Re: Accession Numbers

[Deborah Marie Collier <collie@TENET.EDU>]

I solved the problem of not having "time" to do backups by blocking out
the last hour on Friday afternoons. My aide & I use this time to run a
weekly backup, shelve books, & straighten up/dust the library. It has
really done a lot towards preserving our peace of mind.

I learned the necessity of having backups when I was hired for this
position. They had not had a regular librarian since September (just a
sub 2 days/week & a full-time aide who was doing everything else!), the
LMC had just been broken into & the entire computer system stolen, & NO
BACK-UPS WERE EVER DONE! Faced with all of this (it was February) they
quickly hired the first warm body (me!) to apply. Oh, might I add that
the card catalog had probably *never* been updated & the library was
built in 1946? Just try to imagine the chaos.

I'd only had 3 LS courses, & in my naivity dove right in. It took me till
the end of my 2nd year to get everything fully straight (& the card
catalog will never be done!)

The moral of this story is: What they teach you in computer classes is
true. ALWAYS BACK UP EVERYTHING! Don't think it can't/won't happen to
you. Maybe it won't, but just think for a minute if it does.....

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*   Debbie Collier          Orange Grove Elementary  *
*   Librarian &             Houston, Texas           *
*   "Resourceress"          COLLIE@TENET.EDU         *
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