Saturday, January 18, 2014

What's in a name?

I've been addressed by many names bridging two professional careers, first in teaching, then in libraries.  I was Miss Mxxxx,   then attempted to be Mrs. Mxxx Exxx but two last names confused students at that time . . . way back.    I opted for simplicity and became Ms. Mxxxx or Ms. Exxx, depending.  When I moved to library work I could be just Ann which is the way I like it.  Then  delightful father/son patrons starting calling me LibrariANN, with the proper respect from the parent viewpoint, easy for the child to remember, and clever to boot. 

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