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May 21

thewolfpeople:  

thewolfpeople:

 

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I had a protein shake with coffee and cocoa right before I left for work and I’m not sure I’ve ever felt more awake in my life

I’m not sure this is actually a good thing. my whole body is shaking.

May 20

Feeling pretty out of control of my life

jerksquad:

Cataloging is my only solace

you too?

May 09

notentirely: “Wow, those fish are super dead. I still like you, though.” hyperbole is back. and when i say “back”, i mean “still so fucking awesome”. perfect thing 

notentirely:

“Wow, those fish are super dead. I still like you, though.”

hyperbole is back. and when i say “back”, i mean “still so fucking awesome”.

perfect thing 

my mom is currently on a mission to understand my anxiety

this is problematic for a number of reasons:

  1. my anxiety is not like her anxiety and therefore makes no sense to her
  2. for instance, she doesn’t understand why I’m fine with some things that stress her out (like unpacking after a trip) and have panic attacks about things she doesn’t even think about (like calling anyone I haven’t talked to before/in more than a few months) and it is really, really frustrating for her
  3. the more something frustrates her, the less likely she is to let it drop. she needs to understand.
  4. and then she needs to fix it.
  5. I, on the other hand, don’t really need to understand why my brain is wonky (not that I wouldn’t sort of like to). it just is.
  6. and I came to terms with there being no fixing my wonky brain ages ago (not that I don’t keep trying) and really just try to keep things manageable.
  7. she’s still trying to figure out my depression.
  8. see 1-6 and just swap out “depression” for “anxiety”
  9. she has completely blocked out that I went through the whole therapy/psychiatry/drugs thing and have an actual diagnosis and seems to think I self-diagnosed via the Internets.
  10. I find all of this very irritating.
  11. I am not at my nicest when I’m irritated.
  12. we are about to spend a weekend together in the middle of nowhere.  should be an interesting weekend.

I bought myself my cat a new basket.

I bought myself my cat a new basket.

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Apr 30

jerksquad: librarymayhem: thehannahmachine: Weeding Tips from Rebecca Vnuk If you’ve ever wondered about any of these questions: What can we do with weeded copies? We have a professor who is adamant about keeping all of the books in his subject area, even though they do not circulate. What do we do? In a library without subject experts, how do we identify the classic or landmark books in a subject that we would want to keep? Do you have any advice on how to weed a reference collection down to fit in a smaller space? Can you learn to love weeding? If a book is 10 years old and hasn’t circulated recently, is giving it one last chance (on an endcap or display) justified? How do you maintain fiction series or complete collections of an author’s work? How do you justify weeding to a patron when they complain your budget is going up? Or my personal favorite: My staff members do not want to weed ANYTHING. Help!Then your search is over! Click through to read more! I love this article, I love Rebecca Vnuk and the Shelf Renewal blog, and I love talking about weeding, but this really threw me for a loop: “Can you learn to love weeding?” Are there people out there who really don’t love weeding? I mean, I know that sometimes I might enjoy weeding a little too much, but I have never not liked it. I totally do it when I’m stressed and need some therapeutic time out in the stacks. It’s like a cleansing ritual. weeding is my favorite activity. I have an ongoing daydream of starting a library weeding consulting company so my life can be all weeding all the time. Who are these people who don’t love weeding? Can I have their jobs? We’re about to undergo a major scale down/remodeling (yay budget cuts!) and I’ve been asking on a weekly basis when they’ll start letting me weed. I’ve got my criteria outlined and everything. Let me at the books!

jerksquad:

librarymayhem:

thehannahmachine:

Weeding Tips from Rebecca Vnuk

If you’ve ever wondered about any of these questions:

  1. What can we do with weeded copies?
  2. We have a professor who is adamant about keeping all of the books in his subject area, even though they do not circulate. What do we do?
  3. In a library without subject experts, how do we identify the classic or landmark books in a subject that we would want to keep?
  4. Do you have any advice on how to weed a reference collection down to fit in a smaller space?
  5. Can you learn to love weeding?
  6. If a book is 10 years old and hasn’t circulated recently, is giving it one last chance (on an endcap or display) justified?
  7. How do you maintain fiction series or complete collections of an author’s work?
  8. How do you justify weeding to a patron when they complain your budget is going up?

Or my personal favorite: My staff members do not want to weed ANYTHING. Help!

Then your search is over! Click through to read more!

I love this article, I love Rebecca Vnuk and the Shelf Renewal blog, and I love talking about weeding, but this really threw me for a loop:

“Can you learn to love weeding?”

Are there people out there who really don’t love weeding? I mean, I know that sometimes I might enjoy weeding a little too much, but I have never not liked it. I totally do it when I’m stressed and need some therapeutic time out in the stacks. It’s like a cleansing ritual.

weeding is my favorite activity. I have an ongoing daydream of starting a library weeding consulting company so my life can be all weeding all the time.

Who are these people who don’t love weeding? Can I have their jobs?

We’re about to undergo a major scale down/remodeling (yay budget cuts!) and I’ve been asking on a weekly basis when they’ll start letting me weed. I’ve got my criteria outlined and everything. Let me at the books!

GPOY twice a day, every damn day. I need a minion intern.

GPOY twice a day, every damn day. I need a minion intern.