Total Time 5 Hours (1 hour scanning, 1.5 hours Children’s department, 2.5 hours Circulation)
Total Time Completed 100 Hours
4.75 hours Children’s Department
I spent the first hour of my day scanning the library board minutes. I then went down to the Circulation desk around 10AM, and spent almost an hour there, before I was asked to assisted with the summer reading in the Children’s Department. During my first hour at the Circulation Desk I was shown how holds works by Sandra and Martha, who are two of the library clerks. The holds that are sent to other library are called Trap Holds. They are scanned in the library’s circulation software, and a receipt with the patron’s name and a pink CLEVNET slip that says that the materials are holds for other libraries in the CLEVNET system. Once I was done with the out of building holds, I was shown how to scan in households. I was then asked to place the out of building holds on a shelving set in the tech services room which was right across the hall from the Circulation Desk. I then went back to the Circulation Desk and placed on the in households on the shelves located behind desk. It was around this point when Mary-Anne, who is one of the Children’s Librarians, came to desk and asked me to help her in the Children’s Department with the summer reading.
Thursdays are the busiest day for the children’s summer reading, and I was asked to help with the signing in, filling-out of the cards, helping the children explain the number of books that they read and how many, and helping them with the weekly activities. This week’s activities consisted of the children making Fork Friends with wooden forks, yarn buttons and cloths, a take home activity where the decorated a paper plate with their favorite food, and an in house activity where they asked a librarian who did not work in the Children’s Department, their favorite food. I spent around an hour before lunch and an half an hour after lunch helping Mary-Anne.
After I was done in the Children’s Department, I returned the Circulation Desk for the remaining 1.5 hours of my shift. While at the Circulation Desk, I was shown how to check in and check out materials, place hold, create accounts and collect fines. While I was being shown how to collect fine a patron and her family came in to pay their fines, which gave me some hands on experience with the collection of fines. Sandra also showed me how to view a patrons account, change their information, check materials in or out to patrons. The Hubbard Public Library uses the term Discharge instead of checkouts. Due the issues of confidentiality, and privacy, I only use my card for viewing of account information and check-ins and discharges. The only time that I viewed a patron’s account was when I was assisting with payment of fines. The last thing that I did for the day was the creation of a library card account. The library created a fake name and account for me to use, once again so that I do view confidential/private information. Once I was shown how to created and delete an account was told to try to create and delete it myself, which I was able to do. In addition, a patron came in and asked about the Hubbard Conservation Club, since I have been a member of the Hubbard Conservation Club for the last 15 years I was able to provide him with directions and club information.
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