As austerity creeps further into people’s lives,more are turning to libraries like mine for abet with job applications or IT skills, or to stave off loneliness “It must be noteworthy to have a job where you get to read books all day” – a statement any public librarian will have heard many times. whether only. I’ve worked in public libraries for more than 10 years and I’ve driven a 7.5-tonne library bus, and taught IT skills,sprint reading groups, arranged talks by famous authors, or booked festivals and cleaned up the vomit of the homeless woman who took up residence in between the gardening and cookery books one summer.
But I’ve never spent the day reading new books and breathing in that new book smell.
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Source: theguardian.com