Final Response

Responsibilities 

I think that the most important part of Library Science is helping students out when they come and ask things like where a book is or whether this book is good or not. Describe some of your duties and assignments. Every Library Science class starts with checking in books and then shelving them. I also check out books to students and teachers but in teacher's cases, it is mostly DVDs. Also, there are times where Ms. McLean would ask me to look for books on the shelf and pull them off for a class to use or set-up a new display in the library.
I believe that my strengths are my experience. Before I took this course, I have been volunteering at the library as a helper so I knew how to do the majority of the work required of a library science student. My weakness is my imagination. I do not have a creative mind and am unable to come up with fun ideas that draw students to come into the library or things like that.
The thing I like and dislike the most is the book shopping excursion. I liked it because we got to choose new books to add to the library catalogue and I dislike it because I had to have a list to follow. If there was no list to follow, that would have been better in my opinion. But I guess I disliked it mostly because of the way the bookshop was set-up. The way it was set-up made it hard for me to find certain books because it is set-up in a way that is more convenient for people that does not have a list of certain books to find.

Suggestions/Tips for Success 

All that it takes to be a great library science student/assistant is trying your best and knowing how to shelve.
A possible project that the next library science students could do is creating a site on our library. They can start a websites with more than just research websites and the catalogue. The website could talk about new books that the library just got sorted by the month it was released. There could be a page dedicated to genres, allowing students to choose which type of book they want. In my opinion, some students are too lazy to type up things like "Vampire -- Fiction." Emphasize on the 'some' though.
The only thing that I dislike about the library system is the way the new books are always kept in the back for awhile before they gradually put out for the students. By the time that the books are available to students, the 'new' book became 'old' news. I mean it is still available for students to check out but the only ones that would be able to check them out would be the ones that are looking for a certain new book, not students looking for new books to read. I still remember one time when I was looking for a new book in the catalogue. It said that it was available but I could not find it on the shelves so I had to go to the public library instead to check it out. It was not until later that I found out that the Ms. Suarez kept new books in the back.

Things You Know Now 

Address a least one obstacle or concern a library Science student might face.
Through this course, I have learned gain knowledge on numerous unfamiliar programs, either online or offline. I learned about prezi, an online application that allows people to create a slideshow that does not bore the audience to death like the old fashioned PowerPoint program. I also liked it better than PowerPoint because it does not require the user to download and install the software. I learned about how to voicethread. A great website that lets people post their comments/thoughts, giving us the options of recording our voice, recording ourselves or plainly type out our comment. There were also a couple more things I learned in this course. For example, things like how to blog, using Google Site, creating a book trailer and so on.
One obstacle that a library Science student will most likely face is trying to find a book for someone but cannot. Those books are always hiding somewhere and will not show up until you no longer needed. In most cases, it is mostly because these books are miss-shelved. In other cases, it could be checked out incorrectly, displayed on the shelves or hidden in the back. The ones in the back are the new books that are not put out yet but are shown as available on the catalogue so in those cases. When you want to know whether that is the case or not, check when it was last checked out and if there is no previous check out, it is most likely in the back.