Brief power outage at our library now. The fun never ends.

#LibrarianProblems #MercuryRetrograde

PLOT TWIST: One of the S&PS officers told one of my coworkers that he rescued the bird on Saturday. So either he lied, there are multiple birds that got into the library in the last few days, or, like many of our patrons who are removed from the library, she came right back in. (I don't want to think it's the first one but he also said the bird was a baby red tail hawk and he's either wrong or lying about that.) #LibrarianProblems

UPDATE: The bird is still here. Called S&PS dispatch and explained that I'm not sure that there's really anything to do about this situation, but that I'd been told when I was #SaturdayLibrarian to let them know if I saw a bird. Dispatch office said that was fair and that they'd check in with facilities to see how to proceed. #LibrarianProblems

S&PS had not arrived to address the issue with the bird as of the end of my shift on that desk. I may have just heard another call regarding it on the walkie talkie. #SaturdayLibrarian #LibrarianProblems

I found the bird. #SaturdayLibrarian #LibrarianProblems

I have just been asked if I've seen a bird in the building and instructed to tell safety & protectives services if I do. #SaturdayLibrarian #LibrarianProblems

When you call over the phone: help me help you. A little patience means I can get you a more direct answer. If you keep cutting me off because you are looking at the website and think you got what you need, oh well. They got an answer, the long way, but I could've gotten them a better answer not to mention a direct contact to the person they really need to talk to. Oh well, good luck.

#ReferenceDesk #LibrarianProblems

I am not asking why there is a gallon of apple juice under the third floor reference desk.

For the record, this is a desk in the adult fiction area, far from all programming or break areas.

#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems

Overheard from the campus tour guide: They have skeletons here that you can check out. I dunno, if you're lonely you can take one home.

No, dude, just no.

@libraries @librarians #LibrarianProblems

They keep bringing me new books by the box full. I get it all cleared out, and then there's immediately a ton more. I am drowning in books right now. 😭 #LibrarianProblems

Posted an article on the library's FB page from Hein Online's blog on the Obergefell decision. Got comment from someone "this is a Xian college." I was so tempted to say, "yea, so?" and add some more but nope.

In #Tarot, I'd say this is a Five of Swords moment. Not worth it getting into some potential spat.

Deck used: Ghost Tarot. (e)

#GhostTarot
#LibrarianProblems #lgbtq #PrideMonth #GovDocs

I honestly wish our library would just ditch Facebook once and for all, but sadly campus students live in it (and heaven forbid they move), and thus it is an outreach tool. Still, posting on our page there has lately been a pain in the ass.

#DeleteFacebook #LibrarianProblems #SocialMedia #libraries

This is why administrators don’t teach https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/13/this-is-why-administrators-dont-teach/ via @pzmyers

Oh so timely given I just complete the "something to click through as fast as we could" infosec training here. As Dr. Myers writes, if I taught how these people do those shitty training sessions, I'd be hauled in for incompetence. Yet, this crap is accepted in academia and workplaces.

#academia #HigherEd #LibrarianProblems #work

The guy just sitting in here with CPR dummies is probably about to teach a class but it's still disconcerting. #LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems

The guy just sitting in here with CPR dummies is probably about to teach a class but it's still disconcerting. #LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems

Joking aside, the section on social engineering scams is good. Something librarians need to hear, who often "to be helpful" bend rules they should not be bending. Rules are there for a reason, including safety.

#LibrarianProblems #academia #HigherEd #IT #scams

Doing my infosec training required for work. Thank you hacker assholes, causing the campus insurance to demand campus be compliant with GLBA (Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act), meaning I have to do training for dummies every year.

Having said that, they've upgraded some of the animations a bit.

#LibrarianProblems #academia #HigherEd #IT

So as I mentioned earlier, I saw a cell phone burst into flames at work today. If there's a fire, we're supposed to call over walkie talkie to security "Code red, [location]." So because my internal echolalia loves Aaron Sorkin, ever since I called it in, I have had Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in my head shouting at each other "Did you order the code red?" "YOU'RE G@&D@#$ RIGHT I DID." For about nine hours now. #ActuallyAutistic #LibraryLife #SaturdayLibrarian #LibrarianProblems

So as I mentioned earlier, I saw a cell phone burst into flames at work today. If there's a fire, we're supposed to call over walkie talkie to security "Code red, [location]." So because my internal echolalia loves Aaron Sorkin, ever since I called it in, I have had Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in my head shouting at each other "Did you order the code red?" "YOU'RE G@&D@#$ RIGHT I DID." For about nine hours now. #ActuallyAutistic #LibraryLife #SaturdayLibrarian #LibrarianProblems

Oh great that "wonderful time of the year" to do stupid "security training" (i.e. the slide show telling you not to click on strange emails and attachments). Naturally, you have to do it or they shut down your campus account.

#LibrarianProblems #WasteOfTime #academia #HigherEd #IT #fuckery