Library Science Final Project

Dear Rosa Liu (possible future Library Science student),

The course of Library Science has been delightful to take and it would be highly recommended to you if you enjoy helping others and learning about Library Science. As your senior who has already taken this course, I should introduce the responsibilities, experiences, and tips for success for being a great library assistant.

As a great library assistant, one of the most important parts of Library Science is to be an organized and responsible person who takes an initiative in their work. In this course, you are responsible for your own learning and the time spent in class for this course. Duties as a librarian assistant in this course is to be organized and help students with their small needs. In this course, you will also learn how to check in and out books. However, working at the front desk is quite fun and enjoyable. This course was relaxing and challenging at the same time as it can deal with technological components. There were some difficulties in some of the assignments that dealt with technological aspects. Some assignments that you might have in the future include creating your own book trailer. In this assignment, you are supposed to create a book trailer using one of the recommended sources that have been chosen already for one of the books that you have not read already. Allotted time for this assignment is 1 month because of the time that will be spent on reading the novel you have chosen. Some issues I had with the assignment were learning how to use the program properly, and inserting effects to make my book trailer more interesting. It took a while to learn how to use this program properly and get used it. There were some extreme issues that I even had to restart my first trial. The process of working on the book trailer took longer than a week. In other words, difficulties in this course was getting used to using new technological programs. However, I also had my own strengths in this course which was my helpful, and kind personality. I could easily help others with their concerns and what they needed for assistance. I kindly checked out and checked in novels for students who have visited the Learning Commons. I have enjoyed working with others, and helping others in this course because it is my nature to help others. In this course, I have disliked projects that have dealt with technology because I normally have trouble getting used to using computer programs I have not used before.

For tips to be successful in this course includes being  friendly with others, organizing books well, learning procedures thoroughly, knowing the alphabetical order, meeting deadlines on time, being organized, planning your time wisely, concentrating on your duties, being helpful towards others, and being creative. If you follow these tips, you will have no problem with this course, and would definitely bring you to success. Improvement with the Learning Commons include having more electrical outlets. More changing electric outlets could let more students charge their phones and laptops as they study. It would be troublesome for a student to have to change places to get to an electric charging outlet. Students would probably find it better if they were accessible to an outlet anytime. Also, it would be great to have more computers that have printing functions. I have seen people lining up printing pages and if there are more computers used for printing pages, printing procedures would be more efficient and students would have quicker access to printing out their work.

In Library Science 11, skills acquired are being able to check in and check out books and learning how to use programs that you have not used before. Fun technological projects or assignments are using the 3D printer. From taking 2 Tinkerine courses about 3D printing, I became more knowledgeable with 3D printing. From following the instruction booklet of using the 3D printer, my first trial was a success. The only concern is creating animation promotions videos or using a computer program that you have not used before. It takes a long time to get used to and some programs are not very user-friendly according to me. If you are even great with that, you will have no problem with the course. I wish you success and the best in your future library science course.

Cheers,

Grace Wu