library day in the life: Wednesday
AM
- Review calendar. Rejoice over large block of free time in the middle of the day. Things will get done!
- One-hour download from programmer who is leaving us next week (these folks are lucky to get him). He has done some awesome research and programming work on a recommendation engine over the past few months. Requested a report of his findings — which are, at the same time, a little surprising and not surprising at all. He’s working on an article describing his work, which I will link to when it’s published.
- Return to usability report I started on Monday. Write up summary of issues uncovered during testing.
- Chat with other awesome programmer about Drupal upgrade. Realize we need to take site offline for upgrade. Decide to push date back to sometime after August 7 (when summer session wraps up).
PM
- Brief chat with department head about hosting audio for faculty. Discuss servers and iTunes U.
- Turn to usability report once again. Resolve to get this sucker done today.
- Head to e-classroom for staff training drop-in (as part of our move to blended service on all desks). Work on usability report while waiting for people to show up.
- No one shows up for drop-in. Hang out in (empty!) room, add recommendations to usability report, finalize, format, and send to project team. Ace!
- Review catalogue test results for testing done by colleagues in preparation for upgrade to new version. Summarize test results for catalogue team meeting tomorrow morning.
- Happily check 3 items off to-do list before heading home.
Later PM
- Thumb through last 3 issues of Technology Review (deadtree version). Read a few articles, skim a few more, scan the rest.
- Fire up my LIS course site, read students’ posts, prep for course chat.
- Chat with 3 students in our meebo chat room for an hour. Log off feeling energized (as always) by bright, talented librarians-in-training.
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