• Faculty activity,  learning,  Library

    Handles

    Today it feels like I’m getting some sort of handle on my job activities. When I was given my job description  (I was offered a job that I didn’t interview for), it listed all of the possible things that this job includes. Most of it was boilerplate stuff that fell under the categories of collection  management, instruction, and reference. This I expected. Having had two weeks of orientation and a chance to see the library as a organism, I have a better perspective. We are beginning preparations for the fall semester. And by the end of the month I am expected to be making and doing. I’m starting to see…

  • Library

    Faculty

    Today I experienced the first part of the mental shift that I expected. As it turns out, this month is the preparation for performance reviews. Here, libarians are considered faculty with tenure possible. I was hired in under the non-tenure track. I certainly know how the process works, and how reviews work; but the gut check I received opening that review document, which plans out my year, was still present. This will be the first time I experience it. I’m no longer “staff” and the shift in expectations is significant. I knew this and I knew what I was signing up for and still it caught me by surprise. And…