依莉娅休厄尔,通讯编辑器,托皮卡和肖尼县公共图书馆
Have you ever been on the other line of a survey call? I haven’t, personally, but I’ve often wondered if I would be a willing participant. Perhaps in the midst of a particularly juicy book, soaking up one-on-one time with my fast-growing 9-year-old or closely watching a new recipe simmer, what would compel me to answer the phone, but also to converse with a researcher for an indeterminate spell? Well, for one thing, I’d pretty much drop everything and let dinner burn to gab with any stranger, on the phone or otherwise, when the topic is libraries.
You see, in my career as the托皮卡和肖尼县公共图书馆人际交往编辑器,我迷恋与公共图书馆的‘公共’的一部分。如何公众觉得我们的服务?他们将如何应对未成年人或一个大的变化?我们如何能吸引他们,吸引他们,让他们感受到一个部分社区通过扫盲和学习,并随后改变自己的生活变得更好?
我的图书馆集中在公共和公益事业。它提出正确的问题,发现人的目标和需求,并帮助他们,使他们能够达到这些目标。最终,它是关于与我们的同胞工作,让生活更美好使得在社会上的差异。这就是原因块好为什么我们的Library Journal/大金宝搏彩票风,部分年度圣智学习2016库。我们有我们的耳朵在地上。
When the 2016皮尤研究中心报告,在十字路口库在2015年9月被释放,我想知道人们对这些手机和地面通信线路的另一端。这些人是皮尤不同举了“A股的美国人”或“大多数美国人”或“低收入的美国人”是现实的个人与忙碌的生活,亲人和自己的晚餐做准备。然而,他们都坐在一个咒语瞎扯约库。
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