Category A Day in the Life of a Librarian

Friday & Saturday – days in the life of a librarian

July 18, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian

Friday Technically I’m off because I work this coming weekend.  I cleaned the apartment, cooked, went to the gym.  I also check  all email accounts and see a request from one of the other Librarians, she needs someone to cover the Reference Desk for her Monday, I was planning on taking Monday off, but I tell […]

Thursday part 2 – a day in the life of a libarian

July 17, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian · 3 Comments

Thursday 7/17/08 7:30 coffee in hand I hit the computer to see what happened while I slept.  I check my email accounts, Twitter, & FriendFeed.  One of my Twitter friends lets me know the Day in the Life project made it into American Libraries Direct. Sweet! But I feel a bit nervous. 8:30 Now I’m just […]

Thursday Part 1- A Day in the Life of a Librarian

July 17, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian

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 […]

Wednesday – A day in the life of a librarian

July 16, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian · 2 Comments

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 […]

Tuesday – A Day in the Life of a Librarian Day 2

July 15, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian · 3 Comments

Tuesday: Today I telecommute! I telecommute for 8 hours a week.  These seems like a sweet deal until you realize I actually work from home about 20 hours a week and I’m only allowed to count 8 of those hours.  I start the day off by checking my  email accounts.  Then I drink some tea […]

Monday – A day in the life of a librarian

July 14, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian · 3 Comments

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 […]

What is a librarian’s day like?

July 8, 2008 · by · in A Day in the Life of a Librarian · 42 Comments

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 […]

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