We're in the midst of a recarpet in the library, which means everything is every which way - including my reference room! So, I plan my vacation around when I think they'll be moving the furniture back into the reference room, only to find they won't be doing that until next week (which, of course, is when I'll be taking my time off.) I suppose a lay out floor plan will simply have to do the trick.
In other news, I've been working towards putting together a floor plan for how to implement a library blog. More up-to-date, easy to keep current, and frankly, easy to write and put together, than a library newsletter, I'm hoping that a blog for the library will be a way to keep patrons posted about new research opportunities, new materials, changes in schedule, all sorts of fun things!
Yesterday I did a bit of a literature review to find articles that discussed library blogging. Today's activity, really this afternoon's activity, will be reading through the eight or nine articles I printed yesterday to glean insights and ideas. Hopefully within this year, that will translate into a blog for the library, which will hopefully translate into another way for our users to get up-to-date information.
Love blogs, love blogging!
17 August, 2006
03 August, 2006
Projects can be so rewarding
Finishing up projects can be a truly rewarding experience. I've been working on a few major reference room projects and have come to the end of my part in them. This does not mean there are no more projects, but it's one less to work on.
Tomorrow: Educating faculty. How to do it quickly and effectively? We're going to try something a bit different this year and we'll see how it goes. When I was the new faculty I kept getting asked questions about the library (as if I knew a lot better than they did at that point!), so this year I'm going to do a session during the new faculty orientation. Hopefully this will answer the basic questions and give them a contact person to visit if they have more questions. We'll see how it works this year and if it seems to be a success, hopefully it will become a yearly ritual.
Tomorrow: Educating faculty. How to do it quickly and effectively? We're going to try something a bit different this year and we'll see how it goes. When I was the new faculty I kept getting asked questions about the library (as if I knew a lot better than they did at that point!), so this year I'm going to do a session during the new faculty orientation. Hopefully this will answer the basic questions and give them a contact person to visit if they have more questions. We'll see how it works this year and if it seems to be a success, hopefully it will become a yearly ritual.
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