DARIEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY INTERNSHIP

LIS 698 – Spring 2011

Whitney Owen

ABOUT THE LIBRARY

•Community hub

•CL Picture book collection organized by glades

•Lots of Pratt folk

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reader’s Advisory

Reference Desk

Collection Development

Programming

Observations

Clerical chores

PROJECT IDENTIFICATION

• “7, 8, Create!”

•Librarians identified age group

•Empowered me to make it my own

•Stories, crafts, games

NATURE OF WORK

•Developmentally Appropriate Practice

•Emergent Literacy Skills

•Socialization

•Fun

DIGITAL OBSERVATIONS

Virtual Reference

Google Tools

E-book launch

Programming Tools Topics

REFLECTIONS

•Professional development

•Values of library service to children

•What a difference literacy support makes

•Tools, Tips, and Tricks of the Trade