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Been a while since I've done one of these.
Good day to you. There are ways of delivering bad news that do not needlessly compound the suffering.
There are ways of engaging with the world that will hopefully help you avoid feeling helpless, burnt out, or gripped with panic.
What the librarians find returned in the books is not bookmarks. What people ask the librarians for is also not books. Also, if you have a hankering for marginalia, as many a person who buys used books finds out, do it to your own materials and not to the library's.
Tips from a columnist that compose the first day (maybe) of Reader's Advisory training for library staff. It's the basics - don't try to force choice, do read with your children (or alongside them), and the better you can match interests, the more likely someone is to read.
( And now, the rest of the linkspam )
Good day to you. There are ways of delivering bad news that do not needlessly compound the suffering.
There are ways of engaging with the world that will hopefully help you avoid feeling helpless, burnt out, or gripped with panic.
What the librarians find returned in the books is not bookmarks. What people ask the librarians for is also not books. Also, if you have a hankering for marginalia, as many a person who buys used books finds out, do it to your own materials and not to the library's.
Tips from a columnist that compose the first day (maybe) of Reader's Advisory training for library staff. It's the basics - don't try to force choice, do read with your children (or alongside them), and the better you can match interests, the more likely someone is to read.
( And now, the rest of the linkspam )
