{"id":34820,"date":"2018-02-14T18:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=34820"},"modified":"2018-10-17T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T14:02:57","slug":"ucba-ftdo-cb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2018\/02\/ucba-ftdo-cb\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Desk of&#8230;Christian Boyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Christian Boyles, Collection Services Manager, UCBA Library.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to my desk, I hope you like it.\u00a0 Up until a few months ago, my space was pretty barren.\u00a0 That all changed when a co-worker told me that I &#8220;needed more $h!t\u00a0in my area.&#8221;\u00a0 I hope I rose to the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34820 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Office nameplate.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb7-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34827'>\n\t\t\t\tHere is the magical entrance to my office wonderland.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Christian Boyles standing in his office.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb8-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34828'>\n\t\t\t\tI handle a lot of books, so there are always carts stack up in my space.  Thankfully, Egon Schiele&#8217;s self portrait watches over them all.  Also, that is a super forced smile.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"CB peeking over his desk.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb2-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34822'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;I was told by the photographer that this is her view when she passes by my office.  I am quite tall.&#8221; -Christian Boyles, February 2018.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Christmas light decorations.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb3-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34823'>\n\t\t\t\tWho says Christmas lights are just for the holiday season?  Not me.  They make me happy all year long.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Decorative pencil sharpener.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb5-212x141.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34825'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\nMy area is well protected with this handy catapult\/pencil sharpener I picked up in Battle, England.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Blue Blob decoration.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb6-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34826'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\nI&#8217;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.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Decorative owl.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb11.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb11-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34831'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is an owl.  It keeps birds away from my desk.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Pile of books.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb12.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb12-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34832'>\n\t\t\t\tHere&#8217;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.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Standing desk.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb10.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb10-211x141.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34830'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\nThat&#8217;s my computer and super stylish standing desk.  I also can not function without loads of Post-It notes.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb1-427x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"CB standing at desk.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34821\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34821'>\n\t\t\t\tThat&#8217;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.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb9-427x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Book cart.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34829\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34829'>\n\t\t\t\tIt&#8217;s kinda hard to see but those are photos I&#8217;ve taken on my travels.  My eye tends to be attrached to geometric patterns and those are some of my favorite.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4-427x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Desk decorations.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34824\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34824'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is my wall of postcards, weird stuff I&#8217;ve cut out of magazines, a photo of me on a horse, and stupid inside jokes.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Boyles, Collection Services Manager, UCBA Library. Welcome to my desk, I hope you like it.\u00a0 Up until a few months ago, my space was pretty barren.\u00a0 That all changed when a co-worker told me that I &#8220;needed more $h!t\u00a0in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2018\/02\/ucba-ftdo-cb\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[1669,1673,1523,1209,1151,1152,1150,1184,817,350,1185],"class_list":["post-34820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ucbalibnews","tag-bychristianboyles","tag-bymichellemckinney","tag-christian-boyles","tag-cubicle","tag-desk","tag-from-the-desk-of","tag-office","tag-office-space","tag-ucba-library","tag-ucba-library-2","tag-workspace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}