Friday, June 27, 2008

Calm Before the Storm

The first summer school class ended this week. I was very busy during the class which is why I haven't had an update in so long. On average I was reading 10 books a week and even though they were children's books a 200 page chapter book is still 200 pages so my time free or otherwise was spent reading.

The class went well although I wish there was more emphasis on how to get a child interested in reading or how to chose the right book for a child. For that matter how to conduct a reference interview with a child would be good to learn how to do as well since we barely covered that in my reference class. This again proves my point that no amount of theory will prepare a librarian for actually working in a library. I could have read every book in the library but if I don't know how to match up a child to a book it really doesn't matter. But then again I suppose a children's librarian is born it is not taught.

I have a two week break between the class that just ended and the serials class that I will take for the section section of summer. The next class is probably going to be boring however it may come in handy because the work I am doing at the special library has moved into cataloging serials. This is interesting mostly because many of the titles are in foreign languages and trying to match up the title and the information in OCLC is difficult. (OCLC = Online Computer Library Center)

Right now I am just enjoying my break, I will still be working but being able to come home at a reasonable hour every day and have the option of walking or biking to work will be very nice.