Monthly Archives for November 2020


On not being replaced

I am taking early retirement after five years at the same secondary college. I began at the school as the Library Manager but after an accident in 2018 I could only work three days a week as a librarian. A Teacher-Librarian, Marian Lees was appointed full time in the second term of 2019 to manage […]


emeritus librarian

Emeritus, which is the Latin past participle of the verb emereri, meaning “to serve out one’s term,” was originally used to describe soldiers who had completed their duty. Emeritus, in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person […]