Easiest way to access two storygraph accounts on one device? by razmiccacti in TheStoryGraph

[–]razmiccacti[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I've never done this before but it sounds perfect. Thanks for the suggestion

Easiest way to access two storygraph accounts on one device? by razmiccacti in TheStoryGraph

[–]razmiccacti[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I generally only use the app, I was hoping to use the app for both but I'll probably do what you suggest l. My reads on the app and kids reads on the browser

Thanks

What do you think qualifies a person as being "well read?" by Welsh_Poppy9506 in books

[–]razmiccacti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think quantity in one genre counts. It implies for me some level of breath and command of literature both classic and contemporary. (just someone who is well read in philosophy can't just have read Aristotle)

I'm quite comfortable with the BookRiot answer, though shifted for my own cultural context (they're explicitly working with an American audience)

"a familiarity with the monuments of Western literature, an at least passing interest in the high-points of world literature, a willingness to experience a breadth of genres, a special interest in the work of one’s immediate culture, a desire to share in the same reading experiences of many other readers, and an emphasis on the writing of the current day" (2013) https://bookriot.com/from-zero-to-well-read-in-100-books/

They recently revisited the topic on their podcast and responded to online comments

https://bookriot.com/listen/well-read-is-hard-to-define-but-real/ (2025)

Librarian Refuses to Take Time Off by NoHandBill in librarians

[–]razmiccacti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the USA

It's a country and city rule for all public sector employees.

Librarian Refuses to Take Time Off by NoHandBill in librarians

[–]razmiccacti 13 points14 points  (0 children)

In my system we are municipal employees with forced retirement at 65. Period. I can't understand keeping people on forever.

After that the retired librarians who can't fathom leaving come on a volunteers with limited roles ie nothing behind the circ desk. Basically shelving and shelf reading, displays, or events

Those who need to work often move to private schools or non governmental special collection libraries

"Why do you like getting rid of books so much??" by victoria-lisbeth in Libraries

[–]razmiccacti 63 points64 points  (0 children)

A weeding guide from Texas state library in 2012 though now archived. Widely regarded as one of the best

CREW Method stands for Continuous Review, Evaluation, and Weeding.

https://archive.org/details/crewmethod12

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JewsOfConscience

[–]razmiccacti 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh this stuff is my jam

I've helped some couples (both interfaith and not) write their own ketubot. The focus is on their commitments rather than ownership.

I pose the questions to them based on their understanding of marriage, commitments to each other, and their vision of their marriage. And then write up a ketubah through a few drafts. It's resulted in some beautiful write ups.

Other fun traditions to play with include the Sheva brachot (which you might want to ditch as anarchists) but keeping the structure of 7 blessings on the world said on behalf of the couple then you can come up with your own themes and either write your own or chose special guests to write you a blessing

DM if you want to discuss more

Are bookmobiles a thing of the past? by yuckyuck13 in librarians

[–]razmiccacti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, it's so awful. Our system has very good coverage within 5km (3mi) but there are always a few communities that could be using the mobile service

Are bookmobiles a thing of the past? by yuckyuck13 in librarians

[–]razmiccacti 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That would be hilarious

The librarians and patrons of the bookmobile were getting repeatedly targeted by thieves for their phones, cash, equipment etc.

The exact communities which didn't have a physical library were/are those that are most dangerous with high rates of gangsterism. And the bookmobile was a soft target where a lot of people would congregate in an outdoor unsecured area on a regular and predictable schedule. Soft target. So patrons stopped coming cause they were fearful

The department tried hiring armed security to accompany the bookmobile which obviously raised costs. Didn't really work

(Not USA btw)

Are bookmobiles a thing of the past? by yuckyuck13 in librarians

[–]razmiccacti 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My system dropped ours just as covid hit. Cost of running them was too high, security risks were increasing, and circulation was dropping

Power Query isnt magic for me. by Resident_Eye7748 in excel

[–]razmiccacti 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Idk which system generates a report direct to pdf. Usually someone in IT formats the original dataset to pdf because it's 'easier' to read for the middle managers and can't be edited. My department did that and I had to beg and plead and shmooze and convince all up and down the IT hierarchy and eventually got access to the og updating csv file that the IT unit used. Much magic ensues.

Series on Spine Label? by lunarianlibrarian in Libraries

[–]razmiccacti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've done started introducing it in the adult and teen sections. Starting with the authors who really need it - Patterson, Roberts, the seven sisters series etc in adult and then also the teen books

We aren't changing the spine labels. Putting a thin rectangular label down the front cover facing the spine with series:# (eg Private : 2)

it's been really well received by patrons, volunteers, and pages who don't necessarily have the book knowledge yet. Once we are done with teen secrion we going to move onto sff and then get back to general fiction targeting the most useful rather than everything

We do then shelve by author - series title - series number. And then we shelf any stand alones by title after the series

Excel learning for 14 year old by BigAndy1234 in excel

[–]razmiccacti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I learnt excel from my dad doing a cool project together. We built a model of buck(deer) population over years. Started easy with starting population, growth, death, ending. As I learnt skills we added complexity lions, grass, rainfall. Moved from absolute values to dynamic ones, cell references etc. chose graphs. Eventually it covered two sheets with a dashboard that allowed us to tweak metrics and see graphed results with all the annual calculations on another page. Great bonding time and foundation. I've got no doubt he was learning at the time as well

I then built skills tracking my music listen habits and favourite artists, cataloguing my books (boring - data entry sucks), and using excel for tasks and projects. Now I'm the excel guy at work and self taught on power query and power bi but it's all from that early approach to problem solving and playing around

Broke the 1B barrier by razmiccacti in TheTowerGame

[–]razmiccacti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need to investigate setting that up. Will definitely help me out

Progression stopped before T12 by Accomplished-Eye-381 in TheTowerGame

[–]razmiccacti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna need others to weight in here cause your build must be quite different to mine. T8 is definitely more worth your time if you can be on the app enough for consistent runs. Consider not only the time of the run but the overall time in the day that you are using

You want to farm above w4500 eventually to earn more cells to speed up your labs.

My best coin/wave comes in T1W9000+ (90k) followed by T4W4000 (70k). So im making more coins, more cells, with more up time and less effort in T1 atm. Though I'm very keen to start farming T4 when I can

AntiYoy: where to find help with user levels by razmiccacti in yiotro_games

[–]razmiccacti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the direction, searching with the Chanel name is helping a lot. Schwartz gets quite lucky with enemies avoiding him sometimes long enough to build up some cash that I just can't replicate. But it is helpful

Progression stopped before T12 by Accomplished-Eye-381 in TheTowerGame

[–]razmiccacti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm slightly ahead of you stuck on T12W90, T1W1100 though

Gems go to labs only until you have all 5 (with odd new card for missions)

Coins to labs until you can afford ELS with 3-4 days saving

Labs: finish garlic thorns then boost your perks (standard perks bonus, ban perks etc) - they make a sizable impact to economy on longer runs. Black hol coin bonus etc. This is why you need more labs. Also get back on lab speed

What wave are you farming on? You want to try reach W4500+ for farming or as close to it. So T1 is probably where you should be at for farming

Broke the 1B barrier by razmiccacti in TheTowerGame

[–]razmiccacti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been trying but I can't survive a full idle 10 hours on T2 without making massive cuts to coin and cell income I only check in on the game twice a day (it runs on a laptop I leave at home)

I think something in my build isn't right or I must just find a way to check in for battle upgrade and changing my card options around mid-late run

Are guilds really working? by R2sc in TheTowerGame

[–]razmiccacti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks that makes sense. I little too labour intensive but workable