5th day of placement- half way there!

Well today was an interesting day.
The morning was extremely busy with lots of people racing in to get their last minute books for the Christmas break.
The library closes from tonight until January 4 so people were borrowing heaps of books to read because the weather forecast for Christmas is RAIN RAIN RAIN.

After a civilised break for lunch across the road at the bowling club we came back to a very quiet afternoon where we only had about 6 people in all afternoon.
Although it was frustrating to be so quiet it was great because we were able to sit down and go through the questions that I need to answer for my placement report.

It was quite nice to finish on such a relaxed note.
Half way through the placement. Only 5 days to go!!!!!!!
Sure wish I was being paid for this!

Merry Christmas to everyone.

First day of placement

I began work at Yamba library today.
It was fabulous.
Yamba is a single person library and Jenny is the beautiful lady who runs it. She was so patient with me and so very friendly to everyone who walked through the door.
When I chose this library for my 10day placement I thought that it would be really quiet and relaxing.
Well after day 1 I have learned that this is not the case at all.
We did not stop all day and the amount of shelving was unbelievable.
I did manage to grab a copy of Danielle Steele's latest book to read as well as a biography that I have wanted to read about a lady working in Antarctica. I hope I don't find any other books I want to read because I don't think that I will have enough time while I am here.
Looking at what I have to put in my report I am beginning to panic a little bit because I don't know where I am going to find all of the information I need and journals etc to back it up. Oh well that should keep me busy over the holidays.

Before leaving home on Saturday I submitted my ETL503 assignment about selecting resources for a school library.
I am quite happy with the finished product except for the fact that I am not sure if I have put enough references into it. I guess I will find out when the marks come back.
Oh well, nothing I can do about it now I guess.
Looking ahead I need to begin work on my collection management policy.............that should be interesting.

I guess the last 2 weeks in January are going to be extremely busy for me as I try to finish 3 major assignments for my 2 subjects. Maybe I should get started while I am away..........That could be a good excuse to avoid washing up on Christmas Day I think!!!