"Day in the Work Life": Librarian
What if we told you there's a place where you can get books for free? On this week's "A Day In the Work Life" -- our regular look at how folks trade time for money -- we browse the stacks with a librarian at a Philadelphia school for girls.
Librarian Julie Diana, happy among the stacks at the Agnes Irwin School for girls in Philadelphia. (Photo: Donna Meyer)
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Links
- Library Research Service. Browse studies detailing the impact of librarians on student achievement.
- The Internet Public Library -- ask reference questions, get speedy answers.
- The U.S. Dept. of Labor's "occupational overview" of librarians.
- The Queens Borough Public Library -- Julie's favorite. The library's website can be read in six languages.
