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The end of another hectic day at work. I'm now on three new committees - wonderful! I volunteered to be on the subject guide committee at our reference dept. meeting last week. I guess one problem with us reference librarians is that we can pay too much attention to detail and analyze every single thing. This can include how to design a webpage that is intutitive for a student to easily navigate. I was on the last subject guide committee and the template that we hammered out was great. But now that the library will be creating a new template then we need to *revisit* the subject guides. Why bother?! It's done and works fairly well. But some people think that some subjects should have links like call numbers, subject headings, books, and websites placed in different orders. Students care more about websites on a topic than a call number to search on the catalog. Here's my computer science subject guide (I just realized that one link is duplicated (sigh)!).

ANYWAY a few days later my boss informed me that I will be on a hiring committee for an adult librarian for the library's public library dept. That's okay as I've not been on a hiring committee for a professional position before. I have a stack of resumes to read - some of these cover letters are pathetic! One short paragraph essentially saying they are applying for the advertised position. Yesteday the library's director asked me to *take over* the library's disaster preparedness committee. I'm to be the new head and edit the mammoth document. A committee was formed last year and we met a couple of times and my area to edit was quite large (get floor plans and fire extinguisher locations for the building). But the committee stopped meeting and somehow word got around that I'd be the best person to get the job done. They're right about that but I need one or two people to help me with this. I better get a good raise or I'll be pretty upset. I've done a lot of work for the department while others have slacked off. If we're all given a generic 3% cost of living raise then I will not be impressed. We leave for Toronto in two days - can't wait to get away for my working vacation! Here are my answers for last week's Friday Five:

What's one thing you've always wanted to do, but never have? Take up martial arts.

When someone asks your opinion about a new haircut/outfit/etc, are you always honest? I've had few people ask me this. If the haircut/outfit is really bad then I'll mention something like *not bad*.

Have you ever found out something about a friend and then wished you hadn't? What happened? Umm...no.

If you could live in any fictional world (from a book/movie/game/etc.) which would it be and why? Star Trek (but not the Enterprise show timeline) hands down because I'd like to explore new planets and meet new aliens. Our future is in space and there is life out there.

What's one talent/skill you don't have but always wanted? Hmm...I've wished for a while that I could play a musical instrument. The piano is my favorite instrument to listen so maybe that or the guitar.

On a sad note, my grandfather is not doing well healthwise. He was rushed to the hospital on Father's Day after appearing to be disoriented. He's been in poor health for a few years now but has managed to hang on. His wish was to die at home that he and my grandmother have lived in for 54 years. But know he's stuck in a hospital for god knows how long. I hope that he doesn't suffer too long there. Darcy and I will be visiting Spokane in a month. No one knows what things will be like by then. Well I better go home and do my laundry and work out. Later...

posted by Michael at 7:03 PM