Jan 12 '10 -- 3 hrs

Today, Diane introduced me to a big job -- end of the year weeding of the periodical room. We accomplished many things:

• removed all 2005 magazines (except Time & Newsweek) from storage
• pulled any titles that had been discontinued
• weeded Time & Newsweek to those published in Jan 2000 or later (this meant removing 10 years of earlier issues!)
• reorganized the entire storage room
• began removing barcoded items from Alex

I can't even guess how many magazines were pulled from the room... it's fair to guess thousands, especially with the 20 collective years ('89 - '99) of Time and Newsweek. It was a satisfying job, though. Much of what I do as an English teacher is very ambiguous: multiple interpretations, subjective grading, never ending reformulation of lesson plans. I liked a job like this because there was a distinct beginning and end and the effort was visibly noticeable.