I've studied French, Latin, koine Greek and Old Testament Hebrew. To my regret, I haven't maintained a knowledge of any of them. To my deeper regret, I didn't spend all of that time studying Spanish, which would make me more marketable as a librarian.
I used to teach my students a few words in Klingon. Alas, there's not a lot of interest in the language of love these days. Now I teach them Ewokese instead.
I was working the reference desk one day when a man called from out of state. He wanted me to look up a certain obscure piece of information located in our microfiche archives. By policy, we didn't do that for non-patrons. But then he offered me $150.
I asked my boss if it was ethically acceptable to do this after my shift ended and I was technically off work. She seemed skeptical, so I turned down the offer. My job wasn't worth losing over $150.
It's a very bad idea to take any payment from patrons beyond your salary.
It's possible for them to transition with the times. Back in 1886, when Alex's great-great-grandfather founded Neatorama, authors distributed neat items through the telegraph wires. Riders on horseback then carried those items from telegraph stations to individual readers. Later, we switched to internet and continue to thrive.
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/08/my-little-dalek-extermination-is-magic/
I used to teach my students a few words in Klingon. Alas, there's not a lot of interest in the language of love these days. Now I teach them Ewokese instead.
I was working the reference desk one day when a man called from out of state. He wanted me to look up a certain obscure piece of information located in our microfiche archives. By policy, we didn't do that for non-patrons. But then he offered me $150.
I asked my boss if it was ethically acceptable to do this after my shift ended and I was technically off work. She seemed skeptical, so I turned down the offer. My job wasn't worth losing over $150.
It's a very bad idea to take any payment from patrons beyond your salary.
Clever marketing idea, though.