As anyone who has moved and changed jobs both at the same time knows, you have little time for anything else in those few weeks. We got moved in (with only minor problems) and I've been working for nearly a month now. The folks I work with are fantastic, and troopers to boot. I came onto the scene in the midst of an enormous renovation project. Not one aspect of the library facilities was to remain untouched, and not one aspect of the project to date had gone smoothly (nor has it yet). Contractor and subcontractor problems on top of just general utter chaos and not being able to find anything anywhere... you can imagine. But to be honest, I think the best way to get to know your colleagues is to be thrown into the same chaos they're dealing with and work together to get things done.
A week into my new job we got to attend the Atlanta Area BIG (Bibliographic Instruction Group) day-long conference, and that was a good opportunity to get to know other folks in the area as well. I am also looking forward to an excursion to Seattle next month for a week long immersion program on teaching, run by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Since I'll be spending a good bit of time in the classroom, this opportunity comes at the perfect time. I'm sure I'll have lots of thoughts on that once I return home!
In the meantime I'm going to rest up on the weekends, because there's lots of shifting and moving shelving to be done - and all this *before* I have to start working on the campus library where I'll be permanently located!
