The good, the bad and the ugly...

[dream_labyrinth]

The good:
I have converted the wife of a friend to the cult of Lilith Saintcrow. He said she's desperately waiting for the next book and worried she'll finish the current one before the next one's available.

The bad:
I ordered Dante Valentine 4 (And also the first Jill Kismet, but that won't be out until May) on Monday, but the idiot delivery guy to whom amazon gave it was unable to drop it of at the mail on the base. He couldn't find it. (*headdesk*) They're going to try again today. Stoooopid!
I had hoped to get it all labeled and everything in time for my friend to take it home with him for the weekend.

The ugly:
I'm deleting old records of journals we don't have anymore, copies that we passed on to other departments. The deleting hasn't been done in years, meaning I have approximately 2000 records to deal with. And the computer system made marking them for deletion not a simple, one-click process. It takes forever and is the most annoying work imaginable. Grrr.

Comments

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

are you that behind on the Kismets? just asking...

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

For the library, I have to wait for the German versions to be published if I want people to read them. And Lili's German publisher only starts on the Jill Kismets in May.

But actually, now that I think about it, I also only have the first one at the moment. Hmm... Need to buy the rest.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Yay computers! *eyeroll* Sometimes that's what happens when an old manual process gets automated, instead of designed properly.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

The problem with our software is that it wasn't originally intended to be used by actual libraries. Basically, it's the kind of thing somebody wrote to manage his personal book collection. It grew from there, but I get the feeling the developers aren't really familiar with library processes n the first place, and rely on the feedback from some of their customers.