The before… The cut (Thanks Rachel Elizabeth!) New hair! […]
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Visiting the office
This week (29th July) I was able to visit my office for the first time since 17th March. The building I normally work in isn’t a library, but the first floor is dedicated to the ‘back office’ staff of the library service. Here you will find cataloguers and acquisitions staff, the inter-library loans team, open-access, […]
Catalogue & Index – the first issue
Trawling through back issues in order to write an article for C&I no. 200 […]
Community buddies
My job has definitely changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. I work in a single staffed branch library so it was impossible to work from home. Instead we were redeployed as community buddies, shopping for people in the community. It is a role that is perfect for library staff, as we have excellent customer care skills […]
Butterflies and flowers of the crochet kind
Now that I don’t have to drive to work, I have used that time to do the things I enjoy. Apart from reading lots more, which is great, I have been practising my crochet skills. I have completed some bigger projects of shawls, and some smaller projects of flowers and butterflies which I have turned […]
10 Downing Street
I don’t remember receiving a similar letter from no 10 Downing Street in my lifetime…. No 10 letter Title: No 10 letter […]
Remote access to special collections
Helping out a student based in Germany interested in one of our 16th century books – these types of queries are my favourite! […]
Committee Meeting!
Ebook metadata…
Time to be creative
Lockdown isn’t all about work though it sometimes feels that that is the way I have framed it because that is one obvious affect on me. However, because I am working from home I no longer have to commute on a crowded train, and I gain two hours in the day to use as a […]
