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My petty work rant
Apr. 8th, 2005 02:53 pmHow is it possible, when shelving books, to look at the spine label to see where the book should go in the section alphabetically and yet completely miss the rest of the call number that tells you that while you may be the right place alphabetically, you're in the wrong section? How? How? HOOOOWWWW?!?
I just spent half an hour culling Early Readers from the Picture Books section. My cataloger's soul is in extreme pain.
Yes, I'm anal-retentive. Have we just met?
And when it comes to shelving books in a library, you _have_ to be anal-retentive, otherwise you stand a good chance of never finding the book again.
And I know that _technically_ I can't throw out the patron who is currently looking up shoes online and giggling a giggle that bears a bone-chilling resemblance to Beavis and Butthead about how "old school" they are. He isn't breaking any rules or even being too loud. But I really want to. Surely my being forced to sit here listening to him is some sort of human rights violation, or at the very least a violation of OSHA standards.
I just spent half an hour culling Early Readers from the Picture Books section. My cataloger's soul is in extreme pain.
Yes, I'm anal-retentive. Have we just met?
And when it comes to shelving books in a library, you _have_ to be anal-retentive, otherwise you stand a good chance of never finding the book again.
And I know that _technically_ I can't throw out the patron who is currently looking up shoes online and giggling a giggle that bears a bone-chilling resemblance to Beavis and Butthead about how "old school" they are. He isn't breaking any rules or even being too loud. But I really want to. Surely my being forced to sit here listening to him is some sort of human rights violation, or at the very least a violation of OSHA standards.
