On the road again.....

I hadn't realized that I'd been away for so long - almost 2 months! Since that time I have started employment with Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, as the evening reference librarian in the LVH Library. I work Monday thru Thursday from 5-11pm. That's in addition to my regular day job! [8am-4pm]! Anyway, I have my own desk and computer. I sit at the Reference desk from 7-9pm, but I am on call throughout the evening. Waldorf provides its full time students with laptops and the IT Dept is top-notch!

I have certainly raised the level of my techie knowledge bar! I am responsible for assisting students who might have computer problems with printing, emailing, website assessment, etc. It is exciting [exciting?] to move from PK-12 academics to higher education! I am using tools that I never use in the public schools. Thank goodness that the student assistants are well trained! Of course they are digital natives!

Plus the college library's media collection is cataloged by the Library of Congress Classification System! [You're used to using the Dewey Decimal System to find nonfiction materials.] It's been over 30 years since I've used the LCC system. The last time was when I went over to Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa, and borrowed books from their library collection.

It's interesting to help the students from other countries! Half the time my American ears are not familiar with their foreign accents and I must strain to understand their speech. There are students here from England, Scotland, Australia, Africa, China, and South America.

Bye for now....
Theresa