Automation is often a drag. I had to catalog yesterday and today and it took forever! Like 8 hours worth of forever. My paper is due in a few weeks and I have to get cracking! One of my biggest challenges was always being flexible enough to find something else to do when my computer gets taken over. But also, I found myself constantly reprioritizing or throwing out parts of my plan. Its like I never had a solid idea of what to do and then I am always trying to cut corners. For instance, before I did anything, I wanted to have a shelf list. That got thrown out the window since I could never sit at my computer for long enough. As a result, I only have the barest of ideas how many books I lost this year (I am thinking at least 100) so that is approx. a 3%- 5% loss this year. Or, I wanted to get all the call numbers on books before I started to import them but the process is so long, I find myself attempting to split my time so that I can do both which makes me feel like I never get anything done. Agh! I am making real progress but it is so slow! I definately underestimated the time it takes for me to do anything and everything.
But all of this effort and I don't even know if I have a job here next year.
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