Kevin,
That's just being a smart aleck. Pray that you do never get asthma, or
emphysema, or a bad back, or a crippling disease. Had you known such
great librarians as Archie DeWeese in the NYPL who had to use a cane to
get around, perhaps you would not be as flip.
The requirements seem to show a refusal to hire what used to be called
pages, and I don't mean those in books. Go from the normal professional
work into doing the work of pages: where then does it end?
And maybe lay off the cracks about library school students. You leave
yourself open to cracks about booksellers.
Gabriel Austin
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From: Exlibris [mailto:EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME] On Behalf Of Kevin. Mac
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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS] Position Announcement - Cornell - 40 lbs of dust
It is if the employer can legally defend it. You might also be required
to type, be able to turn pages in a book, point people to the nearest
restroom, and refill paper in the photocopier. In a small town branch
library you might have to clean a restroom, sweep a sidewalk, or drive a
truck. I will leave to your imaginations the skills required of school
librarians.
As one who has collated a few thousand books and hefted just as many
boxes (not to mention breathing dust), I can well understand why lifting
a box may not seem (or feel) like a "professional function" but
employment (and life) is full of indignities, and many of them conform
to Federal Labor Laws, ADA II, and OSHA.
Kevin