There are many types of things you have to do so get ready for a library adventure! To me, the most important part of this course was to feel the atmosphere and to help others get the kind of books they are looking for. The students are our number one priority. As long as you learn the Dewey Decimal System, you are ready to go for this course. That system you have to memorize or it may become a problem shelving away book. Some duties that I’ve done in this course were doing assignments such as finding out the population of other schools in the surrey district 36 areas. Also, we got the chance in class to make this blog! Its actually pretty cool, it’s basically you have your own little page which you post your assignments on. You can even create your page background to your liking. Other duties away from the computer are just doing what the teacher tells you to do! Mainly signing in and out books, shelving away books, and also decorating and keeping this place clean. My strength in this class, to me, is signing in and out books in a pretty good speed. Doing other duties the teacher asks isn’t so bad either. It kills time instead of having the normal things done. And also cutting out bookmarks is pretty cool too! There was one thing I absolutely hated though. It was shelving books. That was my weakness. It always took me so long just to put away one cart of books. The things I like about this class were that it was pretty relaxing. I got to get away from the stress from all the other classes and just sit back, relax, and have fun in the library. There was also a bunch of books you wouldn’t know about unless you took this course. It ranges from fictional books to non-fiction and books that even educate you about street life. Well, I’ve already told you what I disliked and that was shelving books. Worst part of this experience, but someone has to do it right!
It takes a lot to become a great librarian or a great library student assistant. You need to know your books. What kind of category to what types of books are good to read. Memorizing sections with specific types of books is a great skill to have for your library so you don’t need to search it up in the catalogue. For a project next semester kids should find out what specific types of books go where in the library and write it down. That could be a possible assignment for the next kids to do. I think this library is as good as it is already. Maybe there are just too many books and not enough shelves! Putting away books in places where it’s supposed to be and it can’t fit is sometimes a burden. This course gives you a lot of information on how books actually need to be shelves, not just thrown in random spots. One concern will be get ready to pick out random books that have been shelved improperly and get ready to clean up messy shelves!
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