Lunch

Being on sabbatical means I can have what ever I want for lunch. So Ellen this one is for you. Leftover soup and baby goldfish crackers.

Progress

Progress has been made this week! I have actually been able to spend time reviewing the Biodiversity section of the collection. There are 63 titles in this section. So far I have seen book chapters, books, conference proceedings, and reports. Most interesting title today was Saga of a Star Fish. I can also see why people find it easier to work with two monitors. I need to have at least 3 programs open and running at the same time and switching from screen to screen is giving me a headache. The good news is so far the majority of the items have been available online or are book chapters from books available in the Life Sciences Library.

At least the home office is a bit larger than my library office, good thing because there are many many more folders to bring home. Yes the bit of red seen behind the chair is Pig's bed. Time to bring in the plants, heard something about possible flurries this evening.

Side bar

Spent part of the afternoon listening to an ARL webcast entitled "New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles". I am now going to read the actual report Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries. I am the first to admit I don't like change and if this is the direction we are heading in retirement might be coming sooner rather than later. Or maybe it is not change, it is what we are already doing but just not being recognized for it.

I am now conflicted because Trend 5 in the report is "collaboration is key." while earlier this afternoon I listened to a story on Radio Hour about too much collaboration being a bad thing.
So I suppose like all things - moderation is key. Maybe being on sabbatical is giving me too much time to read and listen to these "new" trends. And by the way if I hear the term ______ Commons one more time I am going to scream.

On a more positive note the last of the materials from the annex found their way over to the Life Sciences Library so now they are all in a space I can get to anytime I want. Just have to figure out what happened to the Zotero button on my computer at home ....

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