Laboyraryan. Storyteller. Demigod.

It is quite appalling that sometimes, even librarians do not know how to pick up and read a book just for leisure and pleasure. Yes, it is quite understandable that everyone is busy with his/her own work, which his/her job description requires. But isn't it also challenging that despite those loads of work, one could still find the time to read and really see its importance ESPECIALLY in our profession?

We are so much overwhelmed with the advances and new trends in technology e.g. Library 2.0, automations, and the likes, that sometimes we forget that we, as information professionals, should also take part in the advocacy for the love of literacy -- learning and reading. I have nothing against these new ideas for a more efficient delivery of services, I just want to stress out that -- Isn't it because of these technologies that sometimes we find our work routinary or mechanical? Isn't it because machines nowadays could almost do everything and what-have-yous that sometimes one feels insignificant?

I guess this is a challenge for us librarians, that in this era, we cannot just live with what is just being offered to us. We should find different avenues where we could show our clients that we have much to contribute. 

That we are not just "robots" who check library materials in-and-out. 

 That we don't just stamp books the whole day. 

 That WE. ARE. SIGNIFICANT. AND. VALUABLE. MEMBERS. OF. THE. COMMUNITY. 

Hence, my advocacy and challenge for all librarians --especially school librarians -- to go back to basics.