{"id":1514,"date":"2016-02-02T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:31:29","slug":"rob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/rob\/","title":{"rendered":"*National Libraries Day 2016*, Meet the Team \u2013 Rob"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1530 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/02\/RobpicblogNLD.png\" alt=\"RobpicblogNLD\" width=\"269\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/02\/RobpicblogNLD.png 269w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/02\/RobpicblogNLD-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Name and job title<\/strong><br \/>\nRob &#8211; Senior Library Assistant and IT Support for the Bute &amp; Architecture Libraries<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job description in a nutshell<\/strong><br \/>\nAs well as general library desk stuff I do IT support for students (and staff!) here. Also doing the social media, the web pages, occasional other designy stuff and tall-person duties (changing batteries in clocks, etc).<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am currently reading&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong>Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald and Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before I worked in the library I&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong>I worked in Cardiff Central Library before crossing codes to the Uni<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your favourite things about Cardiff?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My home is the Canton \/ Pontcanna \/ Riverside triangle where a lot of uni staff and postgrads hide on the other side of the river. Chapter cinema. Running on the Taff Trail. Clwb. Tap House. 40 mins to the Brecon Beacons. Cardiff is compact and friendly, if you have a shared interest then faces soon become familiar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the best thing about working here in the library?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The opportunities to get involved with as much as possible<strong>. <\/strong>I love the true international feel of the place from the desk in Bute, the friendly students and the generous burrito discount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most unusual or surprising library query?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve fought off library enquiries from Cardiff Uni students on St. Mary Street, at an airport in Portugal and in a gap between songs at Field Day festival in London. You can try to escape but they will find you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Name and job title Rob - Senior Library Assistant and IT Support for the Bute &amp; Architecture Libraries Job description in a nutshell As well as general library desk stuff [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","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\/1514","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=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1557,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/1557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}