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 SITE 2: 20 hours at a local Council Library

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SITE 3 I decided to take an outward looking approach to teacher-librarianship, connecting our students to the world outside school. The local Council library seemed an excellent place to start. Initially, I thought establishing links with the library would supplement our limited non-fiction collection. Completing 20 hours of work experience at a BCC library raised my awareness of the wide range of resources and services available through BCC libraries.

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Library Priorities (5 hours 19 December 2008)

Posted by Keryn Henderson on Saturday, September 26, 2009, In : Client-focus 

In this week’s meeting with the LIC, we discussed library priorities, including promoting the User Ed IT classes; emphasising on-the-job training; creating a balance of physical process work and automation; and maintaining home library services) 

The Brisbane City Council libraries prefer an on-the-job training model that aims to multi-skill their employees. Library staff advocate a achieving a balance of physical process work and automated processes.

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Catering to a broad client base (5 hours - 17 December 2008)

Posted by Keryn Henderson on Saturday, September 26, 2009, In : Client-focus 

On my first Wednesday at the BCC library I assisted with preparations for the visiting pantomime troupe, including setting up, greeting and seating, and head counting for audit purposes. Later I assisted with collection management by shelving fiction, biographies and non-fiction. Then over lunch I discussed the library's free adult education program for people without home computers and the elderly called User Ed IT which includes Introduction to Computers (focussing on Web and mouse); Introd...


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