The Assertive Librarian
Caputo
1984
Yes, another librarian title for National Library Week. I hope you are being appreciated and swamped with gifts and cash. (Yeah, me neither.)
My general feeling is that most public service librarians don’t usually have a problem being assertive. When I saw the part on the last picture about hand gestures, immediately I thought of certain hand gestures I would like to share with a few particular people. Yeah, I am looking at you Porn Guy.
Personality aside, most successful librarians have a definite strategy in dealing with the public. If they don’t, they are probably not going to last long. Regardless, this one could use an update!
Mary
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I am a bit disturbed by the men’s version of the hand gesture for “Frustration” …
@julie, especially if it’s combined with purposeless gesture #5
The cover illustration looks like a smashed window. Maybe you’re supposed to assertively throw them out the window?
I’m trying to picture myself chain-smoking at a trustee meeting…
I think we need to see how Mary and Holly score on the Assertive Librarian checklist.
@Julie – or purposeless gesture #15…
Librarian [two hands folded at the fingertips]: “You say you returned you library books? When, exactly?”