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  • burnout and doubt

    The thing that frustrated me most about my last job was how often I was interrupted. Multi-tasking is not my strength--I prefer to deal with one thing at a time--but multi-tasking is a reality for most jobs (it seems), …

  • it's about time to write a weeding policy

    Needed a break from going through outstanding fine reports (we have a backlog of 10 years of uncollected fines and lost books!) so spent some time converting books from Dewey to LC classification and reorganizing the sta…

  • sounds i'd rather not hear anymore 1. squeaky mice running through our walls 2. gunshots 3. ambulance sirens I felt called to this neighborhood when I first moved here, as did my roommates, but in all honesty, I don't …

  • ah-choo

    I think maybe I should start a blog called "The Sneezing Librarian" 'cause it's so darn dusty in here. I'm pretty sure some of this dust is from the 1960's, too. (I am so not kidding.) Sometimes I feel hypocritical wh…

  • a typical day at the circulation desk

    This being my first real library job, I thought it would be interesting to make a list of the kinds of questions I get asked everyday. (Well, interesting for me, anyway. ) directional questions where to find specific…

  • reality tv @ work??? For the last several months, the bulk of my work for Discovery has been dealing with encyclopedia articles and image assets. All the metadata dealing with those assets was completed on Friday. …

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