End of the Year

I just recently completed my service contracts with Cambridge Public Schools. It was an invaluable experience. Not only to work in two different libraries, but to work with two very different librarians in two different schools. I concluded my hours at Cambridgeport first, and then wrapped up my additional hours at the King Open by working on closing up the library for its last two full weeks of the year. Not too surprising, but closing a school library for the year required tons of work. Looking back, it couldn't have run smoother.

Some of the projects I completed were:

• Writing letters and announcements notifying students and staff of book return
• Daily over-due notices for two weeks
  
• Monitoring and evaluating circulation statistics
• Updating lost and missing book reports
• Weeding
  
• Creating a scheduling system for televisions, VCRs, and DVDs
• Taking down student artwork and displays