Sullivan 1
Charlene Sullivan
Comp 2000
Professor Lukewitte
Jan. 27, 2010
Paper 2
Description of the Library Community
Libraries consists of the following departments: The Circulation area, which handles user accounts and the loaning, returning, and shelving of materials; Collection Development, which handles the ordering of mat-
erials and maintains materials budgets; the Reference Department, which includes staffs and reference desk, answering user questions, using structured reference interviews, instructing users, and developing library programming. Reference may be further broken down by user groups or materials, common collections, such as children’s literature, young and adult literature, and geneal-
ogy materials; there are Technical Services, where staff work behind the scenes catalog-
uing and processing new materials and deaccessioning weeded materials; there’s Stack Maintenance, which involves reshelfing materials that have been returned to the library after patron’s use and shelves materials that have been processed by technical services.
Stacks Maintenance also shelf reads the material in the stacks, to ensure that it is in the correct library classification order.
Basic tasks in library management include the planning of acquisitions, in other words, which materials the library should acquire by purchase or by other means; library class-
ification of acquired materials, especially rare and fragile archival materials, such as man-
uscripts; the deaccessioning of materials, patron borrowing of materials, and developing and administering library computer systems.
More long-term issues include the planning of the construction of new libraries or exten-
sions to existing ones, and the development and implementation of outreach services, such as adult literacy and children’s programming.
Libraries can be divided into categories by several methods, such as by the entity, for ex-
ample: institution, municipality, or corporate body, that supports or perpetuates them. There are academic libraries, corporate libraries, government libraries, such as national libraries, historical society libraries, private libraries, public libraries, school libraries, special libraries. Libraries can be categorized by the type of documents or materials they hold, by the subject matter of documents they hold, by the users they serve, and by profes-
sional divisions.
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On February 4, 2010, from 12:41 to 1:10, I sat upstairs on the Second floor of the South
ReplyDeleteRegional Library in Pembroke Pines, and observed the general surroundings. There were
individuals working on the computers and at tables in the area behind the Reference
Desk, as well as in the periodical sectionn near the cabinets where they store the
microfilm storing the newspaper articles. There were two Reference librarians working
the Reference Desk.
The library also has a glassed, closed in quiet area, situated away from the main area on
the second floor.
The Reference section is on the right side of the room and the general reading section is
on the left side of the room. The periodical section is also located on the right side of the
room, as are the restrooms and water fountain and the photocopying machines and the
machine where a person can add money to their library card. The computer lab is
located on the left side of the room, as well as the elevators, the clock and a glass,
closed in cabinet, displaying books, magazines and magazine articles, brochures, and T-
shirts about going green. There are computer consoles on both sides of the Reference
desk, as well as behind the desk. There are also tables for individuals to work at, behind
the Reference Desk. The printer is in the middle of the room, off to the right of the
computer consoles. The Reference Desk is right in the middle of the room. There are
lounge chairs around the center staircase. There are live plants situated around the
room. Accross the room from the Reference Desk, there was a stand with new books
displayed; they were biographies. There is also a photocopying machine for the faculty
behind where the law books are located.
A patron who was talking to one of the Reference librarians, was wearing sandals, jeans,
a blue top, and a hoodie, the color of moss green. She had dark hair, below her
shoulders.
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ReplyDeleteCharlene's Fourth Observation
ReplyDeleteOn February 11, 2010,from 12:15 to 1:50, I situated myself at a table near the Circulation Desk and across from the Information Desk. It wasn't too busy at the Circulation desk; there were five individuals in line, waiting to be attended to by the four staff members behind the desk. They were wearing different colored jeans, hoodies, jackets,and caps. It was a cold day.
There were individuals looking at videos, trying to decide what they wanted to check-out. There were individuals working on computers,which are located on the left side of the room,behind the Information Desk. Also on the left side of the room,is a stand holding bus schedules and a clock on the wall, just above the stand. There are stands displaying a variety of new paperbacks,and behind those stands are shelves with new popular books. Under the staircase,is a cabinet displaying rocks,gems,and old tools.On the right side of the room,not far from the stairs,there are photocopying machines. There are live,potted plants arranged around the room.
Across from the Circulation Desks are racks of books for sale.Behind the Circulation desk, on the wall, there are two screens displaying information for the benefit of the users. There's also a clock on a side wall as well. There's a studyroom on the far right wall of the room. The youth section is also on the right side of the room.
Charlene's Fifth Observation
ReplyDeleteOn February 17, 2010, from 11:21 to 12:10, I conducted my fifth observation on the second florr of the Nova Law Library. The library consist of three floors. The first floor houses Foreign and International Law,microforms, and Government documents,as well as United nations. the second floor houses Tax,States,Florida Law Unclassified,Faculty Publications, Current periodicals,A/V materials,Classified Resrve,and Popular Culture. The third floor houses joourn- nals,Admirality Law,Indexes,Johnny Burris,Old Florda law, and ArchivalTax Law.
The Law library loan period for most items is two weeks. Overdue fines are fifty-cents a day per item for regular circulating material. Reserve materials can only be cheked out for a period of three hours by Shepard Broad Law faculty and students of the Law Center.Continuing Legal Education(CLE)Tapes can only be checked out by Law faculty,students,and members of the Alumni Association.Materials can be renewed if they have not been placed on hold for another patron.
The Law Library hours are: Mon-Thurs.8-Midnight,Friday 8a.m-10:00 p.m.,Sat. 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., and Sunday 10:00 a.m.-Midnight.
I did not know that the Law Library had three floors. I thought that the library was solely on the second floor, and that the first and second floor on the right side were all classrooms.
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