This is a few days old, but the debate in the comments of this Leader-Post article is very telling about how much library support workers are valued. Most people refer to everyone at the library as a librarian, and if they are aware that there are different classifications within the library system, they still usually don't understand exactly what that entails, or why we mere assistants would think we deserved any pay rates. After all, shelving books is easy! So easy that I am asked once a week or so if I'm a volunteer.
I don't know if this is just a local thing at this library or not, but I've noticed that when people pull out the bound issues of magazines to read at the tables, it's always something completely random, like Bee Culture or Vending Times. Never Vogue or Utne. What the hell?
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