{"id":8872,"date":"2016-11-21T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=8872"},"modified":"2016-11-21T09:53:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:53:21","slug":"an-interview-with-braith-birchhall-serials-assistant-in-resource-management-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/an-interview-with-braith-birchhall-serials-assistant-in-resource-management-services\/","title":{"rendered":"An interview with Braith Birchhall, Serials Assistant in Resource Management Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/Braith1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8873\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/Braith1.jpg\" alt=\"braith1\" width=\"210\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a>Braith Birchhall<\/strong> works in Resource Management Services as a Serials Assistant. This position assists the Electronic Resources &amp; Serials Specialist with the maintenance of our journals collection both print and electronic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would you describe your job?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am a serials assistant in RMS. I work with periodicals, processing new ones, shelving, recording use, pulling periodicals for binding, re-shelving periodicals after binding, and helping the occasional lost soul navigate the twists and turns of my basement home. I also sometimes do small side projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like best about working in Collins Library?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am lucky to get to work with some really wonderful people. My job is a wonderful balance of sitting and doing computer stuff, and walking around doing shelving stuff. It&#8217;s something that I feel competent at when I&#8217;m fe<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/CALLOUT_Braith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-8877 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/CALLOUT_Braith.jpg\" alt=\"callout_braith\" width=\"278\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a>eling incompetent in everything else. It&#8217;s calming and steady and makes me feel productive. It is also really nice to be able to take time off or shift my hours around when I have a lot going on school work wise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite childhood book and why?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;m really not a good favorites person, but one of my favorite books as a child (and still one of my favorites now) was The Rabbits&#8217; Revenge by Kurt Wiese, which is about a group of rabbits banding together with a bunch of other creatures to construct a rather complicated plot to prevent old man Shivers from making them into a rabbit-skin suit. I also really love the Bunny Planet books by Rosemary Wells. I still get my mum to read them to me sometimes when I&#8217;m really stressed out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Braith Birchhall works in Resource Management Services as a Serials Assistant. 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