Wednesday, 10 August 2011

29/07/11 Library work LAST DAY!

Academic Support
- Using barcode reader (so much faster than keying!):
Discarded 34 books (issue to DISCARD & stamped them)
Changed 32 books from short loan to ref & located in Special Collections
Changed 42 books from S. Collections/ref to shelves & standard loan

Offsite office
- relabelled 12 Euro Documentation Centre books that had been newly catalogued

This is it: the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning? Definitely the latter as this year has only served to confirm my wish to continue working in an academic library.

28/07/11 Library work (penultimate day...)

Technologies for learning
- Contd. creating illustrated guides to using the new VLE (Blackboard 9) with Word & Paint

Publicity
- Wrote short report on the student survey I did on 15/07.

27/07/11 Library work

Learning Resources
- Contd. taking old/unused journals off the shelves, issued to Discard, stamped them & binned them

Publicity
- Finished newsletter editing & published it

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

26/07/11 Library work

Publicity
- Contd. editing newsletter

Offsite office
- Finished writing 'How to..' guide to using my Excel offsite student enquiry form
- Talked Offsite office staff through using the Excel offsite student enquiry form and how it was constructed

Academic Support
- 1hr front desk: 2 referrals to staff elsewhere and 1 stationary request!

25/07/11 Library work

Technologies for learning
- Contd. creating illustrated guides to using the new VLE (Blackboard 9) with Word & Fireworks

Publicity
- Talked to Lou & Sarah about their roller skating madness, why/how etc. for the newsletter
- Wrote up roller skating talk into Crazy Corner newsletter column article
- Contd. editing and adding new material to newsletter

21/07/11 Library work

(on Leave)
Interview (for wkend Lib. Assistant post): Probably the worst interview I've done as I hesitated for most questions and couldn't think what to say as tired & feeling a little cowed by Chris & Steven G being there. However I don't think they would have given it me anyway….

20/07/11 Library work

Pro Develop.
- 1.5hr update with Liz: signed off my PDR and she just gave me tips on what to say at the interview tomorrow

Publicity
- 30min update with Helen about where I've saved work and how the newsletter is going