So this is day three of my long week. I had to cover the reference desk on Saturday and Sunday, so it’ll be a seven day work week for me this week. It’s only once a month, so it’s really not that bad. Right? Right.
So here’s my day:
- Alarm goes off at 5:30 AM, hit the snooze button twice.
- Get myself together for work and make sure chicklet is together so I can take her to Color Guard practice from 8 AM to 5 PM. I know, right? But the team kicks butt and the kids enjoy it. So whatever?
- 7 AM – leave the house to go to the Mickey D’s Lounge for a mocha. Expensive for a small cup, but oh-so-worth it.
- 7:30 AM – arrive at chicklet’s school and sigh because we are 1/2 an hour early. Expected the line at Mickey D’s to be longer. So I talk to chicklet and wallow in the knowledge that my days of teen angst are over and done with.
- 7:58 AM – arrive at my office only to hear this annoying alarm ringing on the inside. No one has told me about an alarm in the archives, so I start to panic because I’m not sure what it’s all about. I check everything that looks like it could be an alarm, finally see a little white box that says “Water level in pan is high.” What? What pan? What water? I check everything in the archives looking for a pan. I don’t see one. I call facilities and tell them what’s going on…someone is sent over. Emergency averted. We have a humidity problem in the archives (who knew?) so an alarm was installed and facilities is supposed to check it out.
- 9 AM – relax and turn on Pandora.com and start going through email. Start scanner so I can start scanning photos to add to the Back Mountain Historical Association database.
- 9:50 AM – prepare to go downstairs to the ref desk.
- 10 to 11:30 AM – there’s nothing going on at the reference desk. The students have abandoned ship and we are left alone. It’s nice that it’s quiet but time goes by so slowly. I use this time to go through some of the databases that I’m not as familiar with, namely the health sciences.
- 11:40 AM – I am back in my office, scanning pictures again.
July 22, 2008 at 11:50 AM
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog posts from this “Day in the Life” segment. I am currently working in a public library as a reference assistant and am about to start my MLS degree this Fall. While I am excited, I still have some decisions to make as to which area of interest I will take. My 2 main interests are for academic librarianship and school media librarianship. While the two are VERY different, I’m looking for some pros and cons…or any other insight from current employed librarians. I’m beginning to lean more toward the Academic field, but any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Keep the great posts coming!
Becca in Indiana
July 22, 2008 at 12:16 PM
@Rebecca Thank you. I just realized that I didn’t finish the post. That’s what happens when your life intersects with your life. There are a lot of pros and cons to working in an academic library. I’ll write a post and put it up on Thursday. I have a lot to say but believe me, I truly enjoy what I do even when I’m complaining. I love every minute of it.
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