July 1
Yay! It's the Friday before a long holiday weekend!
It was a good day. In the morning, I learned how to input my records into some sort of archaic tracking software - I have no idea why this is done; I just do what I'm told.
At lunch, I decided yet again to sit outside but I was kind of icked out by the rats scurrying about in the bushes. Yuck. Rats are gross. I'm not talking about the politicians from next door, either - these were genuine rats. Anyway, as I read, ate and tried to avoid the rats, my SpecMat supervisor came out to have a smoke and then sat down and we talked for a little bit. He was curious about what sorts of projects we did in the afternoon. I (for some reason) made it sound better than it is. He said he will arrange to have us observe a couple meetings next week, which I find interesting. It's interesting to see how things work behind-the-scenes and where the decisions are made. Also, he explained what I suspected - that we were switched from retro CD processing to new CD processing because they suddenly had such a large influx of new CDs and those are more important to process than CDs that have been sitting around for 15 years.
After lunch, I finished all my databases for the record labels I already found but I put off trying to find a new one. That can wait until next week. I also talked with my supervisor, Nancy, and got her career history. She knows the head librarian at one of the Smithsonian libraries so I think I'm going to go over there and meet him one day and see what kinds of things he does. Also, she thinks my other supervisor, Gene, knows someone at the Congressional Research Service, which is another organization at the library that totally interests me. I'd love to talk to someone from there.
Beyond that, Marci arrives today and we have big sightseeing plans for the whole weekend. I'm most excited about our potential plans to go to an Orioles game, our plans to go to the Smithsonian and, of course, the definite plans to see the big fireworks and concert on The Mall on the 4th. You, too, can watch it all on PBS and look for me!
It was a good day. In the morning, I learned how to input my records into some sort of archaic tracking software - I have no idea why this is done; I just do what I'm told.
At lunch, I decided yet again to sit outside but I was kind of icked out by the rats scurrying about in the bushes. Yuck. Rats are gross. I'm not talking about the politicians from next door, either - these were genuine rats. Anyway, as I read, ate and tried to avoid the rats, my SpecMat supervisor came out to have a smoke and then sat down and we talked for a little bit. He was curious about what sorts of projects we did in the afternoon. I (for some reason) made it sound better than it is. He said he will arrange to have us observe a couple meetings next week, which I find interesting. It's interesting to see how things work behind-the-scenes and where the decisions are made. Also, he explained what I suspected - that we were switched from retro CD processing to new CD processing because they suddenly had such a large influx of new CDs and those are more important to process than CDs that have been sitting around for 15 years.
After lunch, I finished all my databases for the record labels I already found but I put off trying to find a new one. That can wait until next week. I also talked with my supervisor, Nancy, and got her career history. She knows the head librarian at one of the Smithsonian libraries so I think I'm going to go over there and meet him one day and see what kinds of things he does. Also, she thinks my other supervisor, Gene, knows someone at the Congressional Research Service, which is another organization at the library that totally interests me. I'd love to talk to someone from there.
Beyond that, Marci arrives today and we have big sightseeing plans for the whole weekend. I'm most excited about our potential plans to go to an Orioles game, our plans to go to the Smithsonian and, of course, the definite plans to see the big fireworks and concert on The Mall on the 4th. You, too, can watch it all on PBS and look for me!
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