A second generation librarian

Both of my parents worked in libraries, so you could say that they are in my blood. I suppose it was inevitable that I should choose librarianship as my career path too.

Growing up, I was a regular at Saturday morning storytime in our local branch library in the Brighton area for many years. I think they had to keep increasing the target age range so that I could continue to attend. Afterwards I enjoyed choosing which books I would take home to read over the coming week and it was a big moment when I "graduated" from picture books chosen from the low lying kinderboxes to chapter books from the regular shelves.

Ten years later I secured a job as a Saturday assistant in that same branch. It was a bit like coming home.