The Ten Most Important Things a Librarian Can Do

1.  Build relationships
2.  Care about kids
3.  Be a reader
4.  Create a community of readers and learners
5.  Make a warm and welcoming library
6.  Develop a great collection
7.  Grow professionally
8.  Always have something interesting going on in the library
9.  Promote 21st century skills
10. Replace the words MY LIBRARY with OUR LIBRARY*

*If you work at NYPL, aka the dream library, go right ahead and say MY library. Ditto for the Library of Congress.

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