Hello from your friendly high school librarian

No one wants to follow the blog of a librarian. At least that's what I think. But I've been encouraged to try it anyway. So here goes.

My name is Paula. I am a Library Media Specialist at a high school in the Kansas City area. So Library Media Specialist is kind of a long title. That's what my teacher's certificate says. I can also be called, according to the ALA (American Library Association) a school librarian. Or more commonly just called a librarian. To be completely honest, the title has never been that important to me. What is important is that the students in my school have some vague idea of what I do. I am not a book Nazi. I am not the shhhhhhh lady. I am most certainly not old, with gray hair in a bun, glasses on a chain around my neck, cardigan-sweater sensible-shoe wearing, old bitty. I am actually in my mid-thirties. I have bright red hear. I am about 5'11". And, I usually wear a zip-up hoodie. My shoes are kind of sensible, but that's only because I have huge feet and it's hard to find fashionable shoes in my size.

So what is it I do? Well, obviously, I maintain books. I select them, order them and then get them in our catalog to be put on the shelf. In my case, I have about 15,000 books. And just to clarify, I have not read them all. I actually really dislike non-fiction, so that takes the number of books that I would read down to about 3500. I'm not sure how many of those I've read, but it is probably not as many as you might think. I also teach, yep, you read that right, I teach research skills. I am also the technology guru. Which means I teach and troubleshoot a lot of things dealing with technology. When I was in library school, someone came up with the title "Information Goddess". I think that works....