Library Careers Week 1

This year I am teaching a Library Careers class.  I started this class so that my students could have a jump start on other future librarians.  I wanted them to have an actual credit on their transcript that showed they had the skills to work in a library.

So, here is what they did the first week:

Day 1 - computer log in procedures, log in to email, log in to blackboard, log in to Destiny (our library catalog)

Rest of Week 1 -

Grades this week will come from the following:

Assignment #1 - Shelf Reading

1.  Watch the three videos in Blackboard about the Dewey Decimal System.

Understanding the Dewey Decimal System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNEDEk1Tz4Y

            The Dewey Decimal Rap - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A

            About Melvil Dewey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnBBkxbKv4E

2.  Choose three non-fiction shelves to "read" in the DHS library.

3.  Check the shelves to make sure the books are in the proper order.

4.  Arrange the books in the proper order if they are mis-shelved.

5.  Email Ms. LeBlanc when you are finished and list the first and last call number of the area you "read".

Make sure your books are in order!  This will be your first graded assignment.

Assignment #2 - Scanning and Attaching
1.  Visit the following websites.

http://remote.mofo.com/help/Outlook_Web_Access.pdf (page 2)
http://www.ehow.com/how_4478464_use-scanner.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2194722_attach-file-email.html

2.  Set up an email signature.
3.  Use Ms. LeBlanc's laptop and scanner to scan and save a document - let's scan your class schedule.
4.  Attach the saved document to an email.
5.  Send the email to Ms. LeBlanc.
This will be your 2nd grade this week.

Assignment #3 - Verifying Information

A big part of librarianship is verifying information. 

1.  Watch the video and review the PowerPoint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg-9kOixAbQ

2.  Write down (or type) 10 facts you learned through either the video or the PowerPoint.

3.  Use either Gale, Nettrekker, or World Book Online to verify the accuracy of 5 of the 10 facts you listed.

4.  Send an email to Ms. LeBlanc with (1) the five facts listed followed by (2) the citation of the source that verified each fact.

Library Task #1

A patron requests a biography about a famous musician.  She has isn’t sure where to look and she cannot look up the book’s call number because the computers are not working.

1.  Where would you tell her to look first?

2.  How would you explain the arrangement of the biography (92) section? 

3.  If the book is mis-cataloged, in which Dewey classification area should you check first? In other words, if it’s not in biography, which other area would hold information about a musician. (000s, 100s, 200s, etc)

Library Task #2

A teacher asks you to assist in digitizing her class documents.  She would like to upload all her lecture notes to her webpage, but she typed them on a type writer in 1982 and has no intention of retyping them.

1.  Aside from telling the teacher that teaching methods have changed since 1982 and that she needs new notes, what can you suggest to help her get her notes into a digital format.

2.  What equipment will she need?  Be very specific.  Remember this teacher is not tech savvy (1982 lecture notes remember).

3.  Give detailed, numbered, step-by-step instructions on how to get these notes digitized.