Recently four staff at the library were given the option of resubmitting applications for renewal of their contracts. They were all in their 50's or 60's.
And the two replacements are young. Surprise surprise. I have recently had contact with one of the new young librarians. My question is - why don't Library staff read the reviews of new books reviewed in The Age? Surely all Librarians no matter what their age would take some interest in newly published books. From my investigations it appears they do not. Because I asked one of the replacement librarians if she could get a book that had recently been reviewed in The Age. She had not heard of either the book or the author. I made her take note of the name of the book and the author and I asked to be notified when it came into the system. This was some time ago. I still have not been notified. I have no confidence that the girl meant to do what I asked. She was simply treating me with the contempt that she considered I deserved by pretending to pander to my request. Am I being ageist? Maybe - but my impression is that a lot of young people are not all that well informed and nor do they want to be. Why did the council ask the older employees to take on new contracts? And why does the council have contracts for Librarians? Draw your own conclusions.
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