Coffee Klatch

On my way home from work today, I was flipping radio stations and ended up on one that started playing Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out.” I’d heard it before, but not really listened to it. There was a section of the song that had the following lyrics:

“Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence
We can’t even think of a word that rhymes.”

It was especially funny to me because I’d actually been listening to the words and I was wondering what was going to rhyme with that.

No, it’s not the 106˚ heat index in Indianapolis. And it’s only indirectly because it’s the first day of August. It’s also the day that our new library website goes live. The site has been in the redesign phase for over a year, and now the final product is live and kicking. You can see it at http://www.butler.edu/library.

It’s also the first day of employment for our newest “acquisition.” Teresa Williams has come on board as our third Reference Team Librarian, so now we’re back up to full staffing. It’s great to have her on board and I know she’ll bring a cheery, competent, and professional element to our Public Services.

Today we also had the first steps to a wiring project begun. Namely, a couple of holes drilled through our cement floor. The whole building is cement and marble types of construction, so adding any new power outlets or data ports is a nasty business. Our Reference Department is expanding its computer lab by adding 10 more computers to the 14 already in our “lab.” The computers are here, the furniture is on order, and the wiring is the biggest question mark. That’s why the electrician with his big old drill was such a welcome sight this morning. Maybe we actually will get all these projects done before classes start! It should be close, anyway.

Current music: Mozart Overtures, by the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra