Wed the 5th 10-12
Sat the 8th 10-5
Tues the 11th 10-2
Wed the 12th 10-2
Thursday the 13th 10-2
Mon the 24th 3-8
Sat the 29th 10-3
Mon the 31st 3-8
Month Total: 47 Hours
One of the things that I did this month that I was really excited about was weeding. Cheryl let me work in the Fantasy section because she knew I loved that genre. It was also helpful because I'm aware of which fantasy books were more popular than others, or which ones are well written. Overall, I pulled between 20 and 30 books off the shelves. Cheryl and I decided that if books hadn't been checked out in the last three years that I should pull them. She'd make final decisions later. This job was a little bittersweet because I was taking books off the shelf that I know I would have liked to read when I would have the time, as well as ones I HAD read before and thought were really good. I was also looking for damaged books in need of replacing. I later asked Cheryl if I did the job well. I was worried about it since I'd never weeded before (and thought of getting rid of fiction books makes me sad). However, she alleviated my fears and told me I'd done a wonderful job, especially in finding the books that needed to be replaced.
This month I found myself sitting at the main circ desk a lot less than before. However it wasn't all that bad because the second desk was now reorganized and had stamps of their own so it would easier for both circ desks to share check out duty when the lines are long. I had also done less of notifying patrons of their holds, but more of pulling the hold list from the shelves. I Think this is because I was doing more days during the week when more workers came in, instead of on a weekend when it would be one circulation clerk and then me to help.
Brandywine's DVD collection has really been growing quickly lately. Cheryl is often getting new titles and patron requests to add to the library. She asked if I would re-arrange the DVDs and videos so that they used more of the shelves, but left space on the end for new and returning items. I was more than happy to do this. Part of me had wondered why so many shelves were empty in that area why some of the others were so packed.
When things get moved or new shelves come in, it makes me so happy when it makes better use of space. Another thing that was new that made my librarian heart happy was that the new magazine (the ones not allowed to circulate yet) were put into jackets. It would easier to tell which were the new issues while protecting them at the same time. I know it sounds silly, but it really makes the job easier.
This month I worked more with patrons, usually one on computers having trouble, but it helped me gain confidence. Most of the questions were about finding certain websites, or how to use different features of microsoft word. One of the more involved problems we had was a brandywine student trying to view a podcast from one of her teachers. It wouldn't load and when Marie couldn't figure it out, she asked me to help. I knew almost right away that the cast wouldn't play because the computer didn't have Quicktime installed. I've had trouble with that before. Though we had to wait 20 minutes for the software to download and install, that WAS the problem and the student and her mother were very greatful for he help.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
March 12 - Story Time
Wed March 12th
9:30am-3pm
5.5 hours
Today I presented my story time for an audience. In fact, besides giving a few example story times in classes, this was my first real story time in front of kids and parents. I was nervous, maybe more so because I was being observed, but I felt it went well. I realized a few of my mistakes after word however. I forgot to use my rabbit puppet as much as I wanted and I didn't repeat the songs. I wanted to sing each song at least twice, but I only did them once. I felt that the volume of my voice was good, as well as my inflection and trying to do different voices for certain characters. Charlotte told me that she thinks storytelling is definitely in my future. That's a good thing to hear from someone who gives story times as part of their career. There is always room for improvement however. I'll need to add more movement and use more names of those who attend.
As far as getting ready for the story time, I began a week in advance. I searched for book titles and had some sent to Brandywine to pre-read. The songs and craft were chosen from the book “Storytimes for two-year-olds" by Judy Nichols. The most time consuming part of it was craft prep. I cut out all the bunny shapes myself. Charlotte told me that I could have left the cut outs for volunteers, but I didn't know when they were coming in and I just felt better taking care of it myself.
9:30am-3pm
5.5 hours
Today I presented my story time for an audience. In fact, besides giving a few example story times in classes, this was my first real story time in front of kids and parents. I was nervous, maybe more so because I was being observed, but I felt it went well. I realized a few of my mistakes after word however. I forgot to use my rabbit puppet as much as I wanted and I didn't repeat the songs. I wanted to sing each song at least twice, but I only did them once. I felt that the volume of my voice was good, as well as my inflection and trying to do different voices for certain characters. Charlotte told me that she thinks storytelling is definitely in my future. That's a good thing to hear from someone who gives story times as part of their career. There is always room for improvement however. I'll need to add more movement and use more names of those who attend.
As far as getting ready for the story time, I began a week in advance. I searched for book titles and had some sent to Brandywine to pre-read. The songs and craft were chosen from the book “Storytimes for two-year-olds" by Judy Nichols. The most time consuming part of it was craft prep. I cut out all the bunny shapes myself. Charlotte told me that I could have left the cut outs for volunteers, but I didn't know when they were coming in and I just felt better taking care of it myself.
Theme: Spring and Rabbits
Opening song: To the Library we go
First story: Busy bunnies by
First song: Little flower
2nd Story: Hopper hunts for spring by Marcus Pfister
2nd Song: Hop hop hoppy
3rd story: Home for a bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
3rd song: Here is a bunny
4th story: Rabbit’s Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
4th song: Five little bunnies
Craft: The Rabbit Hole – A paper bunny is colored then taped to a straw. The straw goes into a hole in the bottom of a cup. The bunny goes down into the cup so it is hiding in a ‘Rabbit Hole.’ Moving the straw up and down makes it look like the bunny is hopping around.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
March 8th
March 8th / Sat / 10 am - 5 pm
In the morning I began by checking in items from the drop boxes. I spent an hour looking for the books I'd searched for to use in my story time. To my dissapointment, many of them could not be found, but luckily I found some possibilities by just browsing through titles.
After using the Horizon search to look for books, I really decided I didn't like it. Before I found it hard to use and inconvienant, but now it was frustrating. Sometimes I just want to know what Brandywine has - but I have to go through all the results to find the titles available - which can be time consuming. I also kept getting logged out a lot. I also didn't know there was a limit on items you could put on hold - which i discovered while looking for good books to read for storytime. Since I'm a regular user type I was limited to 10 titles. Charlotte has gotten many more than that in the past but I bet that's because she's a children's librarian.
It was a very slow day, which isn't normal for a saturday. It was pouring heavily for most of the day so we figured there wouldn't be many people coming and going. It made for less shelving and more of a chance to get some tasks done around the desk (like refilling staplers). Lynn also got a new set of phones, the types with handsets that can synchronize and be used around a large area. This will be very convienent for all the work stations
I replaced more broken CD cases, most of them from the YA section today. I found some artists (like Janice Joplin and the rolling stones) which could have been in the regular section and Linda agreed with me. There were also quite a few that had new lables which were deffinately not new, so I removed the lables and the new tags in the system.
I also spent a little over 2 hours shelf reading the non-fiction section. I skipped around to the most used sections which were in dire need of help! (Cooking, Sports, Poetry, Religon)
In the morning I began by checking in items from the drop boxes. I spent an hour looking for the books I'd searched for to use in my story time. To my dissapointment, many of them could not be found, but luckily I found some possibilities by just browsing through titles.
After using the Horizon search to look for books, I really decided I didn't like it. Before I found it hard to use and inconvienant, but now it was frustrating. Sometimes I just want to know what Brandywine has - but I have to go through all the results to find the titles available - which can be time consuming. I also kept getting logged out a lot. I also didn't know there was a limit on items you could put on hold - which i discovered while looking for good books to read for storytime. Since I'm a regular user type I was limited to 10 titles. Charlotte has gotten many more than that in the past but I bet that's because she's a children's librarian.
It was a very slow day, which isn't normal for a saturday. It was pouring heavily for most of the day so we figured there wouldn't be many people coming and going. It made for less shelving and more of a chance to get some tasks done around the desk (like refilling staplers). Lynn also got a new set of phones, the types with handsets that can synchronize and be used around a large area. This will be very convienent for all the work stations
I replaced more broken CD cases, most of them from the YA section today. I found some artists (like Janice Joplin and the rolling stones) which could have been in the regular section and Linda agreed with me. There were also quite a few that had new lables which were deffinately not new, so I removed the lables and the new tags in the system.
I also spent a little over 2 hours shelf reading the non-fiction section. I skipped around to the most used sections which were in dire need of help! (Cooking, Sports, Poetry, Religon)
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