Kathryn tagged me to answer the following questions using my handwriting:

1. What is your name
2. Blog URL
3. Write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
4. Favourite quote
5. Favorite song (at the moment)
6. Favorite band/singers (at the moment)
7. Say anything you want
8. Tag 3-5 bloggers

And as my Word Press install is misbehaving and so it doesn’t take a lifetime, you will have to go and checkout my handwriting example at Flickr – at http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6809238460_1400545ef5_o.jpg

I’ll get it fixed eventually.  :(

BTW, I tag Mal Booth, Paul Hagon and Judy O’Connell!

Background to my Thursdays – I work on virtual services in an office in the workroom of our largest branch, which is at Narre Warren.   I do a desk shift for an hour over lunch, between 1 and 2pm and again over dinner break between 5 and 6pm.  So here’s my Thursday, not totally typical, but not far off it either.

Arrive at 9.30am for a 10am start – as usual.  Clock in, start my computer, check with staff getting branch ready for opening at 10am, return my due books etc, etc.

Login to my email and to the information email for any email enquiries.  Spend the next half hour answering these queries and sorting out my own email.

Before morning tea do some quick website updates and check if staff still doing Learning 2.0 have posted anything on their blogs since Monday – nada.

Fred Camino

After morning tea, help out on desk so that other staff can have theirs.  Didn’t plan this, just went out to the shelves to check on a book I found on a catalogue search and stepped in to help.

Back to my desk where I listened to last weeks Uncontrolled Vocabulary podcast whilst I create an online book list of the 50 titles in the Books Alive 2008 campaign, with live links to our catalogue.  Update our social software logins list and post an entry from our CEO on developments in the new building for one of our branches on the library blog.  Test the links and upload the booklist.  Make a note of 2 blog posts to do in the next week.

Go on desk to cover the lunch shift.  Usual catching up with returns, clearing the courier delivery from some of our other branches and serving the people in front of us.

Lunch – shopping and eating.

After lunch, I help one of the librarians to post an entry on our teen blog.  Write a quick note on behalf of a colleague , all the while checking on and responding to email on 2 accounts.

Use an old version of Cam Studio to record, edit and create three screencasts on our library catalogue, on the topics of changing your PIN, changing your address and submitting a suggestion for purchase – the last on our series of what you can do online through the catalogue.   The last ones to do, all finished now.  Phew! Stop for a late afternoon tea.

After tea, upload the screencasts and add them to our catalogue help page.  Write a memo for staff, letting them know about these new resources and make a note to do a new blog post on them next week. (I don’t work Fridays).

Tidy up some loose ends, write some notes for this blog post and for other things I will chase up at home (because I always take work home – after all I love what I do!).  Head back to do the 5-6pm desk shift where I help more people, do more tidying, enter memberships and more.

6.05pm – clock out and head home.

So that’s a nearly typical Thursday for me.  Not always screencasts in the afternoon, but usually some type of project.  Its been screencasts for a month or so.  Thursdays are very different to my Mondays and alternate Tuesdays.  One day I might post about them too.

1. We are getting our first family dog in a few weeks. Hubby and I have had cats since we have been married and I grew up with dogs, but this is our first one. We will be picking up our 8 week (by then) Labrador puppy who we have named Toby, in mid July.

2. I love action movies. Don’t give me a chick flick, I’ll get bored. Give me a good action – Die Hard type movie every time. Can’t wait for Live Free or Die Hard!

3. I am a hoon driver. I am 42 and still drive like a teen. Its only the last year that I have started to slow down just a little. Fortunately I am not really a dangerous driver, so not too many accidents in my driving career, but I like to push the car.

4. I hate housework. I put it off as long as I can because I dislike it that much. I end up doing some housework, some computer stuff and so on, just so I can get through it all.

5. I was a Brownie (Girl Guide) as a kid, then I did Little Athletics, then Calisthenics and Tennis. Haven’t done any formal exercise for years though.

6. I put on a bit of weight in the last 10 or so years, but last year I started a diet and in 18 weeks I lost 21 kilos. Much healthier weight and looking not too bad either.

7. I wanted to be a librarian since Grade 6 when I had an awesome school librarian. That goal never changed and I have never regretted my choice – I love what I do.

8. I was born in England and became a naturalised Australian at age 8 (came here when I was 2). I have the certificate with my very cute 8 year old signature on it.

As a few other bloggers have noted, this meme has gone around a bit, so I won’t tag anyone specific, but feel free to pick up the theme if you so choose and I’ll see you in my RSS feeds.

As for returning you back to your normal programming, I should get back to normal blogging in the next week or so. So see you then!

1. I was born in Cornwall, England and immigrated to Australia when I was 18 months and got citizenship when I was 8 years old (very proudly signed my own citizenship papers!)

2. I sing. I am no Beyonce, but I am a passable singer and sang “Lean on me” acapella (with friends helping), to my husband at our wedding.

3. I am overactive, can’t sit still and have to have 20 things on the go at the same time. My husband says “She makes coffee nervous” (and those who know me agree.

4. Speaking of which, I don’t drink tea, coffee or any other hot drinks (besides soup!).

5. When I first started as a librarian, I had never seen a PC. Within 6 months of starting work, I was their local expert.

Enough about me, time to get to know some others, so I’m tagging Bronwyn, Corey, Peta, snail and http://austlit.typepad.com/cfn/.