Treading water

Three weeks, three sessions. All of them different. Two weeks ago I spoke to a group of mostly public librarians about blogging up in Norfolk. Last week I copresented to a group of UNL librarians and staff on open-source and free software. This week I will present some of my preliminary research on recommendation systems and how they affect libraries.

Prepping for these is taking a bunch more time than I thought. It seems like there are always last minute changes in whatever area I'm discussing, so bringing a prepackaged talk never seems to be the right option.

I'm not complaining. I really do like presenting these types of things, I wish I could do more. It just means my other work tends to get pushed aside. After being ill most of last month, concentrating on my tenure bid the month before, and now three weeks of session prep - I'm more than a bit behind. I also need to give myself some time off, otherwise I'll end up back in the hospital, so doing a work-intensive weekend is out of the question for now.

Luckily I don't have any more presentations planned until March 8th, so I'll have some time to catch up after Tuesday. Right now I just have to keep up until after this next session and then I can work on the backlog.