Day 9

Today I did a good deal of cataloging for the family studies. I managed to get most of the second shelf done in the afternoon. Today was a relatively quite day, being that Brown County schools were closed because of the snow. This meant that there were fewer returns and less books to reshelve.

Day 10

Yvonne asked if I would like to join her and Chris on a trip to INCOLSA to pick up some items she had bid on. The program [find out name] that had until recently lent out audio/visual and other materials temporarily to Indiana libraries has terminated its service and has auctioned off its remainig materials. Yvonne had bid for a few bookshelves, some book carts and other office and craft/decoration materials. With the help of some of the INCOLSA workers we loaded up Yvonne’s husband’s pick up with these materials. This trip provided us an opportunity to talk shop about things that may have not come up before at BCPL. Yvonne suggests that I write down questions while I’m cataloguing in order to help others who may continue or add to the project to understand decisions I’ve made. Also Yvonne discusses the library’s focus on patron needs coming first and being the basis for the decisions that are made. She says this is the reason why libraries tend to differ in their procedures regarding technology and circulation. We also talked about opportunites that visting the ALA convention can provide.