One of the more interesting aspects of my job is my schedule (which rotates based on the week). I either work a morning-afternoon shift of 8am-4:30pm with a half hour break for lunch somewhere in the noon hour, or an afternoon-evening shift which begins at 12:30pm and ends at 9pm with the closing of the library. In previous years, the library was only open until 7pm, so both the campers and staff are getting used to the later hours. I, obviously, am not used to working such long shifts (being that in my Archives job, I worked 4 hour shifts at most), so it's definitely taken some getting used to in general.
The first night I worked, it was literally dead from between 7 and 9pm. No one seemed to know that we existed, let alone care to use us. The shift consisted of myself and one of my bosses chitchatting at the reference desk, which I certainly don't MIND, but I really hope that the concept catches on as the weeks of camp go on, that way our time in the library can be justified.
Otherwise, the shifts have been enjoyable, with few problem patrons (although we did have a person come in and ask us to pull all of the piano quintets that we have, which obviously didn't happen) and obviously eager and talented students excited about their music and craft. It's really very inspiring to see these young people be so passionate about something that isn't on their phone or computer.
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