diff --git a/posts/2017-10-becoming-a-librarian.md b/posts/2017-10-becoming-a-librarian.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c83c0c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2017-10-becoming-a-librarian.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +title: "Becoming a librarian" +description: "What does it mean to be a librarian? A little bit of self-reflective fun for the weekend." +slug: becoming-a-librarian +date: 2017-11-04T19:38:01+00:00 +type: post +tags: +- Librarianship +- Reflection +- Silly +--- + + +What is a librarian? +Is it someone who has a masters degree +in librarianship and information science? +Is it someone who looks after information for other people? +Is it simply someone who works in a library? + +I've been grappling with this question a lot lately +because I've worked in academic libraries for about 3 years now +and I never really thought that's something that might happen. +People keep referring to me as "a librarian" +but there's some imposter feelings here because +all the librarians around me have much more experience, +have skills in areas like cataloguing and collection management +and, generally, have a librarian masters degree. + +So I've been thinking about what it actually means to me +to be a librarian or not. + +*NB. some of these [may be tongue-in-cheek](https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewikiman/5954429160/sizes/l/in/photostream/)* + +Ways in which I am a librarian: + +- I work in a library +- I help people to access and organise information +- I have a cat +- I like gin + +Ways in which I am not a librarian: + +- I don't have a librarianship qualification +- I don't work with books 😉 +- I don't knit (though I can probably remember how if pressed) +- I don't shush people or wear my hair in a bun (I can confirm that this is also true of every librarian I know) + +Ways in which I am a [shambrarian](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shambrarian): + +- I like beer +- I have more IT experience and qualification than librarianship + +At the end of the day, +I still don't know how I feel about this +or, for that matter, how important it is. +I'm probably going to accept whatever title people around me choose to bestow, +though any label will chafe at times!