{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Steven Engelfried","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/sengelfried\/","title":"Confessions of a Deskaholic","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6YTRereF4H\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/confessions-of-a-deskaholic\/\">Confessions of a Deskaholic<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/confessions-of-a-deskaholic\/embed\/#?secret=6YTRereF4H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Confessions of a Deskaholic&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"6YTRereF4H\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I\u2019m Steven Engelfried, ALSC member and Children\u2019s Librarian in the Early Childhood Outreach Department of Multnomah County Library.\u00a0 And I\u2019m a Children\u2019s Deskaholic.\u00a0 It all started with my first children\u2019s librarian job, with the Alameda County Library in California.\u00a0 I was fresh out of library school, nervous about story times, clueless about partnerships&#8230;but on my first shift at the children\u2019s desk, a child wanted a rain forest book.\u00a0 I found two for him!\u00a0 He was happy.\u00a0 I felt great.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve been hooked on the children&#8217;s desk ever since.\u00a0 Reference interviews, homework help, reader\u2019s advisory.\u00a0 I loved it all.\u00a0 Sure, there were downsides to the desk too.\u00a0 Truly impossible school assignments.\u00a0 Multi-hour shifts without a break.\u00a0 And maybe over the years I cleaned up one too many\u00a0baby\/toddler\u00a0\u201caccidents.\u201d\u009d\u00a0 But most of the time, the Children\u2019s Desk was one of the best places to be. About a year ago, I started a..."}