Week 14

December 3-6, 8
Extra hours worked on Saturday (12/8) to help complete.

12/3 (Practicum Hours: 11:30am-1pm)
Coming in, had to get “back in to swing of things” after weekend, ie, schedule, acquisition orders, filing to be done, etc. For example: started going over procedure to physically process exhibition catalog (Rodin [pamphlet] brought in.)
12/4 (PH: 11:30am-1pm)
Ordered 6 titles from Baker & Taylor, comparing procedure with previous orders done under supervision and also Procedure Manual. Went into ‘Booksale’ in ‘Library Admin’ file to update. L. Bourgoin had to go home early (sick). Found entire Turner section out of order and reshelved.
12/5 (PH: 11:30am-1pm)
Added title to B&T order and found/practiced procedure for deleting/adding to cart as well as establishing contact w/B&T tech support (Connie). Student Worker J. Montoya and I helped patron set up laptop projector in VR Room to check out ‘slideshow’ presentation. Also assisted patrons with minor computer problems.
12/6 (PH: 11:30am-1pm)
Printed out overdue notices (due 12/17) to be mailed out next day. Got some to patrons as they came in.
12/8 (PH: 1-5pm)
Took over shift as Jerry had extra class held at Wadsworth in Hartford. Did followup on overdue notices, collecting more returns from patrons. Fairly busy for a Saturday afternoon from what I’ve been told – then again, it is the end of the semester. Note to self: Check on ILLs and contact patrons with loans still out to get back ASAP, Monday, 12/10 to ship back to lending libraries.
Evaluation: More needs to be done on my own w/out supervision, just using Procedure Manual and/or intuition for personal problem-solving at this point. Practicum should be wrapped up Tuesday 12/18, with possibly additional posts for final evaluation by Loree or Hali.