Helping a patron

Yesterday, I got to actually help my first patron. Oh what a joyous occasion. The patron is thinking about writing a children's book on a subject of history ( I won't give the actual topic due to copying ideas ) in Charleston SC. So, I dug in and was determined to help her find anything I could get my hands onto. After going through numerous sources, I finally came up with a myriad of resources. I took them over to her and actually got goosebumps as she wholeheartedly thanked me and told me how much help I had been to her. Oh happy day! LOL I know this may seem extremely silly to people who may not be in the library field, but after you work hard for four years learning what to do and what not to do, it is very exciting when you get to put anything you picked up during those years into practice. I know things will not go as smoothly as this one instance did, but I am prepared for that also. I studied nothing on historical research and genealogy during grad school except one records management class, so this is a totally new experience for me. So, for the rest of the week, I am observing at the desk, next week, I will be observed, and the week after that, I'm ALONE on the desk. Working in a history/genealogy room, I'm going to have to catch up on my history. So much work to be done!