Creating pathfinders has put my blogging on hold for the last week, but I’m nearing the end of my internship path, and I will be field testing my pathfinders tomorrow during my advisor Doc Martens’s site visit. As it turned out, 30 pathfinders was a lofty project goal for the time allotted. As of today, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘collections’
Pathfinder Creation and Field Testing
Posted in internship, tagged access, children, collections, internship, pathfinders, technology on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Project Projections: Plans A, B and C
Posted in internship, tagged access, book talks, children, collections, genre, information seeking, information services, internship, libraries, OPAC, pathfinders, reader's advisory on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my goals for my internship at Hardesty Library is to develop a project that demonstrates many of the principles and skills I’ve learned through my LIS classes and my internship. I want a showcase piece that I can include as the keystone of my portfolio. Mr. Escobar asked me to develop plans for three possible [...]
Hardesty Library: Then and Now, Part 2
Posted in internship, tagged children, collections, internship, OPAC, policies, procedures, RFID, technology, weeding on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This post continues the discussion from my previous posting, explaining the various changes instituted by TCCL and Hardesty in policy, procedure and facility design since my early days of library circulation work (1998-2003). TCCL now provides a number of important and valuable resources for staff on its Intranet. The Intranet provides access to the TCCL [...]
Internship: Day 1
Posted in internship, tagged best practices, collections, internship, policies on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the sky grew dark and poured out torrents of rain, I waded into an information storm of policies, procedures and best practices this morning. Today was the first day of my summer internship at the Hardesty Regional Library. I had forgotten how much there is to learn when first entering into a new professional [...]
