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

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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

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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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if y ou h a v e e v e r t a k e n the t o u r of th e pa r 1 i a m e n t b u i 1 d i n g s , y 0 u w i 1 1 h a v e been i n my 1 i bra r y - a huge r o u nd r o o m a b 0 u t th r e e s t 0 r i e s h i gh, f ui 1 o f beau t i f u 1 h a n d c a r V e d b 1 o n d wo 0 d Th e v a r i ou s of f i c e s a r e i n be h i n d th e cent r e r o o m , an d th e bulk o f bo 0 k s a nd o t h e r mater i a 1 s are i n the t w o base in e n t s b e 1 o w The 1 i b r a r y 0 f Pa r 1 i a m e n t s e r v e s P rim a r i 1 y th e m e m b e r s of P a r 1 i a m e n t a n d the S e n a tor s , s o th e r e both c a s u a 1 b r o u s i n g a nd r e que s t s for s pe c i f i c i n mat i on h a v e t o be h a n d le d ac c u r a te H, and mu s t b e up t o d a te Th at i s w he re I c 0 m e i n a s I w o r k i n t he do c u me n t s s e c t i 0 n of the r e f e r e n c e br a n c h I am r e s P o n s i b 1 e f 0 r r e c e i v i n g , s 0 r t l n g ch e c k i n g 0 t he Ka r d e x a 1 i th e f e d e r a 1 doc u m e n t s . Other c 1 e r do p r o V i n c i a 1 a nd i n t e v n a t i o n a 1 do cum e n t s . N o 0 D lieves me when I try to tell them about the immense volume of paper I handle, as no one realizes the amount of government materials published. In a job such as mine, it is important to keep up your nguage. I work with French, English and bilingual materials, and over half the staff is French echnology training certainly helped in my t to my job. I even remembered Mr. Bjorgo ' s on binding when I sent myfirst order to the r e a 1 1 y i m m e n s e t h e a m u j o b s u c s e c 0 n d b i 1 i n s p e a k i n L i br a r y ad j u s t m 1 e c t u r e b i nd a r y On e w o r w h at a pl a i n i d about your new jobs library technician is t again and again Few people will kn o™ so be prepared to e x - and above all, be enthusiastic! MARY NATION