At CADL, I've been busy gaining lots of experience by working the desk: circulation, readers' advisory, reference questions, and basic tech support. With the positive comes the negative: I've been lied to about library fines, experienced manipulation firsthand, and witnessed conniption fits (complete with colorful language) over a document not printing. It's all part of working with the public...
I enjoy my time the most when I am on-desk in the children's department! I love seeing the wonder and excitement on their little faces when they walk into the collection. Just hearing adults read to children gives me a bit more faith in humanity...
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| SRP game day at CADL |
I've also been able to try my hand at two YA displays -- A Game of Thrones Read-Alikes for Teens (clean reads, of course) and MLA's Thumbs Up! Award. At the end of this month, I'll be replacing the AGoT display with a Printz Award display.
My weeding projects have also been on-going. Currently, I am working my way through the 747s...
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| Checking circ stats... |
In other library-related news:
The pink Chuckle roses were a huge hit and had lots of patrons asking about them...
I've also been volunteering at a small, rural public library and working
at digitizing a scrapbook of obituaries a local genealogist collected
over the years. OCR is new to me and I am learning a great deal through this experience!
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| Experimenting with OCR... |
...and I love library coffee...
