Library Day in the Life-Wednesday

The Library Day in the Life Project is a semi-annual event coordinated by Bobbi Newman  of Librarian by Day. Twice a year librarians, library staff and library students from all over the globe share a day (or week) in their life through blog posts, photos, video and Twitter updates.  You can learn more at the Library Day in the Life  Project Wiki.  #libday8

I work as a Reference Librarian at Hackley Public Library.  Among my duties are buying fiction and nonfiction (000's, 200's, 400's, 500's, 800's, and 900's) for the library; weeding the same group; Government Documents; Adult program planning; maintaining the Library's website; keeping up with Social Media; running the Adult Summer Reading Program; and, as they say, other duties as assigned.  My days, to say the least, are not dull.

Here's a breakdown of how my day was spent on Wednesday:

8:30 am Checked computer lab for tomorrow's class-made handouts for tomorrow's class; put events for today on the portable sign

9:45 am Got ready for reference shift--sorted through projects to take, started reference computer


10:00 am Reference Shift
     Checked Ref email, checked ref blogs, updated social media sites (Facebook/twitter and g+)
     Telephone call (Tel):  book look up
     Tel:  book look up
10:15 posted Tuesday's day in the life
    Tel:  music label addresses
    Tel:  ereader class info
    Tel:  let patron use phone
10:45 basic computer class info; DVD question; read ref blogs and email
10:55 started on my email, updated the community calendar
    Tel:  etiquette  question
     helped disabled patron with coat and hat
     gave out divorce papers
11:15  Blog reading continues-updatedout blog
     Pointed  out teen books
     Tel:  insurance companies in the area during the 1990's, referred them to local history
     Tax form questions
11:30 Worked on library use stats for January
     Tax form question
     Tax form question
     Put a book on hold for a patron
     Talked to the tech person  about computer issues
     Explained how to download a book to a Kindle
12:15 pm  Started on web use statisticcs
    Tel:  question about medical abbreviations-was not able to find out what they meant
    Tel:  question about where to take the GED in the area
    Looked  up books on movies and music
    Gave out a guest  pass
    Tax forms
    DVD look up
    Checked shelves for a patron
1:00 pm Lunch


2:00 pm  Wrote thank you to last night's presenter
2:20 pm  Back to statistics-circulation statistics and Web stats (finished  circ stats)
3:00 pm Break for Reference
    Created a book list
    Looked up Mein Kampf for a patron
3:30 pm Break for me
3:50 Web stats
4:30 Finished web stats; did some computer upkeep, reviewed February calendar
5:00 End of Day