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And I think it is rabid. We must put it down.

So, that was my monday for round 4 library day in the life. How was yours? I’m the Data Services & Government Information Librarian at UNCG and this is my second go at Library Day in the Life. I can’t say how long I will sustain the LDITL for this go-round, but I’ll give it the old McKellam effort.

Basically here at the highlights:

• 8:30am-9:30 am – Writing time: wrote 400 words on chapter 2. Woohoo for me. Can I go home now?
• 9:30am-10am – No. I can’t go home because I need to prep for a class on Thursday. Here are my 30 minutes to do that.
• 10am-11am – Meeting with our tech guru about our desire for LibGuides.
• 11am-11:45am – Meeting with our OECD representative about OECDiLibrary. After letting her know we may cancel, she let us know about potential discount! Please please please.
• 11:45am-12pm – Ran around the ref dept cheering that we may be able to keep OECD.
• 12pm-1pm – Quick lunch at the desk of our Assistant Dean who is the stand in for our Human Resources librarian on an upcoming search committee.
• 1pm-1:30pm – Tried to listen to a webinar on ICPSR’s changes with Research Connections, but was interrupted (very sweetly) by a staff member needing to use our scanner and a graduate student who is being ignored by Veteran’s Affairs. VA, if you are reading, I hate your right now. Give us the data!
• 1:30pm-2pm – Search committee meeting
• 2pm-2:30pm – Impromptu meeting about LIS alumni association virtual meet and greet. UNCG LIS alumni! Heads up on upcoming post.
• 2:30pm – 3pm – Fretted over that one reference question I can’t make headway on and the VA and how much I hate them.
• 3pm-3:30pm – Meeting of the Agraphia Group, our librarian writing support group. Many tears were shed…not really.
• 3:30pm-4pm – Fretted more and decided to check my voicemail. I chose wisely because I had a request for a class for next week. They are looking at the historical censuses as support for material culture studies of major American cities. Sweeet.
• 4pm – Left for the day as part of the comp for my Saturday class.

Whew. All day I was taking notes on everything. Now I have to decipher what I wrote.

Thanks Monday. I hate you too!