Date: May 31 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 20 Today, I cleaned up the Perry patron data spreadsheet and began using EasyMapMaker (the solution found yesterday) to create a map of the library’s 6,000+ cardholders. I also continued entering community surveys into SurveyMonkey. After entering over 80 surveys, I have noticed some trends that may influence the […]
Date: May 30 Time: 9am-5pm Hours: 8 Total Hours: 18 Today, I spent a full 8 hours at Perry. My morning of entering surveys began slowly, as SurveyMonkey’s website was down for around an hour. During this time, I found free stock images of libraries to be used in the redesign of Perry’s website. I also finished the […]
Date: May 25 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 10 Today, I continued observing at the reference desk. Sharon and I discussed the observation study and the strategic planning process. Beth had mentioned the possibility of using contextual inquiry as part of the study, so I spent time researching this form of ethnographic study. I continued inputting surveys and […]
Date: May 24 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 7 Today I shadowed at the reference desk again, this time with head of Reference Sharon and tech specialist Brandon. Brandon is new to the library and working the reference desk, so Sharon reviewed a number of print reference resources, including Haines Directory for the County. Over the course of […]
Date: May 23 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 5 This morning, I spoke with Perry Public Library director Beth Hatch, who is also my supervisor for my practicum. We outlined my tasks and projects for the next few weeks: creating a location and action-based tally sheet for the observation study (June 12 – June 24) inputting paper community […]
Date: Monday, May 22 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 2 Today was the first day of my Culminating Experience internship at Perry Public Library. It began with a quick tour of the library from full-time circulation clerk Therese. The library was very quiet and mostly empty this evening. The only program taking place was a ukulele club using […]
I discovered that my college just recently began a Library and Archives Fellows Program after receiving a generous donation from an alumna who now works for the World Bank. Applications were due last week and because librarians are awesome, their turn around time was lightning fast. I had a short interview yesterday and found out […]
Today was my last day at the library. I’ve been horrible about updating this blog (and never actually started my reading list), but this experience has been fantastic. It really solidified my choice of career. Everyone at Heights were so nice and helpful. I’m not a person that immediately feels comfortable in new situations, but […]
Even when I scale back to weekly updates, I’m a lazy blogger. Chapter 15 Last Monday, I spent an hour on the floor talking with Megan, the Adult librarian in charge of local history. Currently, she and some volunteers are scanning and organizing pictures of all of the library’s branches – some date back to […]
I’m shifting over to weekly updates, for the sake of longer posts and convenience. Chapter 12: Last Monday, I was back at UH again for a children’s program called Timewarp Archaeology. There were activities for the six inhabited continents (sorry, Antarctica). The kids crawled through a ‘time machine’ to enter the room. I helped select books […]