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Semester end


Posted on 2015-05-09 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Semester end

The semester just ended and only noticed at five pm today when non one was at the circ desk. This marker evaded me despite that we had a "party" for…[...]

Posted in Faculty activity, Library | Tagged goals, planning, semester

Writing itch


Posted on 2015-05-06 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Writing itch

I've been doing a lot or reading recently. I love to read, but after a while, I feel a bit out of balance because all I do is work and…[...]

Posted in Writing | Tagged creative impotence, creativity

Week 49


Posted on 2015-05-06 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Week 49

This Monday I wrote week forty-nine on the top of my schedule. It took me a minute to understand the significance of that, but I am three weeks out from…[...]

Posted in Faculty activity, Library | Tagged performance review, stats, year one

Conference season


Posted on 2015-04-30 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Conference season

It the end of April and I feel that I have been running since March, mainly because I have been running since March. I've taken to calling this conference season…[...]

Posted in Faculty activity, Library | Tagged conferences, data, learning, research

Site environment and stress


Posted on 2015-04-20 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Site environment and stress

Friday I spent the day in one of our regional locations. I had planned on this to make sure that my site students had the same in-person availability that my…[...]

Posted in Library | Tagged environment, stress

Month nine


Posted on 2015-04-16 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Month nine

I am currently in month nine of my new job. I appear to have integrated myself well enough into the organization that I get the comment that it feels like…[...]

Posted in Library | Tagged career, work overview

The Dust dream


Posted on 2015-04-06 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on The Dust dream

I had a dream last night that I still haven't gotten out of.  I was walking along a road and the world was a dust storm. People were walking along…[...]

Posted in Storytelling, Uncategorized | Tagged dream, dust

Carrots


Posted on 2015-03-31 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Carrots

So it looks like I am good at giving people carrots. Not the orange, vegetable kind, the intriguing idea kind. I had a meeting with a colleague today where we…[...]

Posted in Library | Tagged carrots, collaboration, ideas

Back to work


Posted on 2015-03-30 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Back to work

March has been erratic. I only spent 11 days in office. Five were in Maryland, and five more were on vacation. Now I'm at the end of March and I…[...]

Posted in Faculty activity, Mental Maintenance | Tagged calm, purpose

NCBI for Librarians training.


Posted on 2015-03-18 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on NCBI for Librarians training.

I am two days back from the week long NCBI for libraians training course at NIH. It was a fabulous experience being among so many librarians and scientists trying to…[...]

Posted in Library, Uncategorized | Tagged Librarian training, NCBI, networking

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