My Last Week on the Job

This past week has been a really good one. I started my week by finishing up my big projects that I have been assigned by my boss. I was tasked with taping labels on the children’s books, and putting them in boxes either by the theme of the story or by what letter the author’s last name started with. I have almost finished these and will have finished them by the end of my internship. This gives me a huge sense of accomplishment, because these things may not have gotten done in this time span without my help. Being a librarian in a small town library often means doing everything yourself. In a small town library, there are usually only a couple of librarians, whereas in a big city library, there may be tons. Elizabeth, my boss, is the head librarian, and there are currently two assistant librarians, who only work some of the time. 

These past weeks have been a little strange, as the weather has been bad. Many sessions of storytime have been canceled, as have our special events. However, there is always work to be done inside the library. I’ve worked the desk and have been starting to get familiar with the new catalog system we just got. 

I’m really glad I’ve been able to help this summer. This internship has provided me with a great look at what it means to be a children’s librarian. I’ve learned a lot about time management and how to interact with people of different age groups. This will help me a lot in a future career as a librarian. I’m excited to start applying for grad school and to continue my future in library sciences. 

Helping kids - Taken by Megan Amr

For my last day on the job, which was Friday the 26th, I mainly finished up a variety of projects that I had been working on over the course of my entire internship. We have been reorganizing and recategorizing the children’s section of the library. I made the finishing touches on that project. This included scanning all the categories of books and relabeling the barcode. The children’s books that were sectioned out by theme (holidays, spooky, seasons, etc.) needed to be reclassified. When they are checked in from now on, the barcode will be the theme it is classified under, not the author's name. This will make it easier to find and reshelve. I also reorganized the easy readers section. These books are sectioned out by levels pre 1-4. They were all intermixed amongst themselves, and were not organized alphabetically. So I made sure to classify them by reading level and organize by the author's last name. I also helped the librarian buy supplies for an ice cream story time that will happen next week at the library. I helped test the ice cream making recipe and even got to taste some (with sprinkles, obviously).  I also worked on processing new books that we have ordered for the library. When a book comes into the library, it has to be assigned a barcode, information has to be written inside the front cover, stickers have to be put on, and the covers have to be taped. I did all of this for all of the incoming books. 

Taken by Megan Amr