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[strawberrieatthelibrary]

To stand or to sit? You choose

For my last week of OJT, I spent the first 2 days continuing with my USL Filing. HUHU I feel sorry for my legs and feet. But we were able to finish the tray assigned to us anyway so it was okay. :)

There were only two things to choose from when you’re assigned at the Cataloging. It’s either you stand all day (the filing) or sit and stare at the computers all day (the cataloging part). Guess you’d get a dose of both whichever you choose anyway.

Before leaving the cataloging section last Tuesday, Ma’am Annie gave us an assignment regarding assigning Cutter numbers. It wasn’t really that easy nor was it very difficult. Some resources were provided anyway so it was bearable.

The next day, we continued with the activity and this time we have to assign catalog numbers to the titles given on the answer sheet. And it was intense. I wasn’t able to answer 2 items and I wasn’t actually sure with my answers. HUHU Ma’am was at a meeting so Sir Eli briefed us regarding cataloging using iLib. There were so much MARC tags to remember and so much things to take into account, good thing a sheet with the process flow was given to us. At least we wouldn’t get lost or anything. 

I was able to finish cataloging 11 books which wasn’t so bad really and I finished filing hundreds of titles too. Yey!

[strawberrieatthelibrary]

“Save me, please?”

So what did I do this week?

Half of my first day was spent continuing my duties at the Bindery, I was able to finish binding one more book and was able to sew another book to be ready for binding.

That afternoon, I went back to the archive’s depository and was directed downstairs to the Data Center and was briefed regarding the scanning of archive materials. After that, I went back up and started scanning a 500+ pages of the Philippinensian 1938 (a UP yearbook). I kept myself amused by reading most of what I’m scanning. Everything was cute HAHA! It was a struggle to finish the material because of the extent but I was able to finish it after spending a little over 13 hours for it. and it wasn’t really that difficult for me since I’ve been scanning and scanning materials when I was an SA at the Econ Library.

I thought that since I’m done with my duty at the Indexing Section, my indexing career would be long gone. But I was wrong! I was wrong! HUHUHU LOLJK I was given a compilation of 2010 Philippine Collegian (Student paper) to index. YEY! *cries*

The entirety of the duty hours I had left to spend at the Archives was spent indexing. My experience with using the IPN (Index to Philippine Newspapers database) was the same as my experience with the IPP and yes, I did have the same issue regarding the search bar. They probably have the same developers which wasn’t a surprise since only the color schemes (IPP was blue while IPN was a light green) and the content were different.

Part of our Archives duty includes manning the circulation desk. However I wasn’t able to get my share of it. So instead, I just asked how it works but the staff there just told us that they’d be the ones to get the materials needed if ever the users would approach and that we shouldn’t bother anymore... It was weird really but I think if Ma’am Eimee was there we would be able to learn something about the arrangement of the materials there. Oh well.

The afternoon of Friday I was able to transfer to the Cataloging Section and the first task Ma’am Annie gave me was to file Universal Shelf List cards. It was easy but it was definitely tiring because it requires you to just stand, pull out a shelf, remove the metal thing that holds the cards together, insert the card/s, put the metal rod back properly, push the shelf back, walk to next shelf and repeat. But despite this I still had fun. :)