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Back burner the job description? You just work a new technology—ergonomic design of WELL NOW, Miss Denim, this is your bit harder. I don' t think we'd better put workstations, development of staff- third appraisal/assessment interview since you joined the college. Do sit that down here, we don't want to give training modules and so on—pity you down. the impression of any 'slack' in the didn't share some of your expertise system. Might be awkward for some of with the Director. Very hard pressed in Ms Denim, Ms. You prefer that, do your colleagues, you see. Anyway I see Admin we are , keeping up with all that you? I'll make a note of that in case it you've been maintaining your cata­ kind of thing. Sneaking off to some should become significant as we go on . loguing quota, no trouble there, 120 bunch of reds, could look very Well now, Susan, you know how this books a month. You could catalogue disloyal; I'm afraid I'll have to minute goes, we just work through the form six books a day with your eyes shut? something here. here and develop a sort of picture of Well we don't want to see anything how your career is going, er develop­ And now this blank bit at the slipshod Miss, ah, Denim. In fact I ing. Yes. bottom, after 'teaching load'. Pro­ think I can tell you, some of your fessional activities, outside research The job-description, I see, hasn't colleagues have difficulty meeting funding and consultancy work, doesn't actually changed much, not since your 50 per cent of their quota, so you've really apply to you library people of post was actually advertised. No re- nothing to worry about there. That is course. Oh, you have. 25,000 IAUCS grading or anything like that? But in confidence, you understand. from the EEC for database design and you're fairly happy/very happy/not benchmark validation per year (that's too unhappy with the working environ­ To go back, for a moment, to this International Arbitrary Units of computer thing. Online searching can ment/superior officers/junior staff/ Currency?). And you're on the CNAA be quite expensive as I understand it; rates of pay, would you say? It would Committee for BSC courses in informa­ has it been cost-effective, that sort of help me actually, to quantify things tion technology. You're Finance you know, if you could express that on thing? The library budget has included Director of 'Catering Condominium' a scale from 1 to 10. Four-out-of-ten? £17,000 pa for database access and the Faculty of Hospitality Adminis­ telecommunications every year since Well that's clearly better than average, tration's 'teaching company'. And 1974? Well yes, I believe it has, but I then. Now the next bit is quite tricky, you're a 'country councillor' of the think the Librarian rather regarded more qualitative. We're obviously keen Library Association. Very impressive. to encourage initiative in the college, that as contingency funding; I Well unless there's anything you'd like here and there, but it's quite difficult wouldn't say that any expenditure was to raise on your side . . . ever authorised under that head, but I for the Director to know everything would have to check with City Hall on that goes on. Perhaps you'd like to fill Early retirement? Well no, I don't that. us in on what you've been doing think I could advise you on that. recently, and I'll make a few notes. Well, now we come to the peripheral Besides it's very difficult to get the bits—without asking directly about Authority to agree to replace anyone. I You've been building up the collec­ tions to support the new MSC in your - personal situation of course. don' t think my committee would like Hobbies, honours, territorials and so to see any decline in the actual Prosthetic Engineering and our re­ on. General contribution to the life of establishment. Perhaps a sabbatical search programme in transplant the college, or the reputation of the term, leading into a spell of maternity immuno-p-h-armacology. Good, college locally? You've been promoting leave. Well I only meant you could give nothing wrong with that. And you've concerts in the Feebody Hall. it some thought. Well then. I'll see you adopted (no, I thought you said Excellent! We really have something again in 1984. Thank you, Susan. adapted) the new Dewey schedules in here that will appeal to the Acting place of the 14 the rest of the library (Sue Denim has been an Assistant Provost, very keen on anything uses. '14th', yes. I'm just a layman Tutor Librarian at PoSEY (the Poly­ musical, Gilbert and Sullivan and so here, Susan, but that sounds to me as technic of South East Yorkshire) since on. You've been putting on bands on though it may have been a policy 1973, and is a graduate of Newham Saturday nights. Hmmm. Last term matter which should have been left to College, London E6.) you had Katchachoochoo and Three the Librarian, or even the faculty Way Spitt. No trouble with the Police I boards. You weren't even born when Hillary Place hope. They recorded a live album? Dewey was 14? Well I suppose the Yes, of course I know, I jus t can't keep Staff Committee may regard that as up with all the latest, er groups. being in your favour. Anything else we Perhaps we won't mention all this in can put a little more positively? detail, just put a bottom-line on it; the Qualifications, I don't suppose you've Students Union cleared 4-figures on passed an advanced motorists test? these, ah, performances. We'll leave it With your essential car-user's mileage- at that then. allowance we might have been able to get an increment for that. You've been active in the union? You've introduced online literature- Trade Union? Sort of shop steward, searching services for faculty members eh. Well that won't be held against you in all areas of applied science. That by this Authority. Better not put it sounds very good—information tech- down here tho'; you never know what nology . that kind of thing? How may happen in May. You were a exactly do yon fit that in without member of the union's national neglecting any of the duties specified in working party on the introduction of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Library World Emerald Publishing

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Place, Hillary
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the job description? You just work a new technology—ergonomic design of WELL NOW, Miss Denim, this is your bit harder. I don' t think we'd better put workstations, development of staff- third appraisal/assessment interview since you joined the college. Do sit that down here, we don't want to give training modules and so on—pity you down. the impression of any 'slack' in the didn't share some of your expertise system. Might be awkward for some of with the Director. Very hard pressed in Ms Denim, Ms. You prefer that, do your colleagues, you see. Anyway I see Admin we are , keeping up with all that you? I'll make a note of that in case it you've been maintaining your cata­ kind of thing. Sneaking off to some should become significant as we go on . loguing quota, no trouble there, 120 bunch of reds, could look very Well now, Susan, you know how this books a month. You could catalogue disloyal; I'm afraid I'll have to minute goes, we just work through the form six books a day with your eyes shut? something here. here and develop a sort of picture of Well we don't want to see anything how your career is going, er develop­ And now this blank bit at the slipshod Miss, ah, Denim. In fact I ing. Yes. bottom, after 'teaching load'. Pro­ think I can tell you, some of your fessional activities, outside research The job-description, I see, hasn't colleagues have difficulty meeting funding and consultancy work, doesn't actually changed much, not since your 50 per cent of their quota, so you've really apply to you library people of post was actually advertised. No re- nothing to worry about there. That is course. Oh, you have. 25,000 IAUCS grading or anything like that? But in confidence, you understand. from the EEC for database design and you're fairly happy/very happy/not benchmark validation per year (that's too unhappy with the working environ­ To go back, for a moment, to this International Arbitrary Units of computer thing. Online searching can ment/superior officers/junior staff/ Currency?). And you're on the CNAA be quite expensive as I understand it; rates of pay, would you say? It would Committee for BSC courses in informa­ has it been cost-effective, that sort of help me actually, to quantify things tion technology. You're Finance you know, if you could express that on thing? The library budget has included Director of 'Catering Condominium' a scale from 1 to 10. Four-out-of-ten? £17,000 pa for database access and the Faculty of Hospitality Adminis­ telecommunications every year since Well that's clearly better than average, tration's 'teaching company'. And 1974? Well yes, I believe it has, but I then. Now the next bit is quite tricky, you're a 'country councillor' of the think the Librarian rather regarded more qualitative. We're obviously keen Library Association. Very impressive. to encourage initiative in the college, that as contingency funding; I Well unless there's anything you'd like here and there, but it's quite difficult wouldn't say that any expenditure was to raise on your side . . . ever authorised under that head, but I for the Director to know everything would have to check with City Hall on that goes on. Perhaps you'd like to fill Early retirement? Well no, I don't that. us in on what you've been doing think I could advise you on that. recently, and I'll make a few notes. Well, now we come to the peripheral Besides it's very difficult to get the bits—without asking directly about Authority to agree to replace anyone. I You've been building up the collec­ tions to support the new MSC in your - personal situation of course. don' t think my committee would like Hobbies, honours, territorials and so to see any decline in the actual Prosthetic Engineering and our re­ on. General contribution to the life of establishment. Perhaps a sabbatical search programme in transplant the college, or the reputation of the term, leading into a spell of maternity immuno-p-h-armacology. Good, college locally? You've been promoting leave. Well I only meant you could give nothing wrong with that. And you've concerts in the Feebody Hall. it some thought. Well then. I'll see you adopted (no, I thought you said Excellent! We really have something again in 1984. Thank you, Susan. adapted) the new Dewey schedules in here that will appeal to the Acting place of the 14 the rest of the library (Sue Denim has been an Assistant Provost, very keen on anything uses. '14th', yes. I'm just a layman Tutor Librarian at PoSEY (the Poly­ musical, Gilbert and Sullivan and so here, Susan, but that sounds to me as technic of South East Yorkshire) since on. You've been putting on bands on though it may have been a policy 1973, and is a graduate of Newham Saturday nights. Hmmm. Last term matter which should have been left to College, London E6.) you had Katchachoochoo and Three the Librarian, or even the faculty Way Spitt. No trouble with the Police I boards. You weren't even born when Hillary Place hope. They recorded a live album? Dewey was 14? Well I suppose the Yes, of course I know, I jus t can't keep Staff Committee may regard that as up with all the latest, er groups. being in your favour. Anything else we Perhaps we won't mention all this in can put a little more positively? detail, just put a bottom-line on it; the Qualifications, I don't suppose you've Students Union cleared 4-figures on passed an advanced motorists test? these, ah, performances. We'll leave it With your essential car-user's mileage- at that then. allowance we might have been able to get an increment for that. You've been active in the union? You've introduced online literature- Trade Union? Sort of shop steward, searching services for faculty members eh. Well that won't be held against you in all areas of applied science. That by this Authority. Better not put it sounds very good—information tech- down here tho'; you never know what nology . that kind of thing? How may happen in May. You were a exactly do yon fit that in without member of the union's national neglecting any of the duties specified in working party on the introduction of

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