A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN:RICK ORSILLOSarah Hager LIS 567 December 5, 2009

Shoreline Library: An Overview

http://www.kcls.org/shoreline/about.cfm

Shoreline Art Work

Introducing: Rick Orsillo Teen Services Librarian

http://www.myspace.com/rickobaggins

http://shorstab.blogspot.com/

Unshelved Lookalike Contest Winner as Randy!

http://www.facebook.com/rickobaggins

Additional Links for further review

PDF done by Rick on the TAB, right click to open for a bigger view or follow this hyperlink

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6654575.html

Below is the link to the article on the RFW contest :

YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults 2008 :

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/08bbya.cfm

Day to Day Work

Starts the day checking Email! Regular Staff Meetings Tours of Library for students Reference Desk 4 hours Organizing work for volunteers Weeding—as needed Paperwork and updating Facebook,

Twitter and the Library Blog

Programs

Story-time Summer Reading Program Study Zone Computer classes STAB Game On Field Trips: ComiCon

Outreach

Book Talks Going to schools and signing up kids for library

cards Database demonstrations at schools Works with local teachers to have resources

available ahead of time for student assignments

Twitter/Facebook/MySpace Participates in the Shoreline Parade Attends volunteer resource fairs to recruit

volunteers to the Shoreline Teen Advisory Board

Collection

Centralized Weeding is done when a book needs to

be replaced due to wear No books published BEFORE (not after-

oops) 2000 The Teen Collection has the 2nd highest

circulation in the library behind the Children’s Collection

There is a list !

Community

Operation: Teen Book Drop

Yearly the library becomes involved in community events such as the Shoreline Parade, school job, volunteer resources, and health fairs, book talks and school visits. They work together on events with Social Services and the Parks and Recreation Departments to enrich community participation in library events.

During Operation Teen Book Drop, Rick and some local teens volunteered to deliver 600 teen books to donate to Children’s Hospital.

Programs to come and Projects in the making: Programs: Digital Design Zone: Van with 5 PCs and

5 Macs going to predetermined locations Library-to-Go Project in the works: to redefine the role

of “The Librarian”. Emphasis is being placed on more Outreach and Librarians being physically out of the library more often