Date: June 16, 2015
Time: 10am - 6pm
Hours Completed: 8 (31 total)
Administration:
When I arrived at the library, I meet with library director to talk about administration duties. We discussed the previous Mid-Wisconsin Federated Library System Director's Council meeting from last week and the changes that are happening with the system.
Roberta also talked to me about the community that the library services. She has been the director for over twenty years and seemed to have a lot of insight about the patrons that the library services and uses this information to decide what type of services the library focuses its energy on. She said that she thought it was important for the library director to live in the community that the library services, or at least close by, in order to get a good idea of the people that live there.
We also talked a lot about promotion of the library and how it has changed over the years with the internet. The library has a fairly old website. It is usually up-to-date, but does not have a lot of resources or things like links or pictures. Roberta told me that she does not have anyone on staff that knows a lot about websites and that the youth services librarian updates it about once a week, but doesn't have time to make a lot of major changes on it right now. Stephanie is currently looking into using WordPress for the website and has some templates and examples made up. The library is hoping to use this sometime in the future to create more accessibility.
I also noticed that the library does not have a facebook page or use any social media. Roberta said that this is also because of the lack of staff knowledge and time. She uses facebook herself and thinks that it can be an effective tool, but feels that staff resources are better spend elsewhere at this time. I thought that was really interesting, especially for a medium-size and well-established library. I personally use facebook fairly often at my library and think that it has a lot of potential in the future, but this strategy seems to work fine for the library. It was good to get a perspective of using social media - I have seen many libraries overuse this and spend a lot of time on it so it was beneficial to get a different perspective. I personally think it is a great tool that can be used to reach a different population of people, but that it should be used with moderation if that staff and time are limited. Roberta and I also discussed the importance of not just promoting services and program on facebook, but also using it to connect with people, share information about libraries and books, and share information about the community.
When I arrived at the library, I meet with library director to talk about administration duties. We discussed the previous Mid-Wisconsin Federated Library System Director's Council meeting from last week and the changes that are happening with the system.
Roberta also talked to me about the community that the library services. She has been the director for over twenty years and seemed to have a lot of insight about the patrons that the library services and uses this information to decide what type of services the library focuses its energy on. She said that she thought it was important for the library director to live in the community that the library services, or at least close by, in order to get a good idea of the people that live there.
We also talked a lot about promotion of the library and how it has changed over the years with the internet. The library has a fairly old website. It is usually up-to-date, but does not have a lot of resources or things like links or pictures. Roberta told me that she does not have anyone on staff that knows a lot about websites and that the youth services librarian updates it about once a week, but doesn't have time to make a lot of major changes on it right now. Stephanie is currently looking into using WordPress for the website and has some templates and examples made up. The library is hoping to use this sometime in the future to create more accessibility.
I also noticed that the library does not have a facebook page or use any social media. Roberta said that this is also because of the lack of staff knowledge and time. She uses facebook herself and thinks that it can be an effective tool, but feels that staff resources are better spend elsewhere at this time. I thought that was really interesting, especially for a medium-size and well-established library. I personally use facebook fairly often at my library and think that it has a lot of potential in the future, but this strategy seems to work fine for the library. It was good to get a perspective of using social media - I have seen many libraries overuse this and spend a lot of time on it so it was beneficial to get a different perspective. I personally think it is a great tool that can be used to reach a different population of people, but that it should be used with moderation if that staff and time are limited. Roberta and I also discussed the importance of not just promoting services and program on facebook, but also using it to connect with people, share information about libraries and books, and share information about the community.
Children's Desk:
I worked at the children's desk in the afternoon with the youth services librarian and several library assistants. Signup for the summer reading programs started last week and the desk was very busy signing kids up and turning in their reading logs - especially with the different programs going on. Stephanie shared with me the summer reading handouts that she uses:
Summer Reading Handout
Children's Summer Reading Logs
Young Adult Summer Reading Logs
I worked at the children's desk in the afternoon with the youth services librarian and several library assistants. Signup for the summer reading programs started last week and the desk was very busy signing kids up and turning in their reading logs - especially with the different programs going on. Stephanie shared with me the summer reading handouts that she uses:
Summer Reading Handout
Children's Summer Reading Logs
Young Adult Summer Reading Logs
Processing/Cataloging:
I also worked on covering and adding labels and sub-genre stickers to books while I was at the children's desk.
I also worked on covering and adding labels and sub-genre stickers to books while I was at the children's desk.
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