I got a job!
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Once again I'm working at the Tampere University Library. This time I'm doing stuff for the move project. The library is moving in about two years and that means loads and loads of extra work for many people. Just imagine all the books! What's best, not all the books are in the library database. Some are a lot older than the databases.
My job is related to that. I'm going through the trusty old card index, now full of reference cards that reference already removed cards. It's almost useless, but it still has information about books the database doesn't know. So, my job is to take every proper card from the index, find the book, check if the National Repository Library has it and then pass them on. Other people will decide what to do with the books: keep them (in which case they are added to the database), pass them to Deposit Library or just get rid of them.
My task is large, there are approximately 50,000 cards and almost as many books. These are books nobody has used in decades, perhaps. I don't expect many of them to remain.
Anyway, it's a lovely job, which I like a lot. There are many things involved I like: locating things, creating systematic order, sorting index cards, handling books, independence and so on. And what's best, I can take it easy - no matter how hard I work, I won't finish the task (my contract ends - as far as I know - in the end of the year), so it doesn't matter if I take my time. I have a room of my own, so nobody superior to me is watching over my shoulders.
Besides, getting paid is fun. It's been a while...
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Comments
Good for you.
I hope you spend all of your loot on games...
Posted by: Iain at September 23, 2004 5:34 PM
Would it be ok to send some Finnish catalog cards to me? I would pay you for your postage. I would love to have a small stack.
Posted by: signupz@bluehole.org at September 24, 2004 1:12 AM
National Repository Library!
Posted by: Veera at September 27, 2004 1:27 PM
I received the cards. Thank you very much. I hope that the paypal was enough to cover the costs. If not, please tell me.
Best wishes,
Al
Posted by: al at October 25, 2004 5:34 AM