{"id":1495,"date":"2016-02-03T14:23:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:31:29","slug":"sam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/sam\/","title":{"rendered":"*National Libraries Day 2016*, Meet the Team \u2013 Sam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1498 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/samNLD.png\" alt=\"samNLD\" width=\"269\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/samNLD.png 269w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/01\/samNLD-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Name and job title<\/strong><br \/>\nSam, Library Assistant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job description in a nutshell<\/strong><br \/>\nI split my time between the Health and Dental libraries, spending the morning in Health and the afternoon in Dental.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did you grow up?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a small village near Abergavenny.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you do before the library?<\/strong><br \/>\nI worked in a shop on and off for a few years. I also had a brief stint studying History and Film in Aberystwyth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently reading<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2018The Stand\u2019 by Stephen King.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hard copy or electronic?<\/strong><br \/>\nHard copy. It\u2019s a pretty big book, so I can see how an e-book would be a handy alternative. I just prefer physical books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your favourite things about Cardiff? Any hidden gems that you would recommend?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s a great place to eat! Lots of choice as far as restaurants go. I love Mexican food and I\u2019m discovering new places to eat all the time! One of my favourite places is Roath Park Lake. I always enjoy walking around the lake, although you do need to dodge a few geese!<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Best thing about working here at the University<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a great environment to work in. I\u2019ve had a lot of experience in customer service, coming out of retail, but the dynamic here is different. It\u2019s a lot better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most unusual or surprising library query?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCan you dry my shorts?\u201d I had a student come in with a dripping wet pair of shorts in hand. She\u2019d gotten them dirty climbing over a fence, washed them in a sink and then realised she had no way of drying them. We\u2019re a pretty helpful bunch in the library, but we\u2019re not equipped for doing laundry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Name and job title Sam, Library Assistant. Job description in a nutshell I split my time between the Health and Dental libraries, spending the morning in Health and the afternoon [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-libraries","category-national-libraries-day"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}