Progress

No manual reading today, but I did want to take a moment to say that I smashed my record for books today - 21! I'm starting to think of the mainstream shelf as kind of my territory, and as such it must be as up to date as possible! I'm also getting more confident with my cataloguing, and am being given more free reign and decision-making responsibilities, which helps a lot when it comes to motivation.

Made my way through the RAP list and have done pretty much as many as I can, barring a few random phone calls to unsuspecting publishers.

Since not getting the APS3 position, I've decided to try and keep tabs on what it is I actually do, day to day, so as to make my next job interview a good one. In no particular order, here are some of the things I can think of that my particular job involves:

• contacting publishers (promoting Legal Deposit)
• checking/assigning dewey numbers
• assigning cutter numbers and title marks
• updating CiP records
• claiming material from publishers
• sorting new books as they arrive
• organising daily mail-outs to publishers

That's most of the day to day stuff...it doesn't look like that much! But I will keep adding to the list and think about the skills I've learned on the job in the next few posts.