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Monday – A day in the life of a librarian

July 14, 2008
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Monday – A day in the life of a librarian

Monday 7/07/08  Get up check both email accounts from home.   In addition to my work account I use a gmail account for many things work related, email lists, notifications, etc.  I address anything that needs immediate action, save the rest for when I actually get in the office.    Get ready and head to meet my carpool buddy, I carpool as often as I can, but my schedule is wacky so usually just one day a week.   Get to work, check email again (I get a lot of email).  Actually got through email, respond, delete or forward as necessary.  Work on my budget, including review this years expenditures, and proposal for next years budget. Prepare monthly report for Director for board meeting. including a compilation of comments and stats from MRRL’s blog, Flickr, Facebook etc, Library Learning 2.1 and any programs I’ve done in the last month.  Check voicemail, return call to patron who is having problems downloading eAudio book from NetLibrary.  Get tasked by director to check out patron complaint about Ancestry.com not working, check with the Head Reference Librarian, realize it’s software issue, redirect to IT.  Talk with Head Reference Librarian about possibility of new medical database and proposal she’s working on.  Work on Internet safety presentation

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