I work one night shift a week, from 12:30-9. It's tonight. On the bright side, I get to sleep in :)
I start the afternoon with my usual email check and news update.
From 1-2 I teach Intro to PubMed. Despite the basic title, it's a pretty in-depth course on using the PubMed database and its resources, including MeSH terms and My NCBI. The class is most popular among graduate health sciences students and health sciences faculty, the population most likely to complete advanced biomedical research.
I'm attending the 2012 Computers in Libraries Conference in March, so I spend time registering and selecting seminars for that.
I have a few administrative duties to take care of so I end up scurrying around campus having my ID re-calibrated and clarifying employee benefits with the HR office. One of the biggest perks about being an academic librarian is the unparalleled benefits offered by most universities. At Howard we have a generous retirement plan, great health insurance, commuter benefits, and are allotted two free courses a semester with an additional two hours a week for free study (my favorite perk).
I'm back in the office by 4 for an independent reference (IR) consultation with a faculty member. IRs are basically individualized research assistance and are most popular among upperclassmen completing research projects and a few faculty members. They're often very specialized and can be time consuming. An important part of my job is to increase faculty awareness of my instrumental role in their research. I have a few faculty members that recognize my usefulness and am happy to see the number is slowly growing.
I man the reference desk from 5-9, and it turns out to be a slow night. I spend my free moments finalizing the details for a poster I plan to present at the national MLA 2012 conference.
At 9, I shut down the ref desk and head home. Another day down and tomorrow's Friday!
I start the afternoon with my usual email check and news update.
From 1-2 I teach Intro to PubMed. Despite the basic title, it's a pretty in-depth course on using the PubMed database and its resources, including MeSH terms and My NCBI. The class is most popular among graduate health sciences students and health sciences faculty, the population most likely to complete advanced biomedical research.
I'm attending the 2012 Computers in Libraries Conference in March, so I spend time registering and selecting seminars for that.
I have a few administrative duties to take care of so I end up scurrying around campus having my ID re-calibrated and clarifying employee benefits with the HR office. One of the biggest perks about being an academic librarian is the unparalleled benefits offered by most universities. At Howard we have a generous retirement plan, great health insurance, commuter benefits, and are allotted two free courses a semester with an additional two hours a week for free study (my favorite perk).
I'm back in the office by 4 for an independent reference (IR) consultation with a faculty member. IRs are basically individualized research assistance and are most popular among upperclassmen completing research projects and a few faculty members. They're often very specialized and can be time consuming. An important part of my job is to increase faculty awareness of my instrumental role in their research. I have a few faculty members that recognize my usefulness and am happy to see the number is slowly growing.
I man the reference desk from 5-9, and it turns out to be a slow night. I spend my free moments finalizing the details for a poster I plan to present at the national MLA 2012 conference.
At 9, I shut down the ref desk and head home. Another day down and tomorrow's Friday!
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