I might as well change my name to Over Achiever, because I seem to be heading in that direction. It's been a month since my last blog post. I had a great end to my second semester of library school: completed my fieldwork, worked together with classmates to create video tutorials for a high school library website (Library Catalog Tutorial), created my first libguide ( WWII Libguide) and presented my first webinar. I am feeling rather accomplished! However, I am ready to continue the initiative even though the semester is over.
I accepted an online fieldwork project. I'll be working with a public school of choice who has a library but no librarian. My project involves gathering math books as resources for math concepts in grades 6-8. I will have completed this project by January 25th.
I also began volunteering at my local public library today. I got an hour long tour of the library and an explanation of procedures. The volunteer coordinator and the librarians and library staff were very nice and welcoming. I started my volunteer hours by sorting through book donations. It was my job to check the book with the system to see if our library had any copies of the book and then record the total number of copies of the book in the system. Some books had 3 copies in our library alone and 200 copies within our library system while others had no record in our library nor the system. I found this to be an interesting process. I can't wait to return again on Wednesday.
I think I want to try and complete my library degree a year from now. If I take 3 classes this coming semester, take 2 this summer and this fall, I could also complete my internships in the fall semester. I think it's crazy but I also think I am totally up for the challenge.
I also applied to be a contributor to the Hack Library School blog. I figure one post a month is not that bad!
