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Last week I talked about my morning routine, so I’m not going to talk about it this week.

Morning:

• I spent more time than normal this morning on email, largely because my parents visited this weekend! We had a good time, but I didn’t stay as on top of things as I tend to do on weekends. I also had a list of tasks that showed up today in my list that required initiating contact, follow up on a conference registration issue, and a few more ALA emails.
• This is a funny week to be doing this, because I’m moving! I stole a few minutes to empty out all my drawers and take my pictures off the wall. The beginning of the move is evident by the three paper bags by my door.
• WFU just adopted a new visual identity, so I updated my signature file to reflect the new requirements.
• I troubleshot some video uploading issues, which required file conversion and uploading to a number of different sites.
• I ordered a video on Fatherhood that was requested for the Women and Gender Studies department.
• I then took a very fast lunch to get to see my husband, John, for a few minutes so that I could get back for a reference department meeting.

Afternoon:

• Reference meeting to trade shifts and library news.
• Immediately following the meeting, helped a colleague with a computer issue.
• Following that interaction, I met with another colleague to help think about ways she could use our Toolkit, Portals, and new Libguides for her students in the Fall semester.
• Then, I wrote up an “about” statement for the Toolkit, only to realize the irrelevance of a text “about” statement for a video driven site, so I decided to make a video, too. That’s on the slate for tomorrow.
• I went through the old tutorial and made a list of skills. We’re hoping to make a “toolbox” of these skills so we can take down the tutorial.
• I finally had a minute to go through all my ALA papers and made my last list of post-ALA to-dos.

After not working on the Toolkit for a while, it looks like it’s demanding attention again. I’m glad it’s rising in my task list. I think it’s a really good product, but needs a lot more content before it’s ready for a big marketing push with the students. I also like being involved in a project that excites people, can help students easily at any time of day, and that can help save the time of both the user and librarian.

Tonight we had a family birthday party, which was very nice. Now it’s going to be a very late night as I have to finish my chapter that I was talking about last week. It’s going well, but I realized I didn’t save it before the program closed earlier today, so I’m going to need to retype some of what I had already said. At least that part will be quick going!!

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1. A Wednesday in my Library Life
2. Today in my library life…
3. A Thursday in my Library Life
4. A Week in My Library Life
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