putting those newly acquired leadership skills to work
We have a shared drive called the O: drive that all library staff has access to. It has reports, statistics, forms, policies, procedures and other documents on it in a million different folders. When I first started last summer, I was told, "Oh, just check out the O: drive! Everything you need to know is there!"
Uh...the O: drive looks like a random assortment of crap to the casual observer, and actually even to anyone who tries to make educated sense out of it. Whoever set up the organizational scheme should have their MLS taken away...although part of the problem might have been that the Circulation people (non-MLS staff) had their way with the drive early on. I mean, seriously, librarians should have the most organized files and folders on the planet, and I have had to exercise the utmost restraint not to just go in there and clean it out myself.
Fortunately, yesterday our Dean sent out an email saying that the IT people wanted to set permissions for various folders on the O: drive, but in order to do that, it really needs a good cleaning. At least she recognizes that it's a pile of crap. She proposed a committee consisting of the Head of Technical Services, the Circulation Manager, and somebody from Research Services to chair the committee. I volunteered in a heart beat and since no one else in my department is a fan of actual work, my boss was more than happy to nominate me for the job.
Oooh, we are so going to get the O: drive in tip top shape! And hopefully soon...we have a new Web/Digital Services librarian starting in 3 weeks and I don't want her to run screaming in disgust and horror when she sees it!
Uh...the O: drive looks like a random assortment of crap to the casual observer, and actually even to anyone who tries to make educated sense out of it. Whoever set up the organizational scheme should have their MLS taken away...although part of the problem might have been that the Circulation people (non-MLS staff) had their way with the drive early on. I mean, seriously, librarians should have the most organized files and folders on the planet, and I have had to exercise the utmost restraint not to just go in there and clean it out myself.
Fortunately, yesterday our Dean sent out an email saying that the IT people wanted to set permissions for various folders on the O: drive, but in order to do that, it really needs a good cleaning. At least she recognizes that it's a pile of crap. She proposed a committee consisting of the Head of Technical Services, the Circulation Manager, and somebody from Research Services to chair the committee. I volunteered in a heart beat and since no one else in my department is a fan of actual work, my boss was more than happy to nominate me for the job.
Oooh, we are so going to get the O: drive in tip top shape! And hopefully soon...we have a new Web/Digital Services librarian starting in 3 weeks and I don't want her to run screaming in disgust and horror when she sees it!