3/26/15, Thursday 215-3PM, Covering for Abby

Abby is sick.  I'm covering the small piece of her library express desk shift that didn't conflict with my existing schedule.

We need to sanitize the equipment, I think.  Amy, high school best friend, exits the library and I wish her luck on the exam she is about to take.

Most importantly, we need to clean the laptops, headphones, iPads, and counter-tops.  The black iDesk counter in front of me is covered in accumulated dust and fingerprint grime.  I assist a patron with a book renewal: Oil Culture.  The afternoon library traffic is steady and I wonder about the number of patron that circulate in the building on a daily basis.

We need laptop chargers.
We need a maker space.
We need a library student club.
We need pillows in the upper floor window cavities.
We need overnight events designed to familiarize the student body with our space.
We need to dream of the future, of future possibilities and innovations.

I need to explore Dodd, and I need to better learn the history, staff, story, and functioning systems/elements/intricacies of the Homer Babbidge Library.  I want to learn about how other libraries function and what other roles in librarianship might look like.

Chris, my coworker, enters the library and we chat about shift coverage and eye brow grooming strategies.

French airplane crash has made NYTimes headlines. 

In my student agency class,