College & Research Libraries News should be required reading for every academic librarian as they assimilate into the library workplace. How else will one learn how to speak, make friends, and "be a person"?
Ask the readers: What other "assimilation" articles would you like to see printed in C&RL News?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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"Greeting with Grip: How to Shake Someone's Hand."
"Rhetorical statements: how to recognize and avoid answering them."
They wouldn't publish it if there wasn't a perceived need... :D
"Snootily Approachable: How to be Friendly While Still Looking Down on Idiots."
"Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better: The Story of a Story Topper"
"How to State, 'There's No Stupid Question' Without Laughing"
Two articles: "Life: it is possible outside the library", and "Do I look like a friggin' babaysitter???"
Learn to make friends who are not librarians outside or work - know there is more to the campus where you work than just the library - have ever attended a university/college sporting event? Have you been to an art show at the Univ Art Museum? Have you been to a concert at the school of music?
Try to think of how many friends you have outside the library or friends who aren't librarians. If the answer is less than 2 you need to get a life - get involved in something outside of work.
Resistance is futile.....
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