I read the news today, oh, boy... (part two)

11:07-12:00 - Read the Chronicle's Daily Report in my e-mail. E-mailed administrative assistant about registration issues from last Friday's conference (I want my certificate of attendance!). Updated purchasing card statement for last month; printed out necessary copies and delivered to admin. asst. E-mailed Lee and Geoff about a week when Special Collections will be closed later this month.

I read the news today, oh, boy... (part one)

Here's my stab at a "day in the life" posting. Today is Monday, August 4. The story so far...

8:00-9:15 - Arrived at library. Turned in book. Dropped off lunch in fridge. Noticed and disposed of dead mouse on glue board. (Ick factor - relatively low. He was already dead, so there was no squirming or anything.) Picked up mail. Talked to Bob and Jennifer. Came up to Special Collections and heard door alarm sounding. Turned it off. Updated voice mail with new closing info. Checked answering machine (haven't returned call yet). Unlocked doors and turned on lights. We're closed today, so that didn't take long. Opened e-mail and looked for anything urgent (nothing spotted). Read Twitter and FriendFeed updates. Fired up last.fm and picked out some music.

9:15-11:00 - Took Lee my copy of Sweeney Todd and chatted about Friday's GOLD/GALILEO conference. We enjoyed hearing Cliff Landis, Jason Puckett, Rachel Borchardt, and others, and we learned a lot! At 10:30, I went to a reception for our new circulation person and ate entirely too much. Mmmmm.

Now it's 11:07, and I'm going to look for my desk.

What's a nice kid like you doing in a place like this?

Since Tom Ipri suggested that my FriendFeed post become a meme, I'll start it here:

What made you become a library/archives/museum employee? Was there a person? A life-changing event at a reference desk? A tarot card?

Feel free to share your stories via blogs/FriendFeed/Twitter and to tag others if you'd like! Consider yourself tagged!

Fun with "free" wifi

The other day, we used a friend's laptop to shop for new cellphones and order online. We wanted some place with AC, and we went to the local McAlister's. We discovered we could pick up the free wifi signal from Quizno's (several yards away), and we happily used that. (We didn't want to pay for access at Starbuck's, thank you very much.)

Last night we were back in that same part of town and needed to use wireless again. This time, we went to Quizno's and felt bad about just using their signal for free. So we paid about $18 for sandwiches, chips, and drinks while we surfed. Wifi was no longer free, but Quizno's attracted some business with their "free" setup. Good for them!

Learning on vacation

I'm home this week, so professional development is out the window. However, I'm still learning stuff!

Today I learned that although I would describe my hair as dark brown, the fine people at Clairol would call me a "medium brown" instead.

Good to know.

Food for thought

(Because I'm all about the food.)

Well, I've been thinking since yesterday about what I could write in order to have more frequent postings on here. I'm going to steal an idea from What I Learned Today and share things I learned at work, at home, from friends, etc. I'll try to have a professional development focus, but some things may involve a bit more fun.

At least I have a goal now! That should count for something.

So, what have I learned so far today? That apparently telling a researcher you're going to be closed next week doesn't matter. The researcher responded with an offer to pay a library employee to supervise him in Special Collections.

No, sir, we're really, really closed. We mean it.

Sigh.

Coming up for air

Well, since all the cool kids in the LSW wiki have links to their blogs, I suppose I should start using mine again.

Hi, everyone!