Hours so far: 108/135
I'm watching that "Hours so far" creep closer and closer to 135. Feeling both accomplished and a little sad. I'm enjoying it here and gaining all this experience and being back in the place that was basically my sanctuary through my years at ORU.
Today I got some work done on the Ask-A-Librarian libguide. We (Jane and I) also noticed that the libguides for ORU library are all kind of different: there's not a consistency in font, design, color scheme, etc. She had me do a sort of inventory of them and I made a chart detailing each guide's colors and fonts in 5 different categories. We can decide how we want that to be ordered and keep it consistent across the board after this. It was nice to accomplish something quick and useful, and it really motivated me to dive into altering the libguide to a more consistent color scheme (the one I'm working on, that is.)
I also got to learn a new trick: I knew how to print and copy on our printers, but not how to scan to e-mail. Well, I learned that today! So now I have another skill. It wasn't too hard, either, it was just a matter of knowing which buttons to push. Now I know!
Today definitely taught me that an important aspect of the job is the little things! You have to stay consistent and knowledgeable in the "little" but very important aspects of running a reference (or any library) smoothly.
Michelle
I'm watching that "Hours so far" creep closer and closer to 135. Feeling both accomplished and a little sad. I'm enjoying it here and gaining all this experience and being back in the place that was basically my sanctuary through my years at ORU.
Today I got some work done on the Ask-A-Librarian libguide. We (Jane and I) also noticed that the libguides for ORU library are all kind of different: there's not a consistency in font, design, color scheme, etc. She had me do a sort of inventory of them and I made a chart detailing each guide's colors and fonts in 5 different categories. We can decide how we want that to be ordered and keep it consistent across the board after this. It was nice to accomplish something quick and useful, and it really motivated me to dive into altering the libguide to a more consistent color scheme (the one I'm working on, that is.)
I also got to learn a new trick: I knew how to print and copy on our printers, but not how to scan to e-mail. Well, I learned that today! So now I have another skill. It wasn't too hard, either, it was just a matter of knowing which buttons to push. Now I know!
Today definitely taught me that an important aspect of the job is the little things! You have to stay consistent and knowledgeable in the "little" but very important aspects of running a reference (or any library) smoothly.
Michelle