Almost done

I'm down to the last few assignments before the semester is over. I've learned that although it's good to know metadata and the different methods of doing it (Dublin Core, RDA, METS, MODS), it's hard to keep them all straight and realize which would be the most beneficial. I hate how quickly technology is changing, and how there are so many new systems that need to be learned and eventually discarded. I sometimes feel like I was born in the wrong generation. Thankfully I probably won't have to learn all the different systems, but it would probably be a good idea to learn all the different ones used in academic libraries.
My preservation class is going really well. There weren't a lot of assignments, but there is a major last project. I'm working with a classmate to write a preservation grant for a hospital museum in Washington, which has been a lot of fun. I've been learning about the institution, the history, and what they would like to do. It's always great seeing a humanities project progressing. It's been fun interviewing the person in charge of the museum and learning about the specific collection items. We've finished our first draft to turn in for the final project, but it's no where near being done. We're waiting on several items to come to give us more specific information about the museum and hospital history. I'm hoping to take a trip out there in the next month to actually see what it looks like, maybe even volunteer there for a bit. I've missed working in the museum world.
I've pretty much ignored my database class, but I will be focusing on it this week. The database I have to create will have to be done by the end of the week, which shouldn't be a problem, just time consuming.
Thankfully I will have a two week break from working nights and worrying about school. After much consideration I decided to not strain my sanity by taking too many credits and take a management and reference class to better help me in the academic field. I have no idea what the workload will be, but I'm looking forward to those classes.
Work is going well. I've been continually making changes to the training manual, but I'm hoping to finish in the next couple of days. I will also be writing an instruction manual for interlibrary loans, and it will be the first full manual written, so it will be fun writing almost from scratch. I'm looking forward to the break hours, but I'm not looking forward to the start of the semester and working later hours. Oh well, the joys of the job. It's actually not too bad, I will just miss seeing the sun when the weather changes.