Comments on: “You don’t want to join, you want to belong” http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html Official Blog of the Public Library Association Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:41:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Barbara Mease http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html/comment-page-1#comment-1468 Barbara Mease Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:11:08 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html#comment-1468 Bravo! Boy, oh boy, all service industries have a duty to provide excellent service to the people they serve! Thank you for your so true to-the-heart speach about the wonderful world of libraries! With Kindest Regards, Barbara Mease Gloucester County Library Bravo!
Boy, oh boy, all service industries have a duty to provide excellent service
to the people they serve!
Thank you for your so true to-the-heart speach about the wonderful world of libraries!

With Kindest Regards,
Barbara Mease
Gloucester County Library

]]> By: Mindy Kittay http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html/comment-page-1#comment-1457 Mindy Kittay Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:29:52 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html#comment-1457 "Libraries need workers who care about libraries, care about their jobs, and care about the people they serve..." Boy do I agree with this statement. Sometimes I get discouraged by the level of committment of some of the library employees that I work with. I see this mostly in relationship to training and learning new skills, which of course are mostly technology related. I think if you care about your job you would automatically be interested in learning the new and necessary skills to be a better employee and provide better customer service. But sometimes it seems like pulling teeth. There are the few that are enthusiastic about learning opportunities and they help me to stay encouraged. “Libraries need workers who care about libraries, care about their jobs, and care about the people they serve…”

Boy do I agree with this statement. Sometimes I get discouraged by the level of committment of some of the library employees that I work with. I see this mostly in relationship to training and learning new skills, which of course are mostly technology related. I think if you care about your job you would automatically be interested in learning the new and necessary skills to be a better employee and provide better customer service. But sometimes it seems like pulling teeth. There are the few that are enthusiastic about learning opportunities and they help me to stay encouraged.

]]> By: Len http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html/comment-page-1#comment-1456 Len Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:06:20 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html#comment-1456 Spotted this at the bottom ... == Libraries need workers who care ... == and I'd like to say 'Never a truer word spoken!' That is SO right. Care is something that shows. In my travels in Asia and the Middle East, over 20 years or so, I've seen that this even crosses over language and social barriers. Care communicates. I'm seeing it in the manager of the reception venue our daughter will be using for her wedding at the end of March. This woman is Care all the way, discussing and suggesting and accommodating with my daughter's plans (and budget!) at each step of the planning. I don't know how your conference venue cared for you and the other participants, but if a <a href="http://riccartonpark.co.nz/conferences.htm" rel="nofollow">conference services</a> organizer can be a caring person then everything will fall into place. I think. Spotted this at the bottom …
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Libraries need workers who care …
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and I’d like to say ‘Never a truer word spoken!’ That is SO right. Care is something that shows. In my travels in Asia and the Middle East, over 20 years or so, I’ve seen that this even crosses over language and social barriers. Care communicates. I’m seeing it in the manager of the reception venue our daughter will be using for her wedding at the end of March. This woman is Care all the way, discussing and suggesting and accommodating with my daughter’s plans (and budget!) at each step of the planning. I don’t know how your conference venue cared for you and the other participants, but if a conference services organizer can be a caring person then everything will fall into place. I think.

]]> By: Mary http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html/comment-page-1#comment-1455 Mary Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:39:23 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-join-you-want-to-belong.html#comment-1455 Some of us have been practicing Karen steps for a long time. It is something that I learned as a child who had to deal with many paradigm changes. Change is constant that you sometimes expect and other times you don't. So you get excited or say "ouch" and go for it. It keeps life interesting for you and those around you. That's why I love this field of work, I just hope the profession is strong enough to move with the same passion. Some of us have been practicing Karen steps for a long time. It is something that I learned as a child who had to deal with many paradigm changes. Change is constant that you sometimes expect and other times you don’t. So you get excited or say “ouch” and go for it. It keeps life interesting for you and those around you. That’s why I love this field of work, I just hope the profession is strong enough to move with the same passion.

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