9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

What I'm doing between questions: entering book order in BT, updating coll. dev. spreadsheet (mine and the library's), correcting errors in bib records, and updating catalog counting worksheet.

9:00 a.m.

• Pencil/paper
• Headphones
• Tech arrives in search of last year's Fuel Economy Guide [AWOL]
• Weird conversation about and commuting with odd patron
• "Have the newspapers not arrived?" [all but the local one are in the reading room, and I go get the local for Mr. Ick] [First real question of the day: 9:33 a.m.]
• Tech arrives in search of last year's Broadcast Directory
• Pencil
• Headphones returned
• Pay for print jobs [nope, first 5 are free]
• [phone] Knights of Columbus phone number [I *heart* the Internet]

10:00 a.m.

• [am now depressed because I've used up my collection development budget for the fiscal year...which ends in four months!]
• Printer is psycho [I suggest patron try a different computer and he gets his print jobs finally]
• [I spend 10 minutes reworking the schedule for the day with the director--we are so short-staffed today it's simply not funny at all]
• How to log on? [I look up her password]
• Pay for print jobs
• SAM registration

11:00 a.m.

• Printer problem in kids room
• "Can we put out some tax forms?"--circ person [if we put out some, we really need to get all of them out--can't it wait?]
• [Say hi to volunteer who grabs my hand and won't let go]
• How do I write up a term paper? [I explain the login, and she settles in to work]
• One computer station is showing that the printer is "paused" and patrons documents won't print...[WTF? I've never seen this! I suggest using a different computer and reboot and hope for the best]
• How does printing work? [I explain the print station to new patron]
• [mail sorting]
• Pay for print job [dude with the "paused" situation]
• [I call about a couple of my own personal "reference questions"--ahem]

1:00 p.m.

• Tech brings me book on CD with wrong call number [...I fix it and return it]
• How to save something as a .doc file [well, we'll see if it works]
• Return headphones
• Washrooms
• [phone] Reserve for The Venetian Betrayal [on order in CD and large print, but not the regular book--we're weird!]
• Pay for print jobs
• Librarian D arrives to take over--Hurrah!!