Hello again,
Tuesday. It's my first work day of the week. I work by myself in a small special library which is part of large research organisation. We have various other libraries and information service points dotted around the country.
9am - I switch on all the lights, gather up yesterdays newspapers and set out todays papers. Boot up computers, log in etc. Usual housekeeping. I check my personal and the libraries generic email acct and see what needs to be actioned. Storeman advises that the recycle skip has been emptied. I've 6 metres of abstracts to discard after having listed them on aliadups with responses required two weeks ago. I fill up a trolley and make a few trips to the skip.
9.30am - I follow up the previous days email requests for docdel and staff queries.
10am - Open the postal mail, accession journals and put them on display. Tuesdays we change the display so I remove older journals and shelve. I discharge returned loans and shelve them too.
10.30am - Time for a cuppa and yoghert, sit with a couple PA's just back from holidays and discuss their overseas trips.
10.50am - Scientist drops in. Wants to locate a couple of technical reports. One is available online the other in the collection. We discuss the possibility of digitising the print copy and some other materials. We go on to discuss digital rights management. An interesting discussion. He leaves with the promise I will look into the possibility of digitising the information we discussed.
11.20am - Email from scientist wanting a paper. I find a location and explain it's availability and how he can gain access.
11.30am - Two document delivery requests, one book loan, one article.
11.45am - Check my feeds and alerts for information to post to newsletter or information blog.
12.15pm - End processing of a couple of catalogued items.
12.30pm - Weeding. Go to where I left off in the monographs. Identified some titles, take them back to office evaluate and list them on draft duplicates list.
1pm - Lunch and a walk with a colleague from Records.
1.30pm - Continue weeding/evaluation. Help visiting scientist access library computer.
2pm - Check new starters list. Send a welcome and introductory email. Invite them to come in to the library for an induction on library services and products or attend our online "Intro to Library Services" training.
2.30pm - Work on monthly report.
2.40pm - Continue deletion of superseded standards.
3pm - Time to go home.
