Brentwood Library Internship Week Seven

Monday was not a very busy day, so I really didn't have all that much to do. Just as with every Monday, I helped the librarian set up and get prepared for the Monday morning story time. My supervisor had gone on a trip over the weekend and she missed her flight, so the branch manager had to do both the baby story time and the toddler story time. The only things I had to do were set up the carpet squares, where the children would sit and retrieve some things from the craft closet. After that was finished, I went to the back office to work on my story time once again. By the time the day was over, I had decided specifically which books I am going to read, I found dances that would go along with the songs I will be singing in between the books, and which songs will be my opening and closing songs. 

Tuesday was an incredibly busy day, which I was very happy about. The first thing I had to do was process the new books that had arrived at the library. To do this, I have to put "new" stickers on the spine of the books, then write down the month and the year that it was processed into the library. After that, I had to go into the computer and change the books' location to Brentwood Children's New. Then when all that was done, I had to go put the books away. After that, I had to do the opposite of what I had just done. I went around the children's New Books sections and gathered the ones that were older than October. I removed the 'new' stickers from the spine, then changed the location of the books in the computer from Brentwood Children's New to the proper location, then I put them away. I actually had to deal with a rather difficult patron on Tuesday. She gave me a long list of books that her child needed to read for school. The problem was that she walked away when I needed her library card, but thankfully, my supervisor helped me. This was my first experience using Mobius, which is a system that allows the public libraries to borrow books from university libraries in the area. Once that was completed, my supervisor took me on an outreach visit with her. This one was to the Westminster Church day care. She just performed a story time and she said rhymes, sang songs, and read a few books. 

Wednesday was an extremely slow day, so I went to the back to the office once again and began working on my craft for my story time. All that I had to do was glue the green sheets of paper into cylinders. Then for the rest of the day, I began researching events that I will have the kids grades kindergarten through second grade do in the library Olympics. I still have not made a final decision on that, though.