5 Reasons I should not be a Cataloger

1. My labels are always crooked. Always.
2. Typos. I maek a lot. For example, I was going crazy trying to find a book that I knew I had cataloged but wasn't showing up in any search. I finally got it, and it turned out I had not only added an extra "N" to the title, I had spelt the author's last name wrong.
3. I frankly don't care how many spaces go after a full stop. I just don't.
4. I'm easily distracted. So I'll be in the middle of making a new record, and I overhear a conversation in the hallway, and while I'm wrapped up eavesdropping, the ILS figures I'm done with that entry and logs me out. So by the time I get back, I have to start all over.
5. It's incredibly boring.

I'm doing just fine managing my workload. In fact, with the exception of occassional in-depth reference questions that take me a while to answer, I'm pretty much ahead of the game with most of my stuff. But if I could get an assistant to do my cataloging, I would be ecstatic.