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    How I Became a Librarian

    The other day I read a post on Bobbi’s blog, Librarian By Day, about a potential MLIS student who was looking for advice on whether or not she should go to library school and it got me to thinking about why I became a librarian and whether or not I’d recommend this as a career choice for, say, one of my kids. I didn’t grow up wanting to be a librarian but I knew whatever I did, it would have something to do with helping people.  (I actually wanted to be a journalist.  Or a spy.  Either way, I thought I’d be covering coups in third world countries or something.…