Blog about "Good People"

A friend referenced a recent challenge for today: Bloggers should write about "good people" in their communiities. My friend chose a particular family that is certainly in the top 10% of "good people." I'm choosing to write about a group of people that are in my community, your community, my grandkids' community, most every community across the U.S. I'm choosing to write about your local public librarian.

While not all employees in a public library are degreed librarians, they all get the privilege of the title because of the tasks they do (and because we don't usually make the employees wear a gold star if they do have the master's degree in library science). It doesn't really matter. The employees at your public library are good people doing good things--no, doing GREAT things! Whether it's the clerk at the front counter who remembers your kids' names or shows genuine concern about your health issues, the readers' advisor who leads you to discover a fantastic new author or book series, the reference librarian who helps you maneuver a new database where you can learn how to create (or re-create) your resume and search for jobs, or the youth services librarian who turns your kids on to reading or provides a "cool" activity that makes your teen WANT to hang out at the library, these are GOOD people doing GREAT things on a daily basis. Take a moment to thank them this week.