books my library has...

with titles I like (because I can't resist a hackneyed reference):

Up Against the Sprawl: Public Policy and the Making of Southern California
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes-Oxley and Service-oriented Architecture May be the Best Thing that Ever Happened to You
Indecent Disclosure : Gilding the Corporate Lily (that one was so good I ordered it twice!)

If you want to check them out, I'm afraid you're on your own for finding the call numbers.

Can you tell I'm working my first solo four-hour desk shift? *sigh* On one hand I'm working alone (booooring) on the other hand my co-workers all are stopping to chat as they leave. GO! So I can get my work done then goof off for a couple hours.

Associate Librarian

By the by, in case you're not following the Facebook (and I know you're not!) I finally got my tenure letter the other day. Yay! All thumbs up for both tenure and promotion. Yay!!! It all kicks in with the start of the 09/10 academic year. By all, I mean the hardness to ever get rid of me as well as the raise that accompanies the promotion. Did I mention, YAY!!!

Just to fill in the details a bit, our tenure letters were supposedly due May 22nd (read, put in the mail the 22nd) but as of this morning I still haven't gotten my copy in the mail! I waited patiently until Monday, then trekked myself over to HR to get a print copy. I'm glad I did because the post office is falling down on that whole forwarding job. The provost (and his minions) must have started working on the letters quite some time before the deadline because I filled out that change of address in mid-April and yet my letter had my old address.

But alls well that ends well (or starts, at the Provost was sure to mention of my career here). I'm trying to pin down a date for the big housewarming/tenure party. I'm thinking of having it July 3rd (University is closed to observe the 4th of July). I'm kinda hoping tons of people won't be in town and can't make it. Guess I'd better decide soon because these days sure are flying by.