• Faculty activity,  Library

    Day in review May 29, 2015

    Good news on the employment front. It looks very good that my contract will be renewed. I’ll be happy when I have the contract in hand, but this is as good as it’s going to get until the budget gets in and things get signed. That said, it feels good that I can focus on planning for the year. Some thing I have been trying to do for a month. My current time has been taken up with preparing for this weeks lecture and working on the regional NN/LM proposal. I am working with a colleague on this and will be turning in a draft of it on Monday. I…

  • Library,  Personal Thoughts

    Month three

    This is the begining of month three. I can feel that the librarians and school is gearing up for a new year. The grounds crew has been fantastic at sprucing p the trees and shrubbery. We are a couple weeks off moving downstairs as they gut our floor for renovation. (I can’t tell you how much I have taken for granted having a restroom and water fountain on the same floor as my workspace). I would detail how my work has changed, except that it really hasn’t. I have spent some dedicated time toward creating outreach materials in the form of flyers, handouts, and other paper based stuff. In the…

  • Faculty activity,  Library

    Week 7

    Week 7 feels strange. Maybe it’s just today, but I feel that I’ve been here a while, but when I really think about it, seven is a small number. Only today I got my first full paycheck. And yet, I live in a state and work for a state institution where money problems are a concern, so I worry that I may only see ten more of them. It’s scary becaus I want assurances I can’t get. All I can do is work. And that means building a clientele aand docmenting the work that I have done. This week I have a meeting with my supervisor, so tomorrow I will…