Jenica

:( - Just your basic LB

:( - Sir Shuping is just sir

Dude's getting a project manager for all commissioned work whether he wants it or not, from here on out. I was supposed to be arriving at my weekend party right now, not sitting on my couch anticipating a 3 hour drive. - Jenica

I Feel Crappy food is the strangest assortment. Just made myself a fruit smoothie -- banana, coconut milk, frozen pineapple, whey protein -- and then put italian sausage meatballs in the toaster oven to heat up. I dunno. it all sounded edible. - Jenica

All i have been craving in my sickness is pizza. go figure. - Mary Carmen

It did not kill the internet. It killed your router. The odd thing about the science library at MPOW is that when the power fails (which happens regularly), the wireless nodes in the ceiling keep running. They must be wired into the emergency lighting circuit or something. So, while all my desktop-equipped coworkers are complaining, I could sit in my pitch dark office typing away on my laptop via the emergency wifi. - DJF

to quote a friend on facebook, "So you reached for the iPad." - Jenica

and made a note to put the cable router and wireless AP on the UPS ;-) - DJF

I keep a stash in the house and my desk at work at all times. One should never have to go without snickers. - Hedgehog

Everyone needs a J. He is fantabulous. - Jenica

Those little Dove Promises? Dark chocolate with the almonds? Yeah, that. - Derrick

Perhaps I wish I had (more) time to be a J. - Julian

the weeding project that's been ongoing for the last few years years was approached in piecemeal ways, with faculty involvement at the comfort level of the librarian and the faculty liaison, individually defined. So reactions ran the gamut. Some departments said, "Ok whatever", but others chose not demand that we not weed, while others demanded to review every single decision and be... more... - Jenica

Just out of curiosity, in the absence of a compelling external mandate that X% of the collection has to go (remodeling, ADA compliance, etc.), would you recommend or dis-recommend the piecemeal approach that your library took in the past? - Catherine Pellegrino

I can't speak for the library as a whole, but my part of it was....interesting. I had one of the reticent departments, and let them involve themselves more than I wanted to. But it opened up a lot of conversations about how their students were using the library and how I could help them change that reality. And then I left, so I have no idea if that led to finally getting them in for instruction or not.... - RudĩϐЯaЯïan from Android

Also, in my case, I owned that the deselection was my decision, but I was open to input. I strongly suspect that some of the librarians let all their decisions be overridden, or completely made by departmental faculty. Which I don't think accomplished any goals....e - RudĩϐЯaЯïan from Android

The piecemeal approach is great for librarians (confidence in the project, process, and comfort with the process, project) and faculty (awareness of library issues, awareness of collections), and relationship building (all of the aforementioned). It's hell on workflow and workload further down the line -- cataloging never knows what they'll get, or when. It's also hell on consistency,... more... - Jenica

(also, precisely what Rudy said.) - Jenica

Thanks, that helps; MPOW is embarking on our first-ever departmental liaison program, and one of the responsibilities of the liaison librarians (which is all of us) will be weeding their respective areas. We know, going in, that some librarians and departments are going to be more...um, "vigorous"...about weeding than others, so I'm guessing that in our case, it's a "better this than nothing" kind of situation. - Catherine Pellegrino

"Weeded collections circulate more. If I ever get a tattoo, that's what mine will say." <-- my grad school sidekick, commenting on the post. :) - Jenica

Catherine, yes, it totally is better than nothing. And you learn a ton about the collections and the faculty when you do it that way. If you're comfortable with the pros and cons, it's a good approach. - Jenica

I'm tempted to just get a tattoo of a weed-whacker. ;) - Catherine Pellegrino

But it's so true! I deep weeded the children's chapter books at La Crosse (they won't let me do that here) and circ went up something like 10%. Picture books went up even more when they weeded. - Hedgehog

apparently, I am whiter. - Jenica

Young lady...GO HOME - Hedgehog

LOVE - jambina

I LOVE THIS PLACE. Seriously, that's a full conservatory orchestra and chorus, and our faculty conductor just handed the mic off to a student rapper. - Jenica