So here we are at the end of the road and back at the circulation desk, where we see about 600 people through the door and handle about 1400 items per day.Truth be told, it's hard to keep up with that workload and it is, after all, our first priority....when workload data is counted, we don't get points for spending time in the virtual world....circulation rules!!!
The excercises in 23 things were a pleasant diversion. Some things are more useful and relevant to my library situation than others . I can say some staff would like to make a career out of attending to their Facebook pages, be they library or personal. All in all, it was a good learning exercise. It is sad not to have a nexus of collaborators to continue the good work.
It was good to gain some confidence but intimidating and sometimes disheartening to see how quickly so many others progressed. But hey, everyone should feel like a slug at sometime...helps with the empathy factor.
My resolution would be to return to many of the things presented in the exercises and to try for mastery. The other part of that would be to actually visit the many other blogs.....I know I was truly impressed with some of what was being done by some individuals and in some libraries.
And now it is back to Jade's library. Welcome to my world. It's for real.
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