Thursday- Another late day. In the morning I check all my email accounts from home, nothing major happening so I head to the gym. I’m in the office at 12:30, first things first check my voicemail Message about needing stats on Computer classes for board meeting I find them and hand deliver. I pop in my bosses office to talk about the Computer Classes are going and the stats for them. I need to get started writing the final report for the grant that allowed us to get the laptops and have the classes. In the interested of full disclosure, unfortunately I became pretty ill last Thursday and had to leave work. I’m going to document my day today as replacement and I’ll publish it late tonight. Sorry for the delay! I took these notes last Thursday as part of The Day in the Life project, if you’re interested in reading more or documenting your own day, please add your name to the wiki. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
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Wednesday – A day in the life of a librarian
Wednesday 7/9/08 Tonight is one of my late days because computer/internet classes are tonight. Nikki & I take turns teaching a series of classes that vary from basic to advanced. Tonight Nikki is teaching Microsoft Word so I get to be Vanna, assisting, troubleshooting & helping patrons when they run into a problem. I get up and after making coffee, check all email accounts from home. Then since I don’t have to be at work until this afternoon I try to relax so I a play video game. When I get too frustrated because I’m dying I check FriendFeed and Twitter and see Lori Reed has created a wiki for the Day in the Life idea.! awesome! Apparently I do have the ability to start a meme. I pretty much waste the morning though, it’s hard to be productive in the mornings when I work that night. At noon I arrive in the office, check my email again, send replies, forward etc. I send an email to a database vendor thanking him for the personal training he gave our staff last month and ask him about database stats, Then I head across the street, (library staff work in two different buildings) to talk with the Head Reference Librarian. Just
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
What is a librarian’s day like?
Wow I saw this come across in the search terms used to find my blog. I’m assuming it’s someone considering becoming a Librarian and I thought what an amazing opportunity! If I post about this and get others to do it too, it will allow librarians to share amongst ourselves (our positions are changing so rapidly) and also to let the public know what we do. I’m not sure I have the ability to start a meme, but I really hope other librarians will pick this up as sort of a meme and write about their day or week on their blogs Since my days vary so much, I’m going to write about my week, look for it some time next week. In the mean time please consider doing this on your blog if you have one! Edited at 7/9/08 2:30pm Central to add: This morning while I was busy playing videos games Lori Reed created a wiki for this idea where you can add your name and your blog to the list if you’re particpating. Go sign up! key is “library” Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up
UKSG pt 1
I’ve arrived in Torquay, and it’s only day one of the conference but I’ve already seen a couple of things that are different from the US conferences I’ve attended that I’m impressed with, I’d love to see this practice at more conferences. Included with the conference each day are a lunch and dinner. It’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with other people, which is one of the best parts of going to conferences. You can sit with someone different at every meal, hear different perspectives and exchange ideas with out the hassle of trying to meet people in your classes to meet up with later (especially nice if you’ve traveled alone and/or you don’t know loads of people), find a place with decent food and worry about how you’ll split the bill. Even better, the food is fabulous and wine is provided with dinner! On a side note, it snowed the first 2 days here! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
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