Brentwood Library Internship Week Nine

On Monday, I came into the library and I couldn't really find anybody to ask if there was anything that needed to be done in the department, so I just went to the back office again to work on things. The last thing for the Toddler Tub that I had to do was cut out the Old MacDonald figurines and tape them to popsicle sticks. Unfortunately, this took absolutely FOREVER because I am such a perfectionist and all of the cutting had to be just perfect. I eventually got them all done and they looked really good at the end.

Tuesday was a bit more eventful. I packaged up the felt figurines for the chick rhyme and the paper figurines for the Old Macdonald song. The Toddler Tub needed be sent out that day because someone from another branch had ordered it. The rest of the day, I was at the desk. At the children's department desk, there are two seats and at the seat on the left, there is a scanner and small receipt printer, so we can check out books. However, on Tuesday, the printer and the scanner were both occasionally not working. This was really a good thing, though, in hindsight because I just recently found out that after my story time on Monday, I will be the only staff person in the children's department.

Wednesday was very quiet, so I went into the back office and worked a bit on a job that my supervisor assigned me to. There is a story time closet in the back office with picture books, big books and music that are repeatedly used for story times. I had to make three lists of all of the items in the closet: one for the big books, one of the picture books, and one for the music. I did this in sections starting with the big books. I typed up each of the titles, alphabetized them, printed off the lists and taped them on the inside of the door. I wanted to alphabetize the items inside the closet as well, but my supervisor told me not to. After that job was done, I did some final touches on my story time. I needed to finalize some things for my craft: make sure the streamer strips were short enough so that they would blow around when the children blew in the back of the dragon, and I had to cut out little black squares for the dragon's nose. I had a small freak out about the story time, so I practiced reading the books.

Monday is the big day and I'm absolutely terrified! The songs are really what is making me feel really nervous, so I'll be practicing them this weekend and hopefully I can make it through this!