July 11
Today, we had a brief meeting with Barbara Tillet, who is Chief of Cataloging Policy and has been instrumental in the development and implementation of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records), which is something important in the cataloging world. I'm not sure exactly what that is but I was given a FAQ-sheet so I could share that with any interested parties... Anyway, she was very nice to meet with us. My fellow intern Thom really wanted to meet her because he is, in his own words, "a cataloging geek" and had questions for her. I was just happy to get out of the office... Actually, we had to go to the Adams building for that meeting so that was my first foray into the Adams building. They actually have windows there!
Besides that, it was same old, same old. I processed CDs for about 5 hours and then worked on record label researching for the rest of the day. I talked to my official supervisor, Gene, for a while and he promised another project soon but since it didn't start today, it's not soon enough for my liking. While processing CDs, I listened to: the Allman Brothers, John Leguizamo and some Earth Wind & Fire. Blah... not my favorites but I can only listen to what comes across my desk.
One bizarre thing I've seen is the anthrax-tested CDs. Even though we are technically processing "new" CDs now, some of them are dated 2002 & 2003 so they've been sitting around somewhere for a couple of years. Well, apparently due to all the anthrax threats, every piece of mail that came into the Library for a period of time (perhaps still because we are told that mail service is REALLY slow here) was tested for anthrax and put through an oven. Therefore, we see these CDs that look like they were in a fire because the cases are all melted. The CD itself is fine but the plastic cases do not apparently stand up well in heat. It's easily repaired, though, by just putting the CDs into new cases.
In other anthrax-related news, when we went on our tour of the mail room last week, we were shown about 6 skids of rubber gloves sitting around not getting used. Apparently, for a short period of time, the mail sorters wore rubber gloves to prevent any possible anthrax contaminations. Tons of gloves were purchased... the mail sorters tired of wearing gloves... the boxes of unopened gloves still remain. Yes, that's what we call "government waste."
Besides that, it was same old, same old. I processed CDs for about 5 hours and then worked on record label researching for the rest of the day. I talked to my official supervisor, Gene, for a while and he promised another project soon but since it didn't start today, it's not soon enough for my liking. While processing CDs, I listened to: the Allman Brothers, John Leguizamo and some Earth Wind & Fire. Blah... not my favorites but I can only listen to what comes across my desk.
One bizarre thing I've seen is the anthrax-tested CDs. Even though we are technically processing "new" CDs now, some of them are dated 2002 & 2003 so they've been sitting around somewhere for a couple of years. Well, apparently due to all the anthrax threats, every piece of mail that came into the Library for a period of time (perhaps still because we are told that mail service is REALLY slow here) was tested for anthrax and put through an oven. Therefore, we see these CDs that look like they were in a fire because the cases are all melted. The CD itself is fine but the plastic cases do not apparently stand up well in heat. It's easily repaired, though, by just putting the CDs into new cases.
In other anthrax-related news, when we went on our tour of the mail room last week, we were shown about 6 skids of rubber gloves sitting around not getting used. Apparently, for a short period of time, the mail sorters wore rubber gloves to prevent any possible anthrax contaminations. Tons of gloves were purchased... the mail sorters tired of wearing gloves... the boxes of unopened gloves still remain. Yes, that's what we call "government waste."
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