"We're having a meeting next month to discuss standing orders," says Eileen.
"Oh, right. Well, once you've decided what you want we'll make a start at putting together the new standing orders," replies Noreen.
That last sentence is a model of the form.
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For the first time in over 20 years, I have finally got our Ref budget under control. Could it possibly be because we've not had a Reference Librarian for over a year?
Standing orders are now down to those titles which I think people might actually use rather than those which we've "always" taken.
"Confounded" and "baffled" about sums the whole business up. You honestly deserve a medal or an OBE or KBE for all that you've endured down in the library trenches!!
Chris, that is a State of Grace most of us could only aspire to. I abase myself in your presence.
Lavinia: as Chris the Webrarian would attest, this is all just ordinary days in the office in the English public library sector
Oh, most definitely, Kev. It's a classic of its kind, but it is just one of many.
Ours coincided nicely with a change of supplier as well. A useful smokescreen, although they only come round once in a blue moon.
The grapevine tells me that the Reference Librarian is to be replaced. Someone with a passion for the online world as well as the real one, a near-immunity to what local government can throw at you, a willingness to question everything. Know anyone who might fit the bill?
They don't exist outside Rider Haggard novels.
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