Monday, October 26, 2009

organization

The kind of obsessive compulsive organization and caffeine-induced mania and general overall stress that means I feel best about life with I have not only a general awareness of what I need to do but also multiple physical copies and notes of/concerning everything results in blog posts like this:

1) data analysis/aggregation concerning books in the 700-899 section. checkout frequency considering amount of time in system.

2) blood panel & thyroid levels, should hear back tomorrow. it's not a pituitary tumor despite what the internet wants me to believe.

Friday, October 23, 2009

projects

Data aggregation. Collection & circulation analysis (we have the capability but this information is not currently immediately available). How can I order books if I know nothing about collection development and moreover, if we don't know what materials are useful to our community? I want charts.

Students with Children resource group - go talk to the Women's Center again, is anything going to come of this / bake goodies for kids if they'll post flyers.

Sustainable Development concentration in Social Work. Susdev is open to the concept, meeting next week with SW. Might be able to intern at the Farm & count the time toward Social Work internship requirements. Susdev seems to focus on third world & global concepts & implications, while the Local Studies department has more to do with our cultural heritage. I want to work specifically with local food: Local economic/nutritional resources, community cultural/social connections & development. From an individual / project / macro:policy perspective (EVERYTHING). Community gardens, community kitchens, school gardens, if yer poor grow some tomatoes. Goat co-op. Pig co-op. Chicken tractors. That sort of thing.

WP scholarship - need final references, final drafts of the application, meeting next week with sponsor? Or submit it now, ask for money for the summer (I'll miss the 2 month deadline for spring semester, but that's fine, the need is for fall anyway).

Can more jam.

Finish floor upstairs this weekend? In trying to think of the phrase "buy furniture," my brain went through the following: "collection development," "user interface aggregation," "resource networking"...'bout fried on this thanks.

Photo child / mailing list.

Guardian Ad Litem? 30 hour training, 4 hrs/month on appointed cases. Good way to test whether I could handle CPS, since the Child Welfare Collaborative is a heckuva lot of money.