Chickashanews.com - Tuesday was Library Workers’ Day

Chickashanews.com - Tuesday was Library Workers’ Day: "Libraries work because we do,” according to Chickasha Public Library Director Catharine Cook. “Tuesday, April 4th is National Library Workers’ Day and I ask you to join me in saying Thank You to all of the Library’s workers.”

Last year the nine Library workers checked out 91,608 books and reshelved them when they were returned. Staff answered 6, 344 questions for some of the 6,306 people who have borrower’s cards. They selected and purchased 2,071 new books and borrowed 425 from other libraries. Programs were provided for 4,187 people – most of whom were children. In Chickasha, there is one Library worker for every 2,600 people in the community.

Five of the workers are full-time and four are part-time.

The staff of the Chickasha Public Library are well-educated. Among the nine persons, they hold two master’s degrees: one in Librarianship and one in Early Childhood Education.

They also hold four bachelor’s degrees: English, Psychology, Elementary Education, and Early Childhood Education. In addition to this education, five of the nine employees have become certified library workers after completing a course of study designated by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. “We are a well-educated group, and among us we have 75 years of library experience,” Cook reported. “Just as a hospital is not operated by doctors alone, so a library is not operated by librarians alone. There are many different job descriptions, but all employees are well-trained for their duties.”"