Nomad
16 Nov 2006, 5:19pm
So currently, I work in the conservation sector of the MSU library, preserving books. What I do is when books are missing pages, are damaged, or vandalized, I scan copies of them or fix them in Photoshop, and then reprint and cut them to size.
I work about twelve hours a week doing this, and some of the projects are quite large (Like a book on Sextus Empiricus in which 100 pages were vandalized and had to be scanned, then fixed in Photoshop. However, the problem I am facing is that in the last three months, I've cleared out their entire backlog of books--from when they didn't have a person over the summer to do my job--all the electronic PDFs with scanned pages, and I am almost done with the special products.
So really, the problem is I am about to run out of work shortly before Thanksgiving. My job was just guaranteed through next semester, which is nice considering all student employees are supposed to get laid off at the semester break, but... What am I going to even do next semester?
I work about twelve hours a week doing this, and some of the projects are quite large (Like a book on Sextus Empiricus in which 100 pages were vandalized and had to be scanned, then fixed in Photoshop. However, the problem I am facing is that in the last three months, I've cleared out their entire backlog of books--from when they didn't have a person over the summer to do my job--all the electronic PDFs with scanned pages, and I am almost done with the special products.
So really, the problem is I am about to run out of work shortly before Thanksgiving. My job was just guaranteed through next semester, which is nice considering all student employees are supposed to get laid off at the semester break, but... What am I going to even do next semester?