Last weekend Ikea started offering their Christmas buffet. I couldn't resist it, I drove to Ikea in Helsingborg on the Sunday for this. Really great pickled herring selection. For dessert there was homemade ostkaka Småland style with strawberry jam and whipped cream. Amazing.
The week at work started with two days of some janitor work. The two regular janitors were off on a staff conference. I handled the boxes with transport books and the incoming mail. One other colleague helped also. During the week I processed a large number of donated books (some of them had been on a storage shelf for years). They are now visible in the catalogue. There is more to do with this, especially since I found an additional ten books for the library at thrift stores these past few days.
This week there have been many sales because of Black Friday. It's a concept we have copied from the US. I did go to a mall but only bought some small things, like a new bed sheet and a top. The visit to Eslöv yesterday resulted in some underwear at 20% off also.
Friday morning I drove to my ancestral origin, Norra Strö. I attended the funeral for my uncle's wife. She had been ill for some time. She was the third relative laid to rest at Strö church in only six months. The church was almost full. She knew many people since she was active in the local community. Some of the attendants I hadn't seen since the 1990s. After the funeral my father and I drove to his place for lunch and book talk.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Archive Day
Last Saturday it was Archive Day. Many archives and libraries had open houses. This year my library participated in the exhibits at the Archive Center. The theme was "party and festivities". There were book sales, an entertaining film, short courses in genealogy, information booths and several lectures. Lots of people attended, the arrangement was a great success. I met a few colleagues there, both on duty and not. I came home with a few books also...
Sunday morning was spent at work. This was because I wanted to follow up on a clue I found in a database at Archive Day. There was a little progress, but I still can't find the origin of my soldier ancestor who is supposed to have come from Estonia (or possibly Russia). At noon I drove to my father's place to celebrate his birthday. It was a nice visit with great food; moose dinner and cake.
At work I got an introduction in cataloguing in the new and very complicated national system. My cataloguing colleagues are still very upset about the incredible work load they have now because the database system is so difficult. It takes such a long time to get one book processed that the activity level has decreased by 50-60%. This means that there are vast amounts of new books on shelves waiting to be catalogued and we have no idea if we have received a specific book or not the past six months. I needed to know how to add call number to the bibliographic item in the catalogue and this is thankfully not as complicated as regular cataloguing. It does take a long time, though. I have now added the books we got from the Economics library earlier and will continue with more backlogs.
At work the newly formed crisis team participated in a workshop, where we first soaked books in water and then tried to dry them again. It was training for something we hope will never happen in real life. We concluded that it is easier to wrap the book in plastic and freeze it, rather than spending time trying to get the water out by leafing in tissue paper.
Today I met a colleague and fellow book nerd in Lund. It was Amnesty's biannual second hand book sale. I didn't find anything for myself this time but I bought three books for the library. We also covered two thrift stores and enjoyed fika at a coffee place.
Sunday morning was spent at work. This was because I wanted to follow up on a clue I found in a database at Archive Day. There was a little progress, but I still can't find the origin of my soldier ancestor who is supposed to have come from Estonia (or possibly Russia). At noon I drove to my father's place to celebrate his birthday. It was a nice visit with great food; moose dinner and cake.
At work I got an introduction in cataloguing in the new and very complicated national system. My cataloguing colleagues are still very upset about the incredible work load they have now because the database system is so difficult. It takes such a long time to get one book processed that the activity level has decreased by 50-60%. This means that there are vast amounts of new books on shelves waiting to be catalogued and we have no idea if we have received a specific book or not the past six months. I needed to know how to add call number to the bibliographic item in the catalogue and this is thankfully not as complicated as regular cataloguing. It does take a long time, though. I have now added the books we got from the Economics library earlier and will continue with more backlogs.
At work the newly formed crisis team participated in a workshop, where we first soaked books in water and then tried to dry them again. It was training for something we hope will never happen in real life. We concluded that it is easier to wrap the book in plastic and freeze it, rather than spending time trying to get the water out by leafing in tissue paper.
Today I met a colleague and fellow book nerd in Lund. It was Amnesty's biannual second hand book sale. I didn't find anything for myself this time but I bought three books for the library. We also covered two thrift stores and enjoyed fika at a coffee place.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
New door
The month of November has so far been rather mild. It's not freezing here yet. I didn't notice that much of the Halloween weekend. No one asked for candy. It was cheap at the Coop grocery store so I contributed to the candy bowl at work (which is permanently placed on a table in the stacks). We need sugar to make it through the day sometimes. This week we got a large amount of books (5 moving boxes plus some extra parcels) from the Economics library. They had a weeding project and ended up with these books that they thought we wanted. Many of them we did want because our copy was missing but a large part of it we discarded (after checking our collections, of course).
The biggest event this week included a new apartment door this Wednesday. I had to stay at home that morning while the workers installed it. It's a heavy security door which is airtight. The installation took longer than expected because they made mistakes. They not only brought the wrong door, they also put the hinges on the wrong side of the frame. There are 40 apartments that will get new doors, all different colors and models. Things got a little mixed up. Finally, after five hours, they were done (right door, right hinges) and I could drive to work to attend a meeting in the afternoon. In the evening I had to vacuum the entire apartment. There was a lot of dust everywhere. I'm very happy about the new door, it shuts out the sound from the other apartments and the stairs.
The biggest event this week included a new apartment door this Wednesday. I had to stay at home that morning while the workers installed it. It's a heavy security door which is airtight. The installation took longer than expected because they made mistakes. They not only brought the wrong door, they also put the hinges on the wrong side of the frame. There are 40 apartments that will get new doors, all different colors and models. Things got a little mixed up. Finally, after five hours, they were done (right door, right hinges) and I could drive to work to attend a meeting in the afternoon. In the evening I had to vacuum the entire apartment. There was a lot of dust everywhere. I'm very happy about the new door, it shuts out the sound from the other apartments and the stairs.
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