Log 15: By this time the Libguide was done, I began working on my hypothetical class, and presentation, also reminded of a simulated phone interview
UTEP/University Library/Access Services with Research & Instruction
9am-5pm
TiJeat Berry
Intern Supervisor: Joy, Les, Angela
Below are my hours for July 9th and the tasks. Open Access was not covered.
Sitting at Access Services, most of this day I worked on my LibGuide, LibAnswer, Hypothetical Class, and presentation.
Same place, only giving a small smile at this time.
A lot of confusion began to happen during the last full week of my internship, some of it was my fault for misreading the calendar I was given and also not recognizing that it was continuously being updated in the 2024 Internship shared drive. On this day, I had 2 hours to prepare for a simulated phone interview that I was supposed to have with Les, Tessy, and Kristen; the only reason I became aware of the interview is that Les mentioned it to me, I had unfortunately looked over it in my internship calendar.
We sat in two different rooms, me on the 3rd floor, while they, minus Les, called me from The Hub on the 1st floor. The interview was to last 20 mins, but it went into 35 mins. Some of the feedback included; that I should not feel the need to start answering questions immediately and that it is acceptable to request time to think about the question. Also to take advantage of a phone interview that it is ok to read the answers from my notes. I did type up my answers, but I mistakenly thought I shouldn't sound like I was reading them.
For the question, "Can you give an example of a situation where you had multiple projects and how did your prioritize them?" Kristin told me that I needed to go more into specifics, such as using calendars, chunking. This reminded me of one process I did not mention which was using post-it's with lists of tasks that I still need to do, and using my calendar for a countdown. I would also like to do more research on the question "what do you think is the most unique, valuable thing an academic library can offer its users?" I was not satisfied with my answer, and this would be one of the ones I would incorporate the feedback to request some time to think about my answer.
For the rest of the day I worked on my Hypothetical Class and Presentation. The instructions were: You will be designing a 20 minute presentation to upper level undergrads for
MATH 3300 History of Mathematics
The assignment they have:
The paper is 8-10 pages using at least 10 resources, at least 8 of which must be from
peer reviewed articles. Other acceptable resources include scholarly books,
academic/scholarly websites, documentaries. Other materials should be approved
before use.
Decide
● what you want to teach them
● What databases you want to show them
● What keywords you want to use
Remember you only have 20 minutes!
Recommended (but not required) that you make a powerpoint/Quizzizz/etc.
Feel free to ask for opinions/input/feedback.
I was confused by these instructions, and when I asked for clarification, some did not know how the class was supposed to go, and I did get a good idea from the intern supervisor, who indicated that:
this was going to be me giving the "professor" ideas, and resources to use for their class by email or over the phone.
but then when I asked my department liaison to make sure this was the correct process she refuted it. The instructions for my presentation were confused with the instructions for the hypothetical class. Later there was a syllabus put into the shared folder so I proceeded as if I was going to teach an actual lesson on a subject covered in MATH 3300 using databases and videos. I proceeded to create a lesson that would last 2 hours, using Canva, Google Classroom, EdPuzzle, Youtube, and Quizizz.
Presentation: I also was working on a presentation to be given in front of library staff. Initially this presentation is related to Research and Instruction, but I was allowed to do a presentation on a cataloging topic, today I finally decided on The Future of Cataloging.
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