Meme: So what do you ACTUALLY do for a living?

Jul 08, 2010 14:46

We all talk about our jobs--obliquely at times, clearly at others--but too often we have no clue what we all do every day. What do you do? In more than a three sentence summary, with as little unexplained jargon as possible.

What I do at my dayjob. )

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aj July 8 2010, 20:34:45 UTC
HALLELUJAH.

Also, I totally owe you a drink.

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vidensadastra July 8 2010, 20:41:26 UTC
ILL is hands-down my favorite thing to tell students about. It's like library MAGIC.

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merriehaskell July 8 2010, 20:45:06 UTC
It's totally freaking magical. We even have the cantrips to prove it (IFM! IFLA! Reciprocity!)

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merriehaskell July 8 2010, 20:53:22 UTC
And of course, I know there are librarians who know, love, understand, and support ILL and such. :)

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vidensadastra July 8 2010, 22:28:07 UTC
Well, I had a proper librarianly upbringing, so naturally I appreciate it. :)

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shekkara July 8 2010, 20:45:45 UTC
I've never had to use ILL, but I love being able to "order" any book from any UM library and have it waiting for me to pick up at my library of choice.

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merriehaskell July 8 2010, 20:49:25 UTC
That's not actually my department, but yes, that's a fantastic service, and I adore it!

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shekkara July 8 2010, 21:07:11 UTC
I figured. That's why I mentioned I've never used ILL.

I'm an old-time Mirlyn user back when it was text only through a telnet connection. I just love doing the research at home, and the current web-UI version is fairly nice.

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ann1962 July 9 2010, 03:04:03 UTC
I worked in an ILL office years ago when they still used teletype. I liked seeing such a variety of materials pass over my desk. Fun!

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merriehaskell July 9 2010, 13:47:18 UTC
Oh, man! My grandmother was a florist, and we had a teletype florist thingie well into the 80s. It was kinda magical, and I think spending time in the flower shop made me understand ILL!

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ann1962 July 9 2010, 13:54:02 UTC
I worked there in 1985-86. I remember my coworker was very protective of that machine. She hated when I used it. That is also when our office got our first computer to send the ILL requests. I think she was resentful of the new technology!

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