Feb 24 '10 -- 1 hr

Today will be my last day on "magazine patrol" as I'm nearing the end of my secondary practicum hours. I am leaving a few hours available to work with Diane on some tasks that I haven't been exposed to yet. I really appreciate having the opportunity to have one job turned over to me for a semester (and then some) as it gave me regular exposure to not just my intake/processing job for periodicals, but kept me in the library (both at the circulation desk and in the office) several times a week.

February 2010 total -- 5.5 secondary hours
RUNNING TOTAL -- 40.5 SECONDARY HOURS

Feb 17 '10 -- 1 hr

I took care of the weekly magazine intake (about 10 titles today) and, while processing, had a very enlightening conversation with Diane about the management of technology peripherals among staff members. She recently needed to barcode each of the 11 LCD projectors our library maintains because people were disappearing with them without properly signing them. Then, teachers who needed one and did follow procedure had been stuck without one. Further, we discussed maintenance contracts with vendors.

Feb 9 '10 - 1.5 hr

I processed a pile of magazines and worked on the library's website. I'm proud that the site I created is being used by classes with Diane's encouragement. Today, I took care of some requests that she had regarding the addition of a few links. I created duplicates of several resource links so that they were easily accessible for both students and teachers.

Feb 5 '10 -- 2 hrs

In separate blocks of time, I took care of my magazine responsibilities and updated/organized Joyce's "flip folder" for periodical intake. I pulled the entire folder apart, weeded cards for titles the library no longer receives, and reorganized those that are current titles. It needed to be done and Joyce was grateful for my initiative. It was another on those satisfying jobs that the results were obvious.