"Registration? Next will be graduation"
December 5, 2005
We had registration just the other day. It was a hectic day, but we had a great bunch of new students that came this year. We are trying to get all the logistics of new ID's resolved. Our campus is actually on the same area of land as two military installations, although we have no connection with them. However, it means, that we get "military" id's, sorta. We will use the backs of these for the library barcode for patrons. But we are still waiting...(Sept)

New student workers are hired and we are in the midst of getting them trained. All of a sudden it's time for student orientation. We split the new class into two halves over two days. Then each section is divided in half again when they come in for training: databases (practice) and library holdings, services, rules, etc. (lecture and tour.) I have also hired a new cataloger who has never worked in a library before. (She actually started in Sept. and she is a fast learner.) So there are alot of challenges there. 'Course, everytime someone new comes on board, there's always the stirring up and re-settling of dynamics in a group of co-workers. We've already had our fall semester break. I don't know 'what from' - we just got started...(Oct)

Where is the time going? We basically have two weeks and two days for this month then it's break time for the Thanksgiving Holidays. Basically when everyone comes back we have two weeks left of classes before finals and the semester is over. Didn't we just start a couple of days, maybe weeks, ago??? At least the pace has let up some. I have been swamped with two big projects called "reports" to do this semester. They were a lot of work. The second one probably had 80 hours of work put into it, not to mention other associated faculty that had their part to add. Oh, one of my staff members resigned a few days ago, so, now, we are looking for someone new for her spot.(Nov)

We're talking Christmas vacation, and holiday hours and end of semester due dates, and holiday plans and parties, already. GOOD GRIEF! I'm just now ready to put that fall newsletter together for the students telling them about all the neat services we offer and all the little bells and whistles in our library catalog software, and new things we're doing this year, and new books we're getting, and - and - and... What Happen?? Did I catch a bit of "Van Winkle-itis" and miss part of the semester??? It can't be time for Christmas yet. Wow, next thing you know they'll be talking about graduation as if it is tomorrow!!! (Dec)