Before we moved to our new Hinckley site in September we had to reduce our book stock by a large amount and as withdrawla were done in a bit of a rush before the move there have been some inconsitencies between our catalogue and our physical stock. So it was decided that this week whilst the students are out of college we would do a stock take. I have done stock checks before in previous job roles, but usually not on sucha huge scal and in more of an inventory style. This time i got to use a hand held scanner to scan the accessions of all our books - now this was quite fun to begin with but by the end of day one (and 2164 books under my belt) the novelty had worn off, my arms were aching and I was dog tired.
On day two I thought I wuld learn from my expereince on day one and try it differently - this time instead fo trying to hold heavy artbooks in my hands whilst scanning I utilised the trolley - this was slighlty more comfortable although still gave my arms a work out.
Today I completed the stock take of 6000 items and was vey please with my achivement. Admittedly this is not something I would relsih doing on a regular basis but I enjoyed getting up close and personal with our book stock - I have never really taken the time to really look at what we have and this was the ideal opportunity to look at what we have to offer the students and also at what books haven't been taken out in years I know feel I have a better knowledge of our books and feel I could reccomened books or at least a sleection of books for students if they had a query rather then just relying on the catalogue.
It has felt like a long three days but it is great too look around now and have a sense of achievement that I have scanned just about everything in our Library, as well as feeling confident about advising our students about our books and as an extra bonus I will have wonderfuly toned arms.
Thursday 22 December 2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011
It's beena while!
I realise it has been over a month since I last posted. I think with CPD23 coming to an end I got a bit lazy about posting regularly but I am going to try and blog more and hopefully I will have plenty to blog about.
So over the last month I have been up to various activities. The Library is as busy as ever and I have lots of requests for help with referencing which I am happy to oblige with and it is quite nice that I have carved out a reputation as being some-one the students know they can speak to for help with referencing. I have also been working on my Prezi for blogging and it is nearly complete if you want to see how it is going so far take a look here. All comments are welcome I am still tweaking and trying to add links and images so any helpful hints will also be grratefully recieved. In additon to both of these I have now been given responsibiltiy for the AV equipment at our Hinckley site - including withdrawing all the old stock from Heritage, this was mammoth task but I really enjoyed the challenge and being an organised person I love that I now have a neat spreadsheet that outlines our current stock.
I have had a visit and half day shadowing at King Edward VI College in Nuneaton. This is a sixth form college that does only A-Level subjects, it was great to see a different kind of Library (and study centre) and see the similarities and differences between our Libraries. I picked up some great tips including SurveyMonkey (which I have already put to good use in our Reprographic department) and creating subject lists on the catalogue. I was also able to share what we do in our Library inclduing e-books.
More recently I went to a seminar at the Univerity of Leicester's Media Zoo about i-tunes u and You-Tube Edu - educational resources provided by both sites. They have thier advantages and disadvantages but overall it seems like a great way to share resources amongs educational institutions. Terese Bird who ran the session put her powerpoint on Slideshare so click here if you want to have a look, she also recorded the seminar which you can watch here.
Well thats you all caught up with where I am at currently. I'm enjoying my role in the Library and starting to feel that my contribution to the team is of value and look forward to taking on more challenges, which I will of course keep you updated with.
So over the last month I have been up to various activities. The Library is as busy as ever and I have lots of requests for help with referencing which I am happy to oblige with and it is quite nice that I have carved out a reputation as being some-one the students know they can speak to for help with referencing. I have also been working on my Prezi for blogging and it is nearly complete if you want to see how it is going so far take a look here. All comments are welcome I am still tweaking and trying to add links and images so any helpful hints will also be grratefully recieved. In additon to both of these I have now been given responsibiltiy for the AV equipment at our Hinckley site - including withdrawing all the old stock from Heritage, this was mammoth task but I really enjoyed the challenge and being an organised person I love that I now have a neat spreadsheet that outlines our current stock.
I have had a visit and half day shadowing at King Edward VI College in Nuneaton. This is a sixth form college that does only A-Level subjects, it was great to see a different kind of Library (and study centre) and see the similarities and differences between our Libraries. I picked up some great tips including SurveyMonkey (which I have already put to good use in our Reprographic department) and creating subject lists on the catalogue. I was also able to share what we do in our Library inclduing e-books.
More recently I went to a seminar at the Univerity of Leicester's Media Zoo about i-tunes u and You-Tube Edu - educational resources provided by both sites. They have thier advantages and disadvantages but overall it seems like a great way to share resources amongs educational institutions. Terese Bird who ran the session put her powerpoint on Slideshare so click here if you want to have a look, she also recorded the seminar which you can watch here.
Well thats you all caught up with where I am at currently. I'm enjoying my role in the Library and starting to feel that my contribution to the team is of value and look forward to taking on more challenges, which I will of course keep you updated with.
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