Does the person you are job shadowing belong to any Library and Information Science professional association? If yes, which one(s)? Why? I did not have a chance to ask my job shadow host if she belonged to any Library…
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Week Eleven – Field Experience – Client Services
What rules, regulations, laws or structures govern the operation of your placement library? How does this governance structure affect client services? Describe the client services available at your placement. The only type of structure that governed the operation of…
Week Ten – Field Experience – Technical Services
Describe the technical services areas at your field placement and how technical services are delivered (eg. outsourced, in-house, centrally managed). How are they similar to the descriptions discussed in class? How are they different? All of the materials are…
Week Nine – Field Experience – Role of the LIT
Describe the workplace setting and role of the LIT at your placement. How is it similar to the description discussed in class? How is it different? Include a job description for the person you are job shadowing and use this…
Week eight – Field Experience – overview
Describe your first day orientation. Identify explicit and implicit employee rules or procedures you learned on your first day. Explain how you learned the implicit rules. What are the placement organization’s goals regarding library and information services? My first…
Blog Post 5 – Field Experience – ST/AR video
Create a link to the ST/AR video you created in class. Evaluate how easily it is to identify the Situation or Task, Action you took and Result. What did you do well? What could you improve? Will using the ST/AR…
Field Experience Blog Post 4- Job Shadow Placement Preparedness
Do you believe that you are prepared for your job shadow placement? If so, why? If not, why not? What have you learned to date in the program that will help you ensure your job shadow placement is a success?…
Blog Post 3 – First Impressions Field Experience
During Tuesday’s class next week, have a partner videotape you introducing yourself to a class-mate pretending to be a prospective employer. Create a youtube account. Upload the video to youtube. Make sure it’s PUBLIC. In your blog post due October…
Job Shadow Placement
My top three choices for field placement were Blue Heron Books, Oshawa Community Museum, and the Uxbridge public library. Blue Heron was appealing to me because I wanted something a little more hands on and I know that shadowing in…
Informational Interview with a Teacher-Librarian
I was lucky to have a “warm call” interview with Brenda, a teacher-librarian I had met a few years ago through my aunt. I met her when I dog-sat at her home for a weekend and I knew she would…
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