librarians

The following post is written as part of round 5 of the Library Day in the Life project. Morning soundtrack: This American Life Today was all about suppliers and enquiries. I spent the first hour on the phone chasing up subscription costs for the next financial year to put into my budget. Mid-morning I had a meeting with a supplier who stopped by to show me some developments to their products and talk about possibilities for expanding the content in our subscription. No sooner was I back at my desk than I was called to another meeting with a database [...]

The following post is written as part of round 5 of the Library Day in the Life project. Morning soundtrack: Filmspotting I started the day looking at the existing tutorials and guides for business resources. They need a massive overhaul both in terms of content and format. Currently there is an extensive web tutorial on finding information for assignments which is largely text based and three PowerPoint presentations on Business Source Premier and using library databases for dissertation research. These have all got to go. Today I did some initial planning for what I am going to replace them with. [...]

The following post is written as part of round 5 of the Library Day in the Life project. I am currently Academic Support Librarian for Business, Management and Economics at the University of Warwick. I have been in post for almost exactly 2 months. Everyday I drive a 100 mile round trip to work and back. My iPod is my friend and about the only thing that keeps me going. For the next week, along with my daily work activities I am going to share with you my commuters soundtrack. It follows a familiar pattern everyday, in the morning I [...]