Sometimes a blog with thoughts and opinions by Dan Greene
I’ve always been a fan of the Centaur. It was there on the first floor of Hodges Library when I was a graduate student, when I worked there on the 6th floor in Systems, and remained there long after I left to go to the College of Communication and Information / School of Information Sciences.…
Added March 6, 2026: In 2026, these instructions aren’t useful unless you have the right combination of 15 year old hardware and software. But I’m keeping this post as a reminder that troubleshooting technology is a puzzle where you have to look for the missing pieces.…
The paperwork for my job upgrade was been sent to HR, but it will be October before I see any salary increase. But the increase in pay will be retroactive until July 1, so it could be a nice payday. It doesn’t appear as though I’ve made it to the final interview stages of either of the jobs I applied for, although I could still be surprised.…
Well I didn’t get a librarian job. They hired someone for the User Education Technologies job but the Digital Media Technologies job was called a failed search and they’ll re-advertise it in the future. Better luck next time I guess.
On the brighter side my current position here at the library is being reviewed for an upgrade, and I’m in the pools for 2 other jobs elsewhere at UT and I’ve made it into the second round for both I think.…
If you’ve looked at the recent posts here, you’d see that I’ve had issues with Comcast. I’m happy to report all is well. Setting up the Tivo again was a bit complicated, since this is the first time I’ve had a digital cable box.…
Hodges Library no longer has a reference desk. We had a wake for it yesterday afternoon. Day to day reference questions have been moved upstairs to the Commons desk.
In fact Hodges no longer has a reference department. It’s been split into Integrated User Services, Research Services, and Research Collections.…
Well technically my new house does. The floors are done and the electricity is on and working.
The wood floors look nice. I’m really pleased with how the floors turned out.
The library reorg picked up steam yesterday, some new appointments have been made and searches are starting.…
Well it has taken me almost to the end on January to post anything. Been buried at work, been ill a bit and trying to keep up with my whirlwind of an almost 2 year old daughter. Blogging is but a distant memory.…
I’ve changed departments here at Hodges, from Outreach to Library Technology Services, a.k.a Systems. So I have a bigger cube and an office that my cell phone works in, but sadly no pay raise.
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Saw this article in the Univ. of Tennessee student newspaper titled “Library not a place for frivolity“. It’s mildly satirical (in my opinion) but raises some valid points. For example, “why do you come to the library at midnight to get on Facebook?”…