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I am new to supervising and it has been a challenge learning the ropes. Based on my new experiences as children’s services manager and advice that I have received from those who are more practiced, here are some valuable lessons I have learned so far. As a fellow youth services manager advised me, keep doing what you love. The reality is that, as manager, you have less time to work directly with the public and present storytimes. Instead, more time is devoted to scheduling, meetings and budget. While I have come to appreciate the challenges of the latter, I became a librarian so I could do the former. I still miss my weekly preschool storytime six months after being promoted. So as my colleague stated, keep doing what you love, at least a little. I regularly schedule myself and make it a priority to present children’s programs a few times...