can actually talk and get up and move around and all that jazz.
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Kick butt Omega...but don't try to direct any of the little kiddies toward any books by Pat Buchanan.
------------------ Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit? ~C. Montgomery Burns
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We can't afford to hire a Page, so much of our shelving is either done by our librarians or unpaid volunteers.
Needless to say, it can be a mess.
Just wait until they ask you to shelfread, Omega. If you're at all susceptible to vertigo, dizziness, or anything caused by moving up and down while trying to read, stock up on medication NOW.
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What's shelfreading? Making sure all the books are in the right places?
I've never paid any attention to Buchanan, so I think I'll let Sol field that one...
------------------ Pilot: You're sure they were Americans, eh? Fraser: They were all wearing new boots, they were driving a Jeep Wrangler, and they carried big guns. Pilot: Americans it is. - "due South"
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Have I been working at the wrong library or something? I've never heard anyone refer to the shelvers as "pages", and I've never even heard the word "shelfread" at all...
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1. the process of going through the books on the shelves one by one, making sure that they are in the proper Dewey or Library of Congress order on the shelves, and arranged neatly, from 001 A1 to 999.999 Z999.
2. A mind-numbing, headache-inducing, largely futile activity, not to be confused with a similar activity known as 'trying to justify support for Gore.'
------------------ "Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ty Kwan Leap. Approach me, that you might see." -- The Master
------------------ Pilot: You're sure they were Americans, eh? Fraser: They were all wearing new boots, they were driving a Jeep Wrangler, and they carried big guns. Pilot: Americans it is. - "due South"
1. The act of going over stuff that you previously learnt in lectures.
2. The thing you do the night before an exam. Usually in conjunction with the words "shit! I don't know any of this stuff! What the hells a 'pro...grammer..sanwhich?' anyway?"
And we call "chips", "crisps". Crazy.
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Liam: Well, I don't think anyone here calls studying "revising", but it doesn't really matter, anyway. This definition of "revise" only applies in the library. Just like saying "check out that book" in the library is in no way related to saying "check out that girl's..." Er, well... You get the idea...
------------------ "You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend." -Yasir Arafat on religious wars
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