The Access Services Advisory Council was fortunate enough to be able to attend Metro's 13th Annual Library Assistant's Day. The Conference was held at the beautiful Flushing Branch of Queen's Library. Despite appearances it is not a complex, mall or an art museum. It is a beautiful four story mecca for book enthusiasts. Not to mention the impressive international section with books in Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish and Urdu. Whew!
The event opened with an inspiring call to action from speaker and Deputy Chief Librarian at the Bronx, Community College, LaRoi Lawton. His excitement, drive and personal story of his rise to the top from shelving books at the local library to a tenured professor and librarian at BCC, alone was worth the long subway ride.
It was encouraging to meet individuals that do much of the same kinds of work that we as staff members do everyday. It was also interesting to note just how far ahead we are and how much we do here at Bobst. For example, one presenter kindly pointed out how a very innovative University in California was allowing students to text in their questions to the librarians. It was exhilarating to be able to speak out and say that we do that as well and yes I think we did hear a few "awes."
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