June 15
Another full day of cataloging. That might be a misnomer - I think what we are really doing would be technical services. Cataloging probably involves actually making MARC records or creating call numbers or something. We are simply processing CDs. I've finally started to get the hang of it, too, and am able to do them fairly quickly. Yay!
My next big project (for my own personal development) is figuring out how to check out books, like they told us we were able to do. No one I work with seems to know how to do it - do these people not read? How ironic is it to work at the world's largest library and to not be a reader?
During lunch, I took a little trip to the DC AAA office to get some maps. Stupidly, when I headed down to DC last weekend, although I had printed out the Internet TripTik and therefore had a route, I didn't have any maps, which are essential for me in case I should get stuck in traffic and want to find an alternative route. So, I took the Metro and got maps of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York - as well as an awesome DC street map - to help me out. I'm so psyched. However, one thing I learned was that during lunchtime, the Metro runs fairly infrequently. I had to wait about 10 minutes for a train to take me back to the Library. Good to know but it sucked trying to get that all done during my hour lunch break.
I also found out that as interns we are indeed allowed to earn credit hours. As a result, I worked an extra half hour today so that I can leave early on Friday. I'm heading back to Syracuse (thus, the need for the maps…) this weekend to get some things that will make my living arrangements more comfortable (like towels - a long story…) not to mention more appropriate attire. I brought too many nice, dress-up clothes when I really should have brought all my jeans and T-shirts. And sweaters. It's really freezing at the Library (particularly in the basement where the CDs are stored) and the CDs we are processing are really dusty. Anyhoo, we can have up to 8 hours of earned credit hours (aka overtime) that we carry over from one pay period to the next. In other words, you can work an hour extra for eight measly days and then take a whole day off. Don't think I'm not already planning my next use of credit hours…
My next big project (for my own personal development) is figuring out how to check out books, like they told us we were able to do. No one I work with seems to know how to do it - do these people not read? How ironic is it to work at the world's largest library and to not be a reader?
During lunch, I took a little trip to the DC AAA office to get some maps. Stupidly, when I headed down to DC last weekend, although I had printed out the Internet TripTik and therefore had a route, I didn't have any maps, which are essential for me in case I should get stuck in traffic and want to find an alternative route. So, I took the Metro and got maps of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York - as well as an awesome DC street map - to help me out. I'm so psyched. However, one thing I learned was that during lunchtime, the Metro runs fairly infrequently. I had to wait about 10 minutes for a train to take me back to the Library. Good to know but it sucked trying to get that all done during my hour lunch break.
I also found out that as interns we are indeed allowed to earn credit hours. As a result, I worked an extra half hour today so that I can leave early on Friday. I'm heading back to Syracuse (thus, the need for the maps…) this weekend to get some things that will make my living arrangements more comfortable (like towels - a long story…) not to mention more appropriate attire. I brought too many nice, dress-up clothes when I really should have brought all my jeans and T-shirts. And sweaters. It's really freezing at the Library (particularly in the basement where the CDs are stored) and the CDs we are processing are really dusty. Anyhoo, we can have up to 8 hours of earned credit hours (aka overtime) that we carry over from one pay period to the next. In other words, you can work an hour extra for eight measly days and then take a whole day off. Don't think I'm not already planning my next use of credit hours…
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