Lakehead University School of Library Technology - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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COMMUNICATIONS Ankney, Janet, At the media centre, by Janet Ankney, Gail Darby, and Mary Nation. Thunder Bay, School of Library Technology. 3p. ill us. (Library Technologist II series) I have enjoyed my first year out in the working world! My job at Jane Junior High School as Library Tech- nician has been a very interesting and challenging experience . My main responsibilities are to take care of the circ- culati°n system, vertical file, and card catalogue, cat- aloguing of non-book materials and generally assisting the librarian, students and staff. These may sound rat- her routine, but the atmosphere of this open concept school makes my working conditions quite unlike those of conventional school libraries. My t w o years of study i n 1 ib r a r y technology g a v e m e a w o r k i n g know ledge of th e lib r a r y practices n e c e s s a r y f o r w o r k i n g in a librar y I n add ition, the c our s e e n ab 1 e d me t o adapt mor e r e a dily to the Jane J u n i o r H i gh s i t u a t i on . My heartiest best wishes go out to you graduates! GAIL DARBY

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Class of ' 70 Bell, Leslie, l8l Winnipeg Ave., Thunder Bay N., Ont . Blackburn, Marilyn, P.O., Hunt a, Ont. Cameron, Kathy, 335 Bolton Cres., Thunder Bay s., Ont. Elliott, Joan, 10 York St., Dundas, Ont. Fallen, Carol, 1+52 W. Arthur St., Thunder Bay S., Ont. Forbes, Nancy, Box 21, Keewatin, Ont. French, Janet, 26 Church St, ; S., Richmond Hill, Ont. Hague, Maria, j6 College St. Thunder Bay N., Ont. Hague, Wendy, R.R. 13, Thunder Bay N. , Ont. Jacobsen, Clarence, 1+3 Balsam St., Thunder Bay N., Ont. Kaminski, Anna, Hillsport, Ont. Lefort, Andre, 127 Hollywood Ave., Smooth Rock Falls, Ont. Maki, Judy, 236 Tupper St., Thunder Bay N. , Ont. Moore, Bonnie, R.R. 2, Thunder Bay S., Ont. Roadhouse, Sharon, c o Mr. Dow, ll+5 Forfar St., Fergus, Ont. Schmidt, Dorothy, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec Where Are You ?

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I find myself in a rather unique position as the only graduate library technologist in charge of public library. Though the Dryden Public Lib- rary is small in comparison to Thunder Bay ' s lib- rary, for instance, we perform a necessary service to the Dr yden and district population of about 1 0 , 000 . I h a ve found in the past year tha t the v a r i o u s c o u r s e s I t 0 ok in 1 ibrary tech n o 1 o gy ha ve g r e at ly he 1 pe d me in my wor k. However , i n this parti c u 1 a r i n s t anc e . bo o k k e e p i ng, actual ad m i n i s t r a t i o n pr a c t- ice , bo ok s e lection pract ices , an d an i nb o r n s e n s e o f o r g a n i z a t ion w o u Id have he 1 pe d in my work . Th e s e th i ngs , ho we v e r , w i th the exce p t i o n of book s e 1 e c t i o n seem to come with every day practice. A favourite joke around our library is my asking s t a f f me mb e r s 4 In you r spare t i m e w 0 u 1 d you. . . ? ' I a 1 w ay s get a la ugh f r om the one I ' m t alking to I t seems that i f t he r e isn ' t s i x of on e thing, t he re ' s half a do ze n 0 f ano t he r . At p r e s e nt we ha v e two catalogue c a rd f i 1 e s . On e i s the 6 ol d ' one i n which the maj o r i ty of t. h e c a r ds are h an d - w r i 1 1 e n , an d there are n o s he 1 f list c a r ds for the bo ok s e n t e r e d here. Then we h a ve the ' n e w car d c a t a 1 og u e w h i ch covers about on e qua r t e r o f t he lib r a r y ' s hold i n gs , and about on e qua r t e r 0 f the s e c a rd s are i m pr ope r 1 y done . A ne w c a r d c a t - a lo gue i s th e main P roject of tir 3 1 i b r a r y at th i s t i m e . A fe w new t h ings have been done in the past y ear, so a 1 1 is not 1 ost. Our reference co 1 lec t i on ha s e x - p a nd e d and i s now quite useful in our work w i th the pub 1 i c . We have also extended our open i n g hours from twenty - four to forty-six hour s so the pu b 1 ic can use the library more often in the week. I really enjoy my work, but as I said, if I were born with an innate sense of organization, I would certainly find it a great help. JANET ANKNEY