Archive for January, 2012

January 31, 2012 0

Library Day in the Life: Day 2

By in Librarianship, Library, Personal

As I stated yesterday, I am participating in Library Day in the Life, Round 8. Today is much more quiet than yesterday, as Tuesday is our “dark day” at the museum. This provided me an opportunity to do something a bit different with my day today.

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January 30, 2012 2

Library Day in the Life: Day 1

By in Cataloging, Librarianship, Library, Personal

Well, readers, from now until the Friday, I am doing my best to participate in the Library Day in the Life, Round 8. Here’s the brief about the project, taken from their website:

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January 26, 2012 4

The Month of Letters

By in Personal, Writing

Readers, you probably know all too well by now our penchant for letters at the Dean house – we try and write a couple each weekend. I have started replying to personal emails (if I have not replied during the week) with a letter so that I spend a bit less time in front of [...]

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January 11, 2012 2

Colleagues

By in Library

2011 was a year in which I met and maintained professional relationships with many people I am proud to know. Writing about mail last week set me to thinking about what I have learned about making contacts (but more personal than that) with colleagues inside and outside your profession. I think this has become very [...]

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January 4, 2012 7

The Power of Mail

By in Personal, Writing

The holiday season (which is just about over as of this writing) is quite the time for mail. Holiday cards and letters, thank-you notes, and packages filled with presents. It’s amusing, then, that it appears that the postal service is ending next-day delivery and shuttering many of its locations across the US. Of course, as [...]

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