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I’ve decided to tweet the rest of this week using the #libday5 hashtag and CoverItLive. Thank you for indulging me.
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Electronic Resources Librarian, Academic Library
Arrived, turned on my computer, and while it booted up, I went and got an iced tea from the café.
Processed new email and scanned a document that I don’t need to retain in paper.
Attended weekly department meeting. We were extra chatty today and went 15-20 min longer than normal.
Worked my way [...]

Laura Westmoreland and Donna Coghill: “Walk-In Research & Writing Clinics: A Progress Report” More in-depth than the library service desk, but less than what they’d get at the writing center, with the option to work with a librarian or writing consultant. They do it in two hour shifts that are regularly irregular, and [...]

Andy Morton:  “5-minute madness – The Madness Concept” He’s on the desk at the moment, so he made a video.
Teresa Doherty: “Cool sounds for Aleph Circ Transactions” Originally presented at ELUNA as a poster session. They use custom sounds and colors to indicate specific circulation transaction alerts, i.e. checkin/checkout [...]

When I was booking my flights and sending in my registration during the snow storms earlier this year, Palm Springs sounded like a dream. Sunny, warm, dry — all the things that Richmond was not. This would also be my first visit to Southern California, so I may be excused for my ignorance of the [...]