A library in my hometown made what I am
“A library in my hometown made what I am”
I heard a story from the radio, it touched me for a while.
There was a boy who started to do volunteer work in his hometown library when he was at primary school. His main duty was shelving. He gradually started to enjoy his work because he could have a chance to read a lot of books. Later, he had to stop his service because he moved to another town. However, not long after that, he came back again to do the volunteer work; the library staff asked him why. He said he liked his old home town’s library and he liked shelving.
When he grew up, he said to people: “A library in my hometown made what I am”.
Who is he?
He is Bill Gates of Microsoft.
I have been working as a Librarian for ten years. I have never heard such an encouraging statement from my readers or students. In stead, what I have to face today is people’s devaluation of libraries or resource centres. Students thought the world wide web is all they need and Google is all they have to know. It is then not surprising that the professionalism of Librarians is not respected or valued. On the other hand, librarians react positively to this challenge. In these recent years, more and more librarians started to empower themselves with lots of other ICT skills in order to catch up with the big environment outside.
This week, we celebrate International School Library Day. I hope there will be more stories like Bill Gates to come.
I heard a story from the radio, it touched me for a while.
There was a boy who started to do volunteer work in his hometown library when he was at primary school. His main duty was shelving. He gradually started to enjoy his work because he could have a chance to read a lot of books. Later, he had to stop his service because he moved to another town. However, not long after that, he came back again to do the volunteer work; the library staff asked him why. He said he liked his old home town’s library and he liked shelving.
When he grew up, he said to people: “A library in my hometown made what I am”.
Who is he?
He is Bill Gates of Microsoft.
I have been working as a Librarian for ten years. I have never heard such an encouraging statement from my readers or students. In stead, what I have to face today is people’s devaluation of libraries or resource centres. Students thought the world wide web is all they need and Google is all they have to know. It is then not surprising that the professionalism of Librarians is not respected or valued. On the other hand, librarians react positively to this challenge. In these recent years, more and more librarians started to empower themselves with lots of other ICT skills in order to catch up with the big environment outside.
This week, we celebrate International School Library Day. I hope there will be more stories like Bill Gates to come.
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