shinylib

Well, I made it home from Midwinter in one piece. The same really can’t be said for my luggage. I think Delta has some kind of beef with me… that’s another story for a different blog.
There have been many occasions in my life where I have blamed a general lack of alertness (alertitude?) on jetlag; [...]

I was talking with a colleague (an on-call librarian) last night about the reality of being a librarian here in Portlandia. Usually you have to cobble together umpteen part-time and on-call jobs in hopes of coming away with a semi-decent resume. {Before I was offered my current temporary FT position I was looking at three [...]

I am exhausted today. Staying up until 1am packing was neither good nor smart. Bleh…and I’m not at all sure I managed to pack anything logical.
Today’s Bio class went fine although there were some frustrations with the timing. If I see I am scheduled to teach a class from 11-12, I don’t expect that the [...]

My freakin’ wrists are killing me. No combination of anti-inflammatory, brace, and stretching has come close to fixing it. A smart person might take this as a sign to type less. Me? I have two handouts to create by Wednesday.
I totally did not apply for ACRL Emersion 08. I really wanted to, and I sat [...]

Phew. The impending arrival of finals week gives me a minute to breathe and compose a post. Of course the knocking on my office door from frantic students looking to find me does hamper the writing somewhat.
I can’t believe that my first quarter as an academic librarian is coming to a close. I have been [...]

Less a real entry than a list of updates…

I finally got around to putting content on shinylib.com. As ever there’s “more to come”. We’ll see.
I am not sure where I was for the past several months, but I have only just become aware of the Jena Six controversy, in which several escalating racially-focused incidents at [...]

Hi. Long time no blog. I have been riding the post-graduation roller coaster: recover from visiting friends and family, have panic attacks induced by the unfamiliar feeling of doing nothing, realize that I have a “real” job that begins in a few weeks, freak out over the former realization, etc… All of this has resulted [...]