The most common interaction in my library is a transaction. We scan the patron’s library card, check out their chosen books, read the due date, say thank you, and call the next person forward. It happens thousands of times a week at my branch, and as the person who supervises circulation, I am the one…

Hi, everyone! My name is Marlo and I’m a second-year MLIS student at San Jose State University. Currently, I work at a public library in Southern California as the Assistant Branch Manager. I have about four years of experience in public librarianship, first as a page and now in management, and those experiences have shaped…