The main part of my library job is operating the book return system (that's a story for another day). I don't like to have idle hands, so I usually have some sort of side project going to mess with in between books. Two years ago, I decided to tackle the job of making sure all the items in our popular collection - fiction, mystery, western, sci-fi/fantasy, videos, DVDs, books on cassette and CD, young adult, and large print - had accurate and present spine labels. This past Friday, I finished. Finally. It took me two years and a month to complete. When I started this, I had no idea how long it would take to complete. Had I known....maybe I wouldn't have committed to it. Maybe. I guess it was good practice in delayed gratification. Probably only a handful of people realize what I've done, or even care. That's OK though, I still feel like I accomplished something. Now...to think up the next project.Monday, October 13, 2008
Finally...the end of the alphabet
The main part of my library job is operating the book return system (that's a story for another day). I don't like to have idle hands, so I usually have some sort of side project going to mess with in between books. Two years ago, I decided to tackle the job of making sure all the items in our popular collection - fiction, mystery, western, sci-fi/fantasy, videos, DVDs, books on cassette and CD, young adult, and large print - had accurate and present spine labels. This past Friday, I finished. Finally. It took me two years and a month to complete. When I started this, I had no idea how long it would take to complete. Had I known....maybe I wouldn't have committed to it. Maybe. I guess it was good practice in delayed gratification. Probably only a handful of people realize what I've done, or even care. That's OK though, I still feel like I accomplished something. Now...to think up the next project.
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Your next project is to get MY library to get rid of the new-fangled "receipt method" of telling me my due dates, and go back to stamping them on the back of everything I check out.
Because they are making a killing on overdue fees, from me alone.
wow, i had no idea you had taken up such a project. that's so cool that you have finished!
LOL, Lori! Our library uses the same receipt system. I'm forever taking those things out of books.
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