The Giving Tree

Let's have a quick update of what I've been up to, shall we? I really haven't started the internship yet but I've done a few things here and there. On the 12, I went with Janice, the children's librarian, to Monrovia Elementary School to do a puppet show to promote the Summer Reading Program. It was a lot of fun, considering it was the first time I've ever done a puppet show, and the kids seemed to enjoy it and were quite well-behaved. I also got a quick tour of the Monrovia Branch of the library and it is gorgeous! The building isn't quite a year old yet and it's a green building (as in environmentally friendly green, not the color!) which is pretty coo.l.

Today, I was slated to go perform another puppet show but was given the option to stay at the Main Branch and help with some classes that were coming in. It was three groups of fifth graders who got a quick tour of the children's department and a tutorial on how to search the online catalog. I enjoyed the day and the majority of the kids were attentive and I think they got a lot of good information from the trip.

The First Post!

Spring semester is over, which means Summer Sessions start next week...which means the internship is coming up....

Let me tell you all what's going on. This summer, I'll be an intern in the Children's Library of the Morgan County Public Library. While I'll be doing many things, my biggest task is to run the Summer Reading Program- "Be Creative @ Your Library." The program will have kids of various ages attending, so I need to be ready for anything and everything.

What will this do for me? Other than give me the much needed library experience, I think it will also help me figure out if Children's/Teen Services is what I really want to focus my library career on.

We'll see what happens.....