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>> My name is Susan Braser and I'm the Science
Reference Librarian here at Blackwell Library.

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On a daily basis I do not
have actually a daily basis.

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My job changes from day-to-day depending on
where we are in the semester or what's needed.

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Generally speaking my job duties
include teaching for the Henson School

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of Science providing library
instruction classes.

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I order books for those departments
in the Henson School of Science.

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I work with students who have research projects
within the Henson School of Science one-on-one

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and just kind of troubleshoot
anything that comes

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up that they might need plus I
provide general reference assistance,

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research help to anybody
who needs it at any time.

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My hours are extremely flexible which is nice.

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I mean I generally come in about
the same time every morning.

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I can leave in the middle of the day if I need
to do something which is really helpful as well

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because sometimes I'll need to
come back at 6 o'clock at night

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and watch someone give a presentation
and I'll go and I'll teach a late class.

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Like if there's a graduate biology
class that's maybe 7 to 8 or 7 to 9,

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I might come in for the latter half of it and
provide instruction to the students on how

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to do research, get them started on their
master's thesis or something like that.

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We do have students that meet on
Saturdays, non-traditional students

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or distance education students if they
need to come in for like a couple of weeks.

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So they'll come in on a Saturday and
because that have my day is really flexible

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where I'm in and out of the office.

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I'm in and out of the building.

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I'm on and off campus so that's really nice.

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I don't travel a lot because
we're geographically isolated.

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We do have to travel some.

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It's usually not for my immediate jobs needs.

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It's for committee wore or consortia
work within the state of Maryland.

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It's not for everyday kind of things.