February 4, 2009
8 hours
8 hours
My morning started with attending the staff meeting. Lisa wanted to introduce me to the staff. Sitting in I found that some things never really change; staff meetings are staff meetings.
Lisa went with her small group to discuss while I sat and read the cataloging manual she created for me. I read the materials three times quizzing myself as I went along to make sure I really understood what I needed to do. As Lisa was not back yet I decided to read over the note left by the sub (Lisa was out the day before) to see if there was anything I could do. The sub had put the books she had checked in on the cart of books waiting to be cataloged and processed. Lisa returned to find me pulling those books and putting on the appropriate cart.
We then went to set up the computer so I could begin cataloging. That computer just plain hates me; it didn’t have the program I needed and Lisa could not give up the main computer with the program. STANDSTILL. Lisa is up to her eyeballs in finalizing details for next week’s book fair topped with her absence the day before; she wasn’t sure what to do with me. She felt just awful but asked if I could shelve books.
Shelving books is a great task for me. As I put books away I see what titles are circulating as well as become more familiar with the collection. The space layout, I have determined from my shelving time, not that way I would want it. I spent some time trying to decide how would I reconfigure it and how would I get support for it.
After I finished shelving I organized the magazines. That’s a nightmare area too that I would need hours upon hours to decide how to better handle. J
I felt just awful asking Lisa, “Now what?” but without anything to do I realized I had to do just that. She looked around the library and then spotted the trouble spot: the bulletin board in the hallway. Eureka! The hallway bulletin board hadn’t been changed since December. My job was to change it to something that reflected Black History Month.
The first thing that popped into my head was the Coretta Scott King Award. Lisa thought it was a great idea if the library had enough of the winners. My first job was to then take the award winner list to find what titles the library had. The library over 20 titles from the past 9 years winners!
The rest of my day was spent in creating the materials I needed for the bulletin board:
1. One - three sentences bios on each book
2. Titles with the labels (i.e “2008 Author Award” or “2007 Author Honor Book”)
3. Synopsis of the Coretta Scot King Award
4. Photo & Synopsis of the award seal
5. Scan & print the book covers
That took most of my afternoon. Thankfully I was subbing in the building the next three days so I finished compiling the material & hung the bulletin board during my conference period. I must say it is not an “award winning” bulletin board but it is a pretty good job for a first time.
29.5 of 100 hours completed
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