My Hovel

[Pax]

Some of you know I changed careers recently, I took my camera to my hovel today for a few snaps. Here's an inside look at the bowels of the University of IL main library stacks...

Here is my hovel, the walls are made of brick and steel:



This is the closest window, about 30 feet away:



This is one of the six hallways I have to navigate to get to my hovel:


I LOVE my job and I love the 1870's building where I work!


Anyone else want to share some pics of their workplace??

[Flybye]

How fun! Thanks for sharing the picts!
I'd share mine but I am a Social Worker and the homes I go into require a hazmat suit and an incredible stomach to handle the stench
Just kidding, only a few of them are that bad.

[Pax]

How fun! Thanks for sharing the picts!
I'd share mine but I am a Social Worker and the homes I go into require a hazmat suit and an incredible stomach to handle the stench
Just kidding, only a few of them are that bad.

The career I just switched OUT of was mental health so I hear you.

[salsabike]

Oh, that's right! You switched from a very high-stress mental health job to library science, right? And you're liking it, I gather. That's great.

[Pax]

Oh, that's right! You switched from a very high-stress mental health job to library science, right? And you're liking it, I gather. That's great.

I'm having a ball!! I supervise 40 students who wander around 17 decks of books trying to hide from me and spend their time texting instead of shelving books.

[salsabike]

Ha, I love it!

[wannaduacentury]

Some of you know I changed careers recently, I took my camera to my hovel today for a few snaps. Here's an inside look at the bowels of the University of IL main library stacks...

Here is my hovel, the walls are made of brick and steel:



This is the closest window, about 30 feet away:



This is one of the six hallways I have to navigate to get to my hovel:


I LOVE my job and I love the 1870's building where I work!


Anyone else want to share some pics of their workplace??

You work in a library too? I work at my college library and love it, so does dh. They're building a new one(groundbreaking is fri) and it's gonna be cool. Our library is now too small. The building isn't old, but the school is. I love books. What is your job there? I am p/t supervisor of circ and dh is acquisitions. Jenn

[Pax]

You work in a library too? I work at my college library and love it, so does dh. They're building a new one(groundbreaking is fri) and it's gonna be cool. Our library is now too small. The building isn't old, but the school is. I love books. What is your job there? I am p/t supervisor of circ and dh is acquisitions. Jenn

I'm in Circulation as the Sort/Shelving/Shift supervisor of the Main Stacks, we have 10 million items in the collection so it's pretty darn busy! My honey has just been promoted to the Department Head of Central Access Services. She's a Librarian and I'm in a staff position.

I'm at UI, which school are you at??

[silver]

Queen, I'm so glad that you have found happiness in your job.

my workshop...it's the back wall of our garage

[Trek420]

I thought a hovel is a house ..... like this.

Spare bedroom that is gradually being filled to the rim with everything I own because of the work I plan to do downstairs. How'd I get all this? I thought I did not have any stuff? Even though the work's just the kitchen I know from past remodel experiences at some point somehow I'll have all this and more and my bed and 'puter and bikes and dog and .... at some point it'll be the only room

[uk elephant]

You work in a hovel....I work in a pigsty. At least I will be for an hour or two this afternoon....attached is a picture of some of my "colleagues" for the afternoon....

[lph]

Aaaww. Pigs are cute!

(Have you read "Berlinerpoplene" by the way? It's been televised and is showing on Norwegian tv these days, speaking of pigs...lots of cute piglets and a very introverted pig farmer...)

[Pax]

Silver - Love your work space...cool drill press!!


UK - Were you involved with the Swine Research Facility here at UI?? I once did a rescue on a grad student who went into the tank without an air pack...I smelled so bad afterwards the guys made me ride the tailboard of the fire truck back to the station.

[mimitabby]

okay, i'll play. this is the inside of our lowspeed wind tunnel. Along the bottom of the picture you see a row of microphones (mine) they are 12 feet high.

[Pax]

okay, i'll play. this is the inside of our lowspeed wind tunnel. Along the bottom of the picture you see a row of microphones (mine) they are 12 feet high.

Ooooooh COOL!!!!