2. MORNING
7:58 - opening the library – the regulars are right behind me.
For Richard the first class starts at 11:40, but he comes to school
directly from his night shift and he will be studying (hanging around the
library) until that time. For students like Richard (and we have a bunch
of them) I‟d like to have a lounge chairs.
8.00- marching to the front of the building to pick up Saturday
mail and newspapers. I‟ll browse the newspaper before I
record them and put them on the rack. Few students stop by to
print their papers or use the sharpeners.
8:10 – checking email – over the weekend I sent two emails to myself with a “to do”
lists. It would probably be smarter to use and app for this purpose, but I still like
emails.

3. 8:30 - Monday mundane “stuff” – printing sheets for door count, restocking
printers/copiers, updating items on displays. I double check the schedule and
(surprisingly) it‟s not my morning for LP.
8:40 - Taking care of inter library loans. Ordering Colombiana for the Film Club‟s meeting
and via OCLC a DVD requested by the Advisement staff. My camera‟s battery just died.
No pictures, until it‟s charged.
8:50 – First request of the day – “I can‟t connect to the Internet” – this one is easy, just
turning the switch on the laptop solved the problem.

4. 9:00 - checking the books cataloged by Barbara and Dottie on
Friday/Saturday.
9:30 – a call from the Executive Office? Uff, it‟s just Ann Partridge who
wants to return materials to the library and confirms the Conference
Room reservation for Friday. Chatting with Ann is very important for the
library relations.
9:40 – a call from the front desk. Our technician is out, and the faculty in
Room 133 doesn‟t know how to fix the volume, so “librarian to the
rescue.” Fixed!
9:40 - Contacting Midwest about supposedly unpaid order. According to our
“check request” database, the invoice has been paid in September. They
will get back to me.

5. 9:50 a visit from the COO. She is not often on this
campus, so it‟s a surprise. Thankfully, there was
a nice crowd of students in the library.
10:15- Processing two new textbooks. For one of the
books, there is no record in OCLC! Updating the
libguide. Few more textbooks are on their way from
other campuses.
10:40 – Talking to Jenn from SDCL about programs for February.
The library will prepare African-American trivia for the Black History
Month and will host another mini workshop: The Mobile Word for
the Rest of Us.

6. 11:15 - Mail, including two books from WST – my wining title:
“Cloud Atlas” and one title for ID, requested by faculty.
11:20 - Time to take care of the VALE “issues” and submit our Friday‟s
presentation and handouts. Unfortunately, Lawren part didn‟t save well
and I need contact her and work on the entire piece a bit. Also, getting
in touch with my VALE Ref. Com. co-chair. It‟s time to post the minutes
from our last meeting. We also recruited two new members for our
committee during Friday‟s VALE Annual Conference. One of them once
applied for a position at WPK. I hope he won‟t hold it against me that he
didn‟t get the job

7. 12:00 - No lunch break today. Erica cannot come to cover my lunch.
12:15- Time to work on the file for the Business Team Courses and schedule a conference call to divide
the courses.
1:00- In mail two large boxes sent from the Scientologists. How many more publications by a dead Ron
Hubbard the country libraries can acquire?
1:30 - Dealing with invoices from B&T. Looks like one got “lost in translation” (mail).
1:45- Finally got all the pieces (documents) to send to VALE
2:20- Healthy Coach meeting – my third and last. It was originally scheduled for tomorrow morning, but
the „coach‟ had to reschedule and I need that third meeting before January 31st, to get my discount
2:40 - A bit tired, opted do some cataloging.

8. 3:30 – Found the 2012 Booklist Top of the List winners. We don‟t have a
single item form that list! Too bad, I was planning to make a promotional
flyer for our digital frame.
3:35 - Since it‟s too early to work on MLK Jr. display, I‟m forced to look at the
retention file. The updates are due at the end of this week.
4:00 Dottie, our part-timer is here. I‟ll get back to the retention file another
day Tomorrow is my night shift when I can peacefully work on my class
presentations. So far only scheduled!
That‟s all folks!