This month's Life-of-a-Librarian series continues with a glimpse into a day-in-the-life of our Young Adult/Youth Services Librarian Linette.
Life-of-a-Librarian: I know you were all expecting Pam, but SURPRISE! It's Linette, tweeting from the Young Adult & Kids Desk today! 10:10 AM Sep 17th
Just finished the "OSH List"-- the materials folks in libraryland put on hold yesterday. Materials now on their way to libraries statewide! 10:14 AM Sep 17th
What're people putting on hold? Books by authors Tamora Pierce, Frewin Jones, Anthony Horowitz and Wendy Mass, to name a few. Check us out! 10:16 AM Sep 17th
A hectic morning at Tiny Tales, with 84 babies and parents! What chaos, what FUN! If you're happy and you know, clap your hands! 11:35 AM Sep 17th
Did you know we've got two computers, just for kids 12 and younger? Two little sisters are using them now. Their mom's checking out books! 1:40 PM Sep 17th
Banned Books Week is coming up soon. A couple is perusing our BBW display in the kids' dept, reading about books challenged in Montana. 1:42 PM Sep 17th
We're eagerly awaiting the arrival of the teens, who will be getting out of school in the next few minutes! Love their energetic selves! 2:53 PM Sep 17th
A 4th grader came in looking for a mystery. I sent her away with one of my favorites by Willo Davis Roberts, and aone by Mary Downing Hahn 3:18 PM Sep 17th
The Teen Writers Group is getting ready to read their work to each other, eat treats, and have fun. We've got two groups for teen writers. 3:19 PM Sep 17th
The children's department is hopping today! Lots of kids checking out books and using the computers. I hate when they cry about leaving:( 4:03 PM Sep 17th
It's about time for me to leave for the day! I hope you got a taste of our busy part of the library--Children's and Young Adult. 4:35 PM Sep 17th
Did you follow our tweets yesterday? If you did, then you know what a fun job I have and why I love working in the circulation department at Missoula Public Library!
If you didn’t follow our circulation tweets, I’ve recapped them here, so you can enjoy the day just as I did:
Today is our 2nd installment of a Life-of-a-Librarian series, featuring circulation department tweets. Stay tuned for updates of our funday!7:26 a.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
From circulation: checking in over 400 items from bookdrops. 9:59 a.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
The library opens in 5...4...3...2...1...NOW!10:00 a.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Pulling holds for you and our partner libraries. Sharing is sweet! We'll notify you when we get them on the shelves.10:32 a.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Snuck in to Tiny Tales to do the hokie-pokie! Tiny Tales are soooo fun!10:52 a.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Issuing many new (free) library cards! Remember, it's National Library Card SignUp Month!2:09 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Assisting patrons in signing up for our free internet access computers! We have a great computer lab!2:30 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Checking in new Grab'nGo items."People of the Book" on our new pre-loaded,portable Playaway device. If you haven't tried a Playaway,you must!2:35 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Other new Grab'nGo items on the shelf 4 your w/e pleasure:"The Red Queen" book on MP3,"Cross Roads" by Fern Michaels & McMurtry's"Literary Life"2:38 p.m., Friday, September 10
Helping a student find books for his school assignment! We're both learning! 3:41 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Just informed a patron that we have free wifi! She is delighted! 4:03 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
Sorting checked-in items numerically by the Dewey Decimal System onto carts so that our pages can shelve them - for you!4:39 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
What a great day at Missoula Public Library! Thanks for spending the day with us in circulation! See you tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.6:00 p.m., Friday, September 10, 2010.
You may be surprised by the effort it takes to get a book on a library shelf and into your hands. The Missoula Public Library staff work hard to serve you and we're happy to do it! We thought you might enjoy a glimpse of a Day-in-the-Life of a Librarian, so we've begun a new twitter series to share just that. Each Friday in September members from various library departments will be tweeting moments from their day.
Last week I posted on behalf of the newly renamed Cataloging Department (formerly known as Technical Services.) Just because you don't see me doesn't mean I'm not here. My office space is tucked away on the lower level of the library. Occasionally I get to help you at the Accounts Desk, but my main responsibility is to order and catalog materials for the Young Adult & Childrens' departments. Our librarians Linette & Karen decide what to order and I process and receive those orders. I've handled nearly every item found in the Young Adult room or Kids' section that has been acquired by the library in the past eight years. Trust me, that adds up to a lot of bedtime stories, comic books, and teen novels!
Fans of Harry Potter or the Twilight series? Before you checked out those items I ordered the books and created the records in the library's catalog so you could look them up to place holds on them. I even attached the barcodes and helped cover the dust jackets with protective plastic. This is an example of the kind of work I do in the Cataloging department.
For those of you who don't yet follow the Missoula Public Library twitter feed, here is a transcript from a Day-in-MY-Life at the Library.
·we're busy getting the library ready to open. see you soon! 9:11 AM Sep 3rd
·We're tweeting a Life-of-a-Librarian series each Fri in Sep. Today Caroline will share her day with you from the [Cataloging] dept 12:12 PM Sep 3rd
·Whew! Friday morning has been hoppin'. Spent the morning shelf reading & helping at the Accounts Desk. Now back to the Tech Services dept. 12:13 PM Sep 3rd
·Just checked our Facebook stats. We have 1,924 fans. Tell your friends to find us on FB so we can reach our goal of 2,010 fans in 2010 Friday, September 03, 2010 12:26:20 PM
·Added 13 replacement books to catalog including The Big Book of Dinosaurs & The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies. Time for lunch Friday, September 03, 2010 1:05:16 PM
·Took a peek at the miniature display in downstairs lobby during my break. If you're a fan of the Library's Gnome House -you'll love this! Friday, September 03, 2010 1:40:04 PM
·Cupcake by Charise Mericle Harper. "Poor Vanilla Cupcake. He is feeling a bit plain." Uber-cute illustrations :) Call #: E HARPER Friday, September 03, 2010 2:21:04 PM
·What/Who is [the Cataloging Dept]? We're the behind-the-scene wonders who order, catalog, & process all materials so you can check them out Friday, September 03, 2010 2:34:00 PM
·MPL is the best deal in town! I just ordered $640 worth of books for the kids dept, but you can check them out for FREE after they arrive Friday, September 03, 2010 2:47:39 PM
·Wanna learn more about [the Cataloging Dept]? Watch for my blog post next week - where I'll reveal the hidden meaning of purple ink & other marvels Friday, September 03, 2010 3:59:25 PM
·Next Friday's installment of Life-of-a-Librarian tweet series will feature Kathy & Annie from the circulation dept Friday, September 03, 2010 4:03:41 PM
