Date: June 29 Time: 6:30-9pm Hours: 2.5 Total Hours: 89 Today, I staffed the reference desk with Emily again. I rarely work the reference desk at Heights. I had heard the stories of patrons constantly requesting the latest Grisham or Clancy novels, but had never really experienced it in person! On Tuesday, a woman requested the latest Grisham and […]
Date: June 27 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 84.5 Today, I continued to staff the reference desk. Sharon is currently weeding the nonfiction collection and was specifically examining the Christianity section on this day. Perry, as a small, rural library, tends to be much more conservative than my library’s diverse, inner ring Cleveland suburb. Many of the books […]
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 […]