a day in the life of a librarian
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN:RICK ORSILLOSarah Hager LIS 567 December 5, 2009
Shoreline Library: An Overview
http://www.kcls.org/shoreline/about.cfm
Shoreline Art Work
Introducing: Rick Orsillo Teen Services Librarian
http://www.myspace.com/rickobaggins
http://shorstab.blogspot.com/
Unshelved Lookalike Contest Winner as Randy!
http://www.facebook.com/rickobaggins
Additional Links for further review
PDF done by Rick on the TAB, right click to open for a bigger view or follow this hyperlink
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6654575.html
Below is the link to the article on the RFW contest :
YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults 2008 :
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/08bbya.cfm
Day to Day Work
Starts the day checking Email! Regular Staff Meetings Tours of Library for students Reference Desk 4 hours Organizing work for volunteers Weeding—as needed Paperwork and updating Facebook,
Twitter and the Library Blog
Programs
Story-time Summer Reading Program Study Zone Computer classes STAB Game On Field Trips: ComiCon
Outreach
Book Talks Going to schools and signing up kids for library
cards Database demonstrations at schools Works with local teachers to have resources
available ahead of time for student assignments
Twitter/Facebook/MySpace Participates in the Shoreline Parade Attends volunteer resource fairs to recruit
volunteers to the Shoreline Teen Advisory Board
Collection
Centralized Weeding is done when a book needs to
be replaced due to wear No books published BEFORE (not after-
oops) 2000 The Teen Collection has the 2nd highest
circulation in the library behind the Children’s Collection
There is a list !
Community
Operation: Teen Book Drop
Yearly the library becomes involved in community events such as the Shoreline Parade, school job, volunteer resources, and health fairs, book talks and school visits. They work together on events with Social Services and the Parks and Recreation Departments to enrich community participation in library events.
During Operation Teen Book Drop, Rick and some local teens volunteered to deliver 600 teen books to donate to Children’s Hospital.
Programs to come and Projects in the making: Programs: Digital Design Zone: Van with 5 PCs and
5 Macs going to predetermined locations Library-to-Go Project in the works: to redefine the role
of “The Librarian”. Emphasis is being placed on more Outreach and Librarians being physically out of the library more often