“Yes, I can help you find all the books.” “No, I don’t spend all day reading them.”
That your job is stress-free.
"I hate when people say, 'It's so quiet in here. Your job must be so relaxing.' Or they assume you have three hours at work to just read whatever books you want." —Jackie DeStefano, Facebook
"Especially during the summer reading program!" —Maria Slytherinn Hill, Facebook
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That technology has made your job redundant.
"[People assume] that librarians and libraries are obsolete because 'you can find everything on Google.' There's so much information (electronic or otherwise) that can't be accessed through Google, and we know how to find it." —AnnaBanana617
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That you spend your days reading.
"People have told me they would love to be a librarian because it would be so nice to work with books all day. Nope. That's not what I do all day. I work with PEOPLE all day— reference, teaching programming. Sometimes that involves helping them find books, but if it weren't for people, there'd be no librarians." —Emily Lauren Mross, Facebook
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