Date: June 26 Time: 11am-7pm Hours: 8 Total Hours: 81.5 Today, I began the day by observing a computer class on resume creation. Beth, Brandon, and I discussed the survey results, including a few of my observations about cellphone vs. smartphone and wi-fi hotspots. We also discussed the phone system and issues with transferring calls. At my (much larger) […]
Date: June 21 Time: 9am-12pm Hours: 3 Total Hours: 70.5 Today, I staffed the reference desk, answered computer questions, and continued entering community surveys. I also continued working on the new database page for the library’s website.
Date: June 20 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 67.5 Today, I continued to enter community surveys into SurveyMonkey. Continuing the work I began yesterday, I continued updating database descriptions and began building a mockup of a database page for the new website. This involved writing custom HTML rather than relying on WordPress’ standard formatting. Currently, the databases are […]
Date: June 19 Time: 7-9pm Hours: 2 Total Hours: 65.5 Today, I staffed the reference desk and began reviewing survey data through SurveyMonkey. I also examined the linked databases on the library’s current website. Several of these links are broken. I also began working on better descriptions for these databases in preparation for moving to the new website.
Date: June 17 Time: 11am-4pm Hours: 5 Total Hours: 63.5 Today, I staffed the reference desk with Emily. I continued to enter community surveys and conduct the observation survey. I answered computer questions and chatted with Emily about MLIS classes.
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 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 […]
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 […]