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Lemme preface this post by saying I dig and respect my colleagues. I’m about to go on a major rant, but please don’t think I don’t value my coworkers. I am frustrated and emotional and they’re just feeling a bit more like co-irkers than coworkers at the moment. It will pass. If any of my [...]

Friends and colleagues were recently ragging on me about the lack of posts here at shinylib. In lieu of an actual post, I’ll just tell you what I’m doing that keeps me too busy to post.
If you work in an academic library, you know that late spring/summer is project season. PCC Library is totally no [...]

I know it’s been quite a while since my last update. I do have things to say about ACRL (it will be so outdated by the time I get around to it) but I’m dealing with some personal junk that’s occupying my time.
I received a pretty crappy letter from my employer over spring break. It [...]

We’ve been having a tough time supporting biology assignments. This isn’t really new but it comes with increasing frustration. Sometimes I feel like the biggest idiot, sometimes I feel like the Biology faculty need to get two clues and rub them together. We’re not at all sure what they are looking for, so we sure [...]

I keep wanting to write spiffy post-Denver posts and rambling-yet-fascinating commentaries about the state of the profession and everything else. The reality is that I just don’t have time. Fail.
Well, I do have a little time, so let me say a few things. Midwinter meeting is boring. If no one has come out and told [...]

Man, sometimes you just get on autopilot and there’s nothin’ to be done for it.
I prepped for a reading class tonight and when I went to teach the class I was told, “But that’s not their assignment!” It was however the assignment the instructor had sent me…twice.
So, I pretty much had to make it up [...]

So, I was just sent a student by circulation. He arrives at the refdesk shouting my name (alarming, but ok) and saying he hopes I can help him.
I hope I can help him too. It turns out he’s lost two reserve items. Hrm, I’m already wondering why this guy is at the refdesk. He’s irate [...]

It’s the week before finals. That’s all I have time or energy to say… ♥ to those of you in academia and to our public counterparts who see our procrastinatory slaquers during our off-hours (and all other times, I’m sure).

I am feeling peevish today, sorry shiny readers. One of my biggest pet peeves with students is that they don’t bother to learn the names of things. Who is your instructor? I dunno, she’s got brown hair and works on Mondays. What book are you looking for? That business one with the spiral edge. WHICH [...]

This is totally what happens every time. I sit down with things to say. The phone rings. I spent 20 minutes explaining the process to search our OPAC for streaming videos. Why is it a note field that you have to search? It just is. What’s a note field? A field with notes. Not a [...]