In which I meet Important People

[oyceter]

I finally up and went to the library Teen Zone knitting circle again (I stole Noro from them last time). I meant to bring the scarf I knit from the stolen Noro and give it to someone, except I still haven't woven in ends or blocked the thing yet. I'm good at finishing projects... just not at finishing the finishing.

Lo and behold! More people there! I generally just sat in the corner and felt nervous as conversation went on elsewhere, but the nice librarian running the circle introduced herself to me. And it turns out she's the buyer for the YA section! Haha, she has been the one getting all my crazy requests for manga and graphic novels, and she actually remembered them too O_o. Anyway, she has made the dire mistake of inviting me to submit more suggestions, and I am sure you all know what that means. Naturally I am not expecting to go for even half of anything, but hey, you never know! Plus, more people should read Nana. And she spins! And is obviously a Serious Knitterly Person.

(If anyone is wondering about the title of the post, yes, said librarian is the Important Person. I feel whoever is buying books for the YA section of a library very much counts as an Important Person in my book.)

Anyway, it was fun even though I was as nervous as usual about meeting unknown people, and now I have the chance to influence young minds (aka, teach knitting if need be). And the girl sitting across from me had a vol. of xxxHolic checked out, which makes me happy.

Comments

[rilina.livejournal.com]

Of course librarians are important people!

The sad thing for me is that a lot of libraries are moving toward central selection, which means that public service librarians don't necessarily get to do the buying. Which is probably sensible in the long-term (they have plenty of other things to do), but it would be fun to have that power. :)

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

The person buying the books is definitely an Important one.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Oh, fun! I have my librarians that I like, but none of them is a book buyer.