Dear Paulina, A job becomes stressful if you think it is, but if you will be thankful you have served the customers satisfactorily and help them in their research work then you become part of his/her succress in this regard. In order to avoid stress, do other professional task like abstracting and indexing theses, indexing periodical articles, think of improving your work, propose development plan, etc. I am sure that will make her/him busy and be a part of the progress of the institution. Angie
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Paulina Baba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Paulina Baba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [FilipinoLibrarians] Re: BBC Article: "Librarians 'suffer most stress'" To: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:59 AM hahahahahaha!!!! its really true, that this profession is stressful...but the only way of fighting stress in the workplace is TO LOVE YOUR PROFESSION...ONCE YOU LOVE YOUR PROFESSION AND YOU LOVE WORKING IN THE LIBRARY AND SERVING CUSTOMERS...then your stress is relieved....especially when you have extended satisfactory services to your customers...and when you feel your customers are satisfied with the assistance you have extended to them...then u will find fulfillment in your work...and you will be caught unaware that you have already extended your services till the wee hours from the regular requirement of 8 hours a day. Please accept the fact that a librarian's job is a package that is you are doing janitorial to managerial services..especially if you are a one-man librarian...internalize your profession, accept the pros and cons and by accepting, you will find joy, happiness and fulfillment in your chosen career, just like me.... you must be proud to tell to the whole world that you are a LIBRARIAN!!! be resourceful, innovative and try to explore the recent technologies in the library then you will realize that there is beauty in this profession... --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [FilipinoLibrarians] BBC Article: "Librarians 'suffer most stress'" To: "Filipino Librarians" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 31 October, 2008, 9:57 AM I just read from the Filipina Librarian in the Land Down Under blog that librarians suffer most stress. Here's the BBC Article URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4605476.stm Excerpts: "Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in a library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation. Unchallenging, repetitive The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned. It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life. Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over their career. They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work...." What are your reactions to this? New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FilipinoLibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
