Date: June 14 Time: 6:30-9pm Hours: 2.5 Total Hours: 55.5 Today, Beth, Brandon, Sharon and I discussed electronic resources, including Hoopla, OverDrive, and Lynda.com. Many patrons are unaware of the variety of eMedia that libraries offer. Additionally, the process for checking out eMedia is not at all intuitive. OverDrive Labs’ new Libby app is a step in the right […]
Date: June 13 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 53 Today, I staffed the reference desk. I completed the Rolling Video Games video, which is now displayed as part of the digital signage. I conducted the observation study for the first several hours and discussed the website with Brandon. I’ve begun building a WordPress prototype while he continues his […]
Date: June 12 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 50 Today, I worked a little bit on the Rolling Video Games video and started really working on the library’s website. I scanned through Learning from Libraries That Use WordPress by Kyle M. L. Jones and Polly-Alida Farrington and began drawing a new sitemap and jotted down notes. I also discovered an […]
Date: June 10 Time: 11am-4pm Hours: 5 Total Hours: 48 Today, I worked the reference desk, continued entering community surveys, and conducted the day’s observations for the observation study. I also created a site map of Perry Public Library’s current website and identified broken or duplicate links. I began reorganizing these pages into a better order for the new […]
Date: June 8 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 43 Today, I worked the reference desk as usual. I continued to enter community surveys and conducted the morning’s observation study tallies. I worked on the Rolling Video Games video, creating a rough cut in iMovie as well as a presentation in PowerPoint that can be converted to video. My […]
Date: June 7 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 40 Today, I continued entering community surveys into Survey Monkey. The trends I noted in a previous post remain the same.I also began working on the short commercial advertising the Rolling Video Games program for teens on July 13. In my (larger, suburban) library, a video like this would be […]
Date: June 6 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 38 Today, I continued to help staff the reference desk and conduct the observation study. Beth and I discussed a possible reorganization of the library’s space – currently the teen area is in a cramped, dark corner with limited seating and collaboration spaces. One possibility would be to move the […]
Date: June 5 Time: 2-9pm Hours: 7 Total Hours: 35 Today, I spent most of the afternoon and evening at Perry. I continued to help staff the reference desk. Today was the beginning of the observation study (I stated the incorrect dates in a few earlier posts), so I conducted all of the observations from 2:00 until 8:00. The […]
Date: June 3 Time: 11am-4pm Hours: 5 Total Hours: 28 Today, I worked at the reference desk with Peggy, who is in charge of adult programming. We discussed some of the differences between Perry and my library. I assisted several customers with locating library materials. I began experimenting with Analytics Station after getting the correct login information from Beth. […]
Date: June 1 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 23 Today, I worked on the reference desk with Brandon, including placing holds and locating materials for a patron. I continued to input surveys, as it was quiet, and began researching Analytics Station, an collection and circulation tool Beth requested assistance learning. I emailed the final patron map to Beth, as […]