Learning Objectives for Carmichael
My CAR L.O.s were:
learn tasks & responsibilities similar to that of a youth services/teen librarian by working through a task list created by supervisor & assisting with programs
learn & become familiar with YALSA standards for maintaining a teen space in a library by reading through YALSA’s guidelines and doing assessments of the current teen space(s)
Most of the things I did during my internship at CAR were items on the list created for me by S, which means most tasks relate to my first l.o. The tasks I did, such as helping out with various programs, like the lock-in, and researching ideas for displays or program activities, were to help give me a feel for some of the things a teen librarian is responsible for doing. At the same time, they also were sort of designed to help my supervisor get some fresh insight about teens & the library, and what types of things/items should be promoted/focused on. I really enjoyed working through a lot of the items on the task list! And I now have a better idea of all that goes into coming up with and executing teen programs and such at a library.
As for my second l.o., that one is pretty self-explanatory. S downloaded and printed out for me the YALSA teen space guidelines (at least the sections that were relevant, since SPL doesn’t really have a separate teen section on their website anymore), and after reading through them, I did assessments of 2 teen spaces, based on those guidelines and also my own opinions as someone who is still considered a teen. It was interesting to see what YALSA had listed as a standard, when some of them didn’t really seem feasible for the average public library.