Thursday, January 14, 2010

Worked in media center for 1 hour, 30 minutes

o Today I worked in the library with the Ruth Stamm the head librarian. Today she spoke with me about the process that she goes through in selecting materials to be purchased for the library. She then showed me the stack of magazines that she receives and has to go through to help her with the purchasing process.
o My task for today was to go through two of these publications: Booklist (Vol. 106, No.8 from 12/15/09) and School Library Journal (December 2009) and looked through each. Using Post-it notes, I marked pages on which I found materials I thought might be of interest to students. The by the item itself, I made my initials.
o Finally, using the Tremper High School library catalog, I checked to make sure that we did not already have any of these titles in our library. Ms. Stamm plans to review my selections and make a final decision concerning purchases to be made.
o This was a pretty time consuming yet interesting task and I really enjoyed having a chance to help in the selection process. Ms. Stamm says that this is a task that she typically does not have time to do at work and usually takes them home.