Day 27

Today I spent a lot of time with patrons and circulation. Yvonne gave me some paperwork for a workshop she attended for outreach to Spanish speaking people in the community. It was very enlightening and I feel it gave helpful advice for contacting leaders in the Spanish Speaking community and forming relationships in order to make those in their community aware of the libraries’ services. It also provided many Internet resources, including an Annotated Web Guide for Librarians Serving Spanish Speakers and Web Junction.org Online. These are sources and information that will be very helpful should I work in a library with more Spanish-Speaking patrons. My 5 years of Spanish classes both in high school and at Ball State did provide me with lots of skills but I do need to brush up on them as I plan to do this summer.

Day 28

Today was very slow as we surmised with the nice weather that lots of students and children were spending it outside. We had no trouble getting the library closed on time. I have worked with some very nice paraprofessional staff and appreciate their friendly attitude. My experience in this small library setting definitely is teaching me a lot about different types of communities.