Tuesday, Jan 26th

Sauk Rapids-Rice High School (SRRHS)

Mentor: Maria Burnham

Date: Tuesday, Jan. 26th 

Time Worked: 7:30-3:30pm

Total: 16 hours 

   During the morning time before school starts, I observed Pat and Tish to see the system they use for checking in and out MAC books to students. I learned more about Alexandria and how they handle students who need a MAC book checked out to them on a daily basis.
   Maria then showed me the new books she purchased from B&N. She taught me how they are processed in Alexandria, and then I entered in a couple books. I am used to using the system Destiny, so it is good to see the different library systems available.
   Next I went into the stacks, to continue my work from yesterday. Today I got through the N's! It is a long process, but I am finding many records that were not entered in as a series that should be so it is improving the records and will help when we are genrefying the books because we will make sure to keep the series together.
   I was also able to help out Pat with a student looking for a book about wildlife. He wasn't too keen on her suggestions, so since I was in Alexandria I checked to see if they had the book called "Poachers Caught." They did, so I recommended it to the student. He thought it looked good and he checked it out, so that felt great!
  During the day I also observed how Maria trouble shoots the lap top issues students and staff are having with their school issued device. Each district has its quirks, so it is good to see what types of issues she has to handle on a regular basis.