Monday, October 30
Today, I was asked by the Teen Supervisor to give a summary of the titles and subjects contained within the nonfiction section. She was working on the department's budget and determining how much money to allocate to the Teen Department's various book collections. To do this, I printed out a copy of the Dewey Decimal Classification summaries which lists the subjects by decade. For example, 300 - Social sciences, sociology, and anthropology, 310s - Statistics, 320s - Political Sciences, 330s - Economics, etc. I went through each shelf and looked at the call numbers on the books' spines and highlighted books that were identified within the classification summary. After analyzing all the titles within the nonfiction section, I prepared a document that identified which classification summaries the collection contained, an approximate count of the titles contained, and recommendations on which summaries titles were needed to better enhance and strengthen the collection.
Friday, November 3rd
I continued weeding through the 300s for most of the day. Throughout the day, I helped patrons located teen graphic novels, use computers, and make copies as needed.
Weekly Reflection:
I was able to sit down and talk with the supervisor about the department's budget. Given that she is new to the position, having only started in August, she was reviewing the previous year's budget and studying how funds were allocated for each collection contained within the Teen and Young Adult section. I thought it was a great idea to use last year's budget as a starting point and as a guide in determining how monies would be allocated this year. The nonfiction and graphic novel sections were identified as needed the most area of development so a higher percentage of the budget funds will be reserved for these two collections.
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