Home inspection day! Waiting for the typed up report, but just minor things that a quick visit from an electrician should take care of, I think. Tomorrow I must deal with insurance. No progress on the spring semester schedule debacle. Last…
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Day three in the life
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This is definitely not the typical week of a library student. (Not that I know what a typical week looks like. I just know that this ain’t it.) Today started out with a field trip for school (my first and…
Day 2 in the life
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That’s it. I’m dropping out. Today’s day was interrupted by a wholly pointless meeting with our department chair. Working backwards through the story, I wish he had just returned my email suggesting the meeting with a “yep, you’re screwed, no…
HLSDITL! (Day 1)
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It’s round two of Hack Library School Day in the Life. And what a week it promises to be. But first, my crazy fish: That’s Dagger. Nose-down in his plant. Now, back to relevant stuff. Today is Monday, which means…
Department of Redundancy Agency, Repetition Administration
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As I noted earlier, it really isn’t necessary for the District’s laws to refer repeatedly to the “Mayor of the District of Columbia.” Really, “Mayor” is just fine. And if you weren’t sure, we even have a law that says…
The biography game
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I’m still reading Wolf Hall, but my library is now open on Sundays! and with concern that the federal government shutdown will continue beyond the point at which the District can remain open, I took a break from working on…
You-Lee-Muh
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This semester I am doing an independent study, tentatively entitled “The dual challenges of online legal publication: hackability vs. authenticability.” I’ve committed to submitting the literature review section of my paper to my advisor by Tuesday. (Or ON Tuesday?) Consequently,…
Close reading, episode 2
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“not less than 48 hours or 2 business days, whichever is greater”* Let’s see here. 48 hours is two days. There’s no getting around that one. Two business days might be longer if there’s a weekend or a holiday (or…
HLS
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Sometime around late February last year, I saw a tweet that referred to “HLS.” You all know that I went to Harvard Law School, right? I mean, I don’t tend to boast about it, but I did, and I’m sure…
Close reading
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It’s time for another installment of “random things Becky discovered while reading laws much more closely than anyone ever should.” Today we have the Water Pollution Control Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-188; D.C. Official Code…