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Christian Boyles, Collection Services Manager, UCBA Library.
Welcome to my desk, I hope you like it. Up until a few months ago, my space was pretty barren. That all changed when a co-worker told me that I “needed more $h!t in my area.” I hope I rose to the occasion.
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- Here is the magical entrance to my office wonderland.
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- I handle a lot of books, so there are always carts stack up in my space. Thankfully, Egon Schiele’s self portrait watches over them all. Also, that is a super forced smile.
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- “I was told by the photographer that this is her view when she passes by my office. I am quite tall.” -Christian Boyles, February 2018.
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- Who says Christmas lights are just for the holiday season? Not me. They make me happy all year long.
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- My area is well protected with this handy catapult/pencil sharpener I picked up in Battle, England.
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- I’m a graduate and former employee of Xavier and the Blue Blob was 3-D printed for me on my last day there. That said, when it comes to the Crosstown shootout, I am and always have been a Bearcat.
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- This is an owl. It keeps birds away from my desk.
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- Here’s a stack of old books and other stuff. The one on top is a UC yearbook from 1940 and below it is a book of various websites that we used to find stuff before Google was a thing.
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- That’s my computer and super stylish standing desk. I also can not function without loads of Post-It notes.
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- That’s my standing desk and, yes, it is made out of a super classy combination of cardboard boxes and old oversized books. What it lacks in aesthetic qualities, it more than makes up with its function.
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- It’s kinda hard to see but those are photos I’ve taken on my travels. My eye tends to be attrached to geometric patterns and those are some of my favorite.
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- This is my wall of postcards, weird stuff I’ve cut out of magazines, a photo of me on a horse, and stupid inside jokes.
