My supervising faculty member, Dr. Martens, and the internship documents provided sufficient explanation of what was required by the OU School of Library and Information Studies in terms of documentation and hours of service. My placement supervisor, Louix Escobar-Matute, provided ample orientation by giving me a tour of the library facilities and collections, explaining the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘internship’
Evaluation of my Internship Experience
Posted in internship, tagged grad school, information seeking, internship, pathfinders on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Field Test Findings
Posted in internship, tagged children, data collection, field testing, internship, library, marketing, pathfinders on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Field testing and the site visit went well yesterday, I think. First I met with Louix Escobar and Doc Martens, and I showed Doc Martens my pathfinders and explained my process for resource selection and field testing. Despite my getting a little nervous and tongue tied, I think this was fairly well received. Next I went [...]
Pathfinder Creation and Field Testing
Posted in internship, tagged access, children, collections, internship, pathfinders, technology on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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, [...]
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 [...]
Hardesty Library: Then and Now
Posted in internship, tagged internship, policies, privacy, procedures, technology on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A number of changes in policy, procedures and facility have been instituted, both at Hardesty and within the TCCL system, since I resigned from my circulation clerk position in May 2003. Today, the Hardesty Library uses a tracking system to monitor when a cart of checked-in books is queued to be shelved, who puts the [...]
Internship Itinerary
Posted in internship, tagged internship on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Further reflections on Internship Day 1
Posted in internship, tagged access, children, internship, library, library & information studies on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On our tour through the library collections and facilities, Mr. Escobar drew my attention to features such as designated safe areas for wheelchair-bound customers in the event of a fire, and the location of safe areas in the event of a tornado. On the second floor, stepstools are provided to help customers to reach books on [...]
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 [...]
