Internship Itinerary

Mr. Escobar and I have agreed to address the following subjects over the course of my internship, according to this approximate schedule.

June 12, 2009

• Intro to location, staff, services; overview of duties; overview of training
• Code of ethics, standard operating procedures, Intellectual Freedom
• Governing structure
• Agreement about schedule

Week of June 15, 2009

• Training in use of Millennium Circulation System
• Training in use of Library’s webpage
• Training in use of Library’s Intranet
• Overview of Summer Reading Program duties and activities

Week of June 22, 2009

• Training in the use of NoveList, Readers’ Advisory
• 1 hour of desk duty in Children’s (observation)
• 1 hour of desk duty in Circulation (observation)
• Audit 1 story time session
• Audit 1 summer performance (Connor’s Cove)

Week of June 29, 2009

• Refresher of Millennium Circulation functions
• 1 hour desk duty in Reference (observation)
• 1 hour desk duty in Children’s
• Meet to discuss training and observations
• Marketing collections

Week of July 6, 2009

• Discussion of plan for project
• Creation of project plan
• Teaching customers how to use library resources effectively
• Programming, challenges

Week of July 13, 2009

• Elements of Collection Development for children, including Acquisitions and Processing
• Elements of Collection Development for Tweens
• Elements of Collection Development for Teens
• Elements of Collection Development for Adults
• Handling challenges to materials
• Material formats

Week of July 20th, 2009

• Role of Statistics in library service
• Community data (Census and Community Development figures), how to use and extrapolate from
• Update on project

Week of July 27, 2009

• Elements of supervision
• Supervision of volunteers
• Supervision of Shelvers, Circulation Clerks and Part-time staff
• Community relations (and relations with Municipal, State, Federal agencies)
• Library Boards and Library Management