Monday, November 6th
The library is currently hiring for several full time positions, one of which will be for a full-time Teen Department Assistant. Today, I helped the Teen Supervisor prepare the interview packets which included the interview questions, applicant's resumes and documents, and the evaluation matrix to rank the candidates. I was able to help the supervisor create questions that targeted the specific needs necessary for the Teen Department and could help her better determine the strengths each of the candidates could bring to the full-time position.
Friday, November 10th
Tomorrow is the McAllen Library's Book Festival which is a huge event for the city and surrounding communities. I helped prepare the Teen Department for it by gluing button snaps onto contestant numbers for the Teen Departments cosplay, set up chairs and tables for the authors' book talks, organized the book shelves for better presentation to the public, sorted through donated books from businesses to issue to children during the Festival's "Free Book for Youth" area, and set up the free books in the library's conference rooms.
Weekly Reflection:
This week was a busy week with the scheduled interviews for the full-time position and then preparing for the McAllen Book Festival. I'm glad the Teen Supervisor allowed me to help in developing the questions that would be used for the interview because it allowed me to see the types of questions I may encounter when I begin applying for library positions in the future. Some of the questions asked about the candidate's experience working with teens and young adults which is an important factor since that is the population the department serves. Other questions asked about possible program ideas the candidate would like to see implemented and how they would plan to initiate it. I thought that was a great question because it will help the supervisor identify how aware the candidate is on topics and programs that interests teen and young adults and can help the department broaden the types of programs offered to teens and young adults.
I had a lot of fun helping to set up for the McAllen Book Festival. The excitement and anticipation by the staff members could be felt; many were excited about the authors scheduled to speak and about several of the programs that would take place throughout the day (3D printing, book talks, author meet-and-greets). I was thrilled to see that the library will be giving away quality children and young adult literature to attendees. I believe this is so important because much of the population the library serves are from low socio-economic statuses, so many families may not have the financial means to provide quality books and educational resources for the children and families.
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