I survived my first shift alone at the reference desk!  And better yet, it was fun!  Granted, it was Friday night and slow.  Not a lot of people with burning reference questions on a Friday evening.  But there were enough interesting topics to keep me busy.  Students with papers to write, older members of the community with bits of trivia to look up.  And the locals using us as directory assistance to avoid paying their phone companies to look up pizza joints and restaurants.  That last bit, looking up the phone number for the pizza joint?  Made me wonder why I need a masters degree…

 

Regardless I was just sitting here thinking that I would enjoy doing this even if I wasn’t being paid.  Amazing.  I would do this for free.