Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Worked in library media center for 1 hour, 30 minutes

o My task for today was to actually purchase the titles (not including AV/DVD materials) that I had selected previously on January 14th when I went through two publications: Booklist (Vol. 106, No.8 from 12/15/09) and School Library Journal (December 2009). Using Post-it notes, I had marked pages on which I found materials I thought might be of interest to students. The by the item itself, I made my initials. I then checked the library catalog to confirm that we did not already own any of the titles.
o Ms. Stamm then reviewed my selections and today she allowed me to create a cart on Baker and Taylor’s website: www.btol.com using their program Titlesource3. We titled my cart “TRJenny’s Cart” and Ms. Stamm plans to make a final review of its contents before ordering. I then was able to select items based on what I had already found. Some titles were not yet available and for the type of book, Ms. Stamm wanted me to look for paperback if they were for “fun reading” and hardback if the title was either nonfiction of part of the curriculum. In some cases, books considered “fun reading” were only offered in hardcover, which Ms. Stamm approved because they were newer titles.
o Overall, I was able to go through my entire list and, in the end, 22 titles were ordered for a cost of $352.48, as opposed to the list price total of $514.67.