#childrensservices

[magicaleducators]

Freyja asks you all to Protect our children from the app TikTok @Parents @TikTok

[sgcruz21-blog]

Grinch Brunch at SweetFire Kitchen to benefit Children’s Bereavement Center

Grinch Brunch is set for Saturday, December 4 at SweetFire Kitchen at La Cantera Resort & Spa. Courtesy photo, used with permission. Who can

[milhouschildrensservice-blog]

New Job Site

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[librarianintraining-blog]

Week Two - June 28 to July 4

This week I have set my schedule for doing remote work for Teen Services (when to post book reviews and track #teensummerexplore). 

I had a phone meeting with the Early Learning Services Coordinator about the types of projects she would like me to do. I’m a bit surprised by the number of things she would like from me...I figured I would have one project but it turned out to be three! The first project is updating the picture book podcasts to reflect books that we actually have in the catalog. The second is updating the book lists for award lists. This should be a fairly quick task but just tedious so I’m not really looking forward to it. The third project is updating 5 booklists of my choosing to contain current books on issues that I care about. This is only a possibility because I’m not sure if I’ll actually have time for this...

On the first of the month, I went on a very lovely Bookmobile route to a park/trailer park on the Tulalip Reservation.  I got there 1.5 hours before the route left so I helped stock the bookmobile where there were spaces on the shelves (DVDs, E books, Readers, some J and Teen). My coworker mentioned that there wasn’t much circulation in the Teen shelves so I made sure to grab some graphic novels that might get teens interested. The patrons at this stop were all older (retirement age, generally) and they were *so* pleasant! They all  greeted and welcomed me as the intern (even though I wouldn’t be on this route again!).  It was a very short stop, only 45 minutes, but it seemed that everyone made it to the bookmobile that wanted to and some of the patrons said that they use the Marysville library as well which is the closest branch.    While we were open for business, I kept track of the number of patrons that visited the Bookmobile and the number of items that were check out or renewed. Each route has a form for us to keep track of this data at each stop for the day. I also helped someone fill out a library card registration form; since we are remotely connected to Sno-Isle’s database on the road, library cards are completed at the Service Center so that no glitches occur. The patron will receive their card after that. The other half of my time was spent checking all of the DVDs that were returned. I would check them for scratches and missing parts to prep them for my coworker who would check them into the system.     This was the first time I was able to see LEAP, which is the mobile system that the Bookmobile uses instead of POLARIS. The interface is really nice, much simpler since it is made for mobile devices, and it seemed to work essentially the same as the branch systems. 

Doing this DFW, I’ve made a point to “interview” my coworkers and ask them about their experiences at Sno-Isle and in their current positions. My coworker on this route said that she has been seeing more outreach services as events and programs instead of just driving the Bookmobile out to a location. I found this very interesting, and it encourages me to continue gaining skills in programming – good thing I’m taking another of Lorraine Bruce’s classes!

This week I finally had my orientation for the Edmonds Reference project. It was much later than I would have liked but we were able to get my schedule figured out until the end of the quarter. [Unfortunately, I no longer have a free day each week...]. At the onset of this fieldwork, I’m a bit nervous... For the other sites I’m doing things that I am more comfortable with and have experience with. But for this, the reference and research, these are skills that I have only learned in library school so I will be practicing them for the first time.      For the research part of this DFW, I’ll be doing two separate projects. For the assistant managing librarian’s research, I will be helping to identify the trends in Reference Services. He is co-facilitating a training for Sno-Isle librarians for the fall. He wants to know what to teach the librarians to make sure that they are all on the same page and working from the same philosophy. For the managing librarian’s research I’ll be talking to him separately.      With the assistant managing librarian (who is my supervisor), he gave me a quick orientation of the Information Desk. The first thing to do when I get on the desk is to tweet something for the Edmonds library, about a program going on, retweeting another library’s post or an article. I’ll also check RINCs (requested items not in the catalog) to help Collection Development/ILL. I check the forms that Edmonds library patrons fill out – I check the catalog (if it’s there I place a hold for the person), WorldCat (for ILL items) and then Amazon (you can usually find it here). I will check the Reference email for Question Point emails. This is an online librarian service for the entire state that patrons can email to chat with. I haven’t seen an email for this so far but I know that my experience working with the IPL (Internet Public Library) will help me. In addition to these tasks, I’ll do the usual “information services” things like reader’s advisory and looking up books for patrons, or just supplying general help and information.