MONDAY -- I got to the library today and saw Halla working away at the reference desk. It seems she's filling in today because Cecile is on jury duty. Halla spent a few minutes chatting with me about the internship. She asked me about my plans after I completed my hours. I told her that other than trying to figure out what to do about the extra time I will have in my hands, I will have to prepare for my last semester at Pitt. She said I should consider applying for a part time position at the library because they are always in need of librarians willing to work on-call, part-time on weekends or at nights. I was happy to hear that because I do not want to miss the people I worked with during my internship and I do not want to lose the skills I learned as children's librarian.
After our chat, I happily worked away on my pathfinder. I am almost finished with the resources I needed to list down. I am trying to find good websites that can be added but so far I only have one that contains links to pages that have either been set up by the nations themselves, or are pages devoted to a particular nation.
When I got frustrated about not having any luck with finding other online resources, I finished reading the book Crispin: at the Edge of the World. I was happy to finally finish it and now I look forward to the third book of the series.
Shant, one of my favorite regulars, came to the desk and asked for my help. When Shant needs my help, it is usually to proofread what he wrote and when he finishes with the typing and printing, I would cut the paper and then paste it on his homework sheets. He claims he is not a good "paper-cutter" :o)
For most of the night, I did the clearing of the computer room. It was a very busy night because it's the first day after springbreak so the kids are scrambling about trying to get their homeworks and projects done. I had to help a kid with computer problems. She claims that she has 13 pages of work when the computer froze on her as she was saving it. Arpine was wondering about that because the kid was only at the computer for 30 minutes so it seemed unlikely that she would be able to type 13 pages of work. Anyway, long story short, she lost her 13 pages. I tried my best to help her, but to no avail.
One of my greatest satisfactions with this internship is being able to help patrons, when I fail to do so, I feel a bit disappointed. With this one I just had to accept the fact that you can't help them all...something I need to understand well, if I am to work in this field.
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