This case study is accompanied by an interview with a Library
Assistant in Torfaen
When I first worked in a library, well the first day, it was
that clear that this was the right decision, a moment of
clarity.
It's the thing that suits me the most, I love books but I also
love working with people. The great thing about the job is
there is no such thing as an average day. Everyday is a little bit
different.
I wasn't always brilliant in school, wasn't always interested in
what was being taught. I couldn't really find anything that seemed
to fit what I wanted to do. After A-levels - I didn't do
brilliantly in them, didn't do well enough to go to university - I
did odd jobs, then I did an access course and went to university to
do an arts degree. It always seemed to about the next step and
hoping something would eventually click. Then I went into
Horticulture, it was an okay job, but it wasn't quite for me,
wasn't quite what I was looking for, and I realised then that I
wanted to be a librarian, because I liked it; I never felt unhappy
in a library.
It's good to know you're heading in the right direction, you
know you're on the right path, as it were, and you're getting
closer to wherever it is you're meant to be.