Assignment+4

Assignment 4

**Part A** **Assessment and Survey**

Assessment

Survey (There are two surveys that will be conducted, the first is for parents/caregivers, and the second will be for 4th and 5th grade patrons of the children's room.)



**Part B** **Time Log**



There were many things I learned after completing these observation hours, one of the most important things that I did take away is, patrons always come first. As librarians we are public servants, and our man in goal is to meet the of needs of the public. This was in part why I created a survey as part of my assessment for the public library. I chose to design a survey for the children's room over the teen room because, I think that is reaches a bigger audience. Teens can come to librarians directly where as in the children's room librarians are more meeting the needs of the parents, and it is the parents input that we want. As I explained in my assessment of the libraries where I completed my observation hours, I think one of the greatest challenges public librarians face today is the ever declining and decreasing library budget. This inhibits so many events, programs and materials that the library needs. Without the appropriated budget the library will not have the things that it needs to run affectingly. Therefore public librarians today are constantly re-thinking and re-evaluating what there standards are they have to meet. What results much of the times are the needs of the patrons have to be compromised. Additionally, in terms of public teen librarians one of the greatest challenges I think they face is trying to obtain teens to come and participate in the events and programs offered for teens. One of the ways to aid this problem is to collaborate with the local high school and middle school LMS about events that could be done together, was well as strategies that could be done collectively to grab the attention of teens. Overall, I very much enjoyed the time that I was able to observe at these different libraries. One of my favorite parts about being a public librarian is collection development, especially in terms of children's books and materials. To me there is nothing better than reading reviews on picture books, and deciding which one best suit your collection. Often times when I am ordering children's picture books I use story time as my main point of reference. If the book could be used in a story time or some other related program than it is a book that I should have. I also learned though these observation hours when I was conducting my weeding project it's ok to get rid of books. Without "weeding" a collection and taking books away from it, we would never be able to enjoy all the new materials that wait us.
 * Part C **
 * Reflection **