Worked for the library for: 3 years
Resides in: Albemarle County
Job title: Circulation assistant. Downing checks books in and out, organizes books on the shelves, and issues library cards.
Best of times: Being around others. “I’m able to help people. I love to see the children in here over the summer. It’s better that they’re here—they could be doing anything else.”
Worst of times: People’s complaints against others using the library. “People don’t remember that it’s a public library and not private. They’ll come up and complain that they don’t like that there are people at a table in the back who are homeless sitting there. That actually annoys me.”
 Amanda Downing |
Strangest moment on the job: Finding unusual items on the bookshelf. “Sometimes when I’m shelving a book, I won’t always find books. I’ll find maybe a loaf of bread.”
If she were a superhero, she’d be: A superhero from her own imagination, Bookbinder. “I’d be able to move books without using a cart, be able to be the bookmobile without wheels.”
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