This won’t be long as it’s another iPhone post. I am delighted to be home again–I have missed California so much that at times it hurt. I know it’s expensive and crowded. That’s because you’re paying the luxury tax of waking up every day in California.
Meanwhile for the first three weeks of my job I have been in OMG-Land. There was a hiatus between me and the last director, and one of the big gaps had to do with the library’s participation in something called First Year Experience. So I humped my way (inelegant but accurate verb) through creating four introductory videos, with the help of all on deck. (the most likely candidate besides me was completely immersed in an important and innovative faculty development project.)
My voice is awful and the videos are a bit of a hack, but I got ‘er done–while developing a short-range strategy, addressing other stuff, etc. It pretty much ate up my first three weeks but I say that in a good way.
So if you haven’t heard from me, my apologies, but i’ve been having a first year experience…
Posted on this day, other years:
- Sensible Gifts - 2008
- On being a Community Librarian, and this and that - 2008
- PUBLIB List is Very Messed Up - 2006
- Thanksgiving - 2005
- Closer to IM on MPOW - 2004
- Libraries that IM--Including MPOW - 2004
- Two Blogs of Note - 2003
Karen,
Thought you might enjoy this and plan to get back into production.
http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/729682–homebrewers-can-best-the-big-boys
Can’t wait til I have my homebrew set up again… thanks!
Karen, you might be interested in the Center for First Year Experience at the Univ. of South Carolina:
http://www.sc.edu/fye/index.html
ACRL jointly published a book with the Center. It was edited by Larry Hardesty:
http://www.sc.edu/fye/index.html
Just in case these are of interest. Glad you are enjoying being back in California! When does Sandy arrive?
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I certainly have much to be thankful for!
Finally in a spot where I can reply! This stuff is great. Thank you for sharing it!
Sandy will be here twice in December and then finally in January, with cats, stuff, and so forth. That’s when we’ll have an apartment, too. Yay!
p.s. that FYE book is in our stacks–I just checked it out to myself 😉
I wish companies would include some instruction in navigating the local information maze in their “Welcome to YNPOW” course. There are some things you can’t fix in a search UI, like knowing the local jargon.