Last Blog Post :(

So first thing is first...This blog post will be written in all the colours of the rainbow so that it makes the fact that it is my last blog post less sad :) (At least thats what I think)

Now, on to other, possibly or possibly not, more important things :P The first, well technically second, thing I want to say is that since it's my last post, I want to share a website with everyone. The website is www.goodreads.com, I personally love this website and seeing as I work in a library, it's actually very fitting :) Goodreads is mainly a website where you can track which books you read, have read, and want to read. However, on goodreads there are a TON of things to do! There are quotes, lists you can vote on, giveaways, and a place to put your very own writing up for others to see! Like I said I majorly love it and it's a great place to get away with if you love books :)

So now, I have a quote to share with you, one of three I shall be sharing before I end this blog post. "Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results." -Albert Einstein

Now for the beginning of sad thank you notes, not because I didn't like working here, but because I liked working here so much that it saddens me to leave. First to thank are my Vccaps friends. Thank you so much to all my co-workers, Adam, Michael (sorry if I spelled your name wrong!), Miguel, and Marilyn, who worked so hard to accomplish projects and came up with some AMAZING ideas and projects :) I loved getting the chance to check out the stuff everyone was working on! Thanks to Samantha, who has been an awesome Youth Intern coordinator. I've loved talking to you, sharing stories and it's been so much fun working with you :) Thanks to Donna as well who has guided us this whole time, being there whenever we needed help and doing so while volunteering. I can't possibly thank you enough for all the times you been there, and it's been so nice to work with you this past winter and this summer :) And finally thank you to Pauline, I've worked with you for three terms now and it's been great each time :) Once again thanks!!!

Now for my second quote, which is quite random but truly funny I find,  "I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room." -Ray Bradbury

And now onto more sad thank you notes, of which will finish up the sad notes. Now I need to thank the library staff, who have become like family to me :) Thank you to Larry, our Bookmobile driver. I will miss our conversations so much, it was always interesting to talk to you! Thank you to Cora Lee, though we were often quiet around each other, I loved laughing with at the random things we came across! And keep wearing dresses :) Thank you to Laverne, your window displays brighten up the front of the library immensely and I was continually in awe of how many different displays you came up with :) Thank you to Samantha (Morrison that is :P), you will remain my friend for as long as I can think! I loved our book conversations, general conversations, and crazy ideas/stories we shared :) Finally, thank you to Kate, I can't think of words to thank you with and even "thank you" doesn't seem like enough! You've helped me through hard times, understood when I forgot, shared stories with me, and were always there when I needed someone (: I will never forget any of you and you'll stay in my heart forever. BUT, mind you I am not saying this as a final goodbye! If the chance arises I will happily try to come back and work here again!

So, here I am at the last of my blog post. I have one final quote, which is for Kate, and is what I will leave this blog with, "She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be--she was a librarian, after all." -Sarah Beth Durst

One last blog post

Hey! For my last blog post I thought I'd share this website with you:

http://www.livecareer.com

The site has a great resume builder program that I've been using to build mine! It allows you to save it online and access it from anywhere as well as making a cover letter and printing.

The final week. Hell Yes. The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived although, with it, comes a dark cloud of sadness that it's all over. Working with VCCAPS this summer has been a great experience, I've learned skills that will help me throughout my life and my co-workers have helped make this an amazing summer. I'd like to thank Sam for being such a great supervisor over the summer and for never failing to have a story to tell, I'd like to thank my fellow youth interns: Michael, Marilyn, Miguel and Allison for all those thought provoking and extremely informative web-chats that I felt were always met with the utmost professionalism and last but definitely not least I'd like to thank Donna, the only person here who doesn't get paid but seems to do the most work out of any of us here. Without her helpful, caring nature or her can do attitude I don't know how this year would've went. It's been a great year people, I only wish I could do it again.

Talk About Being Busy

Advertising

Hey everyone, just thinking about next year's VCCAPS team and what we can do to help better advertise and get the word out about the CAP Sites since they have been getting low on numbers of customers recently. I was thinking that next year maybe they could host an event such as a community ball hockey or basketball game / tournament, or even an outdoor movie night with a projector and lawn chairs where you pay a small donation fee to get in, and then raffle off half of the money to the winning team or on a ticket. This would be a great way to get the word out about the CAP Sites and show that we do more than just computers, show the community side of CAP. Also, parts of these events could be filmed and made into an advertising video for CAP Sites around the county. These type of events are always fun-filled and can become popular if done right!
Anyone else have any ideas for future events CAP Sites could hold?
Just some thoughts!

Update

The summer is quickly coming to an end! At the Bay St. Lawrence Community Center I have been finishing up last minute things like putting together my tutorial for the basics of twitter and planning the senior's story telling day! I've been in contact with a few of the elders around the community and they are more than willing to come in and share their stories with us early next week!

Some Comics on Technology

                                                     Haha! This remind me of my Chem Class!

                                                             Wow...I would be running

I'm a bit late :P

So as Samantha said in an earlier post, she asked us a couple of weeks ago to write about something we never expected to happen when we came to work for Vccaps. In all truth I was a bit late, but I did think of some of the strange stories of things that happened here at the library, whether they happened to me or not. So here are a few of the ones I've written ;

Searching, Searching…

            I love scavenger hunts. Even if I’m not participating in them they are so much just to watch! I got to experience this, not too long ago, when a group of tourists came in to the library one day. At first I actually didn’t notice them, I was working at my desk and saw Samantha had taken care of them. However, I heard Samantha tell them they could use the computers for their search and I got up to explain to them how to use the computers. To, a little bit my surprise, they refused and insisted on having a book. The reason this surprised me was that most people would have used the computer to find what they were searching for. So, once Samantha began to search again for a book she may have missed and I, because I found this interesting, came over to see if I was able to help. Between Samantha and the people they told me that they needed some information on the war of 1812, but the rules said it was illegal for them to use computers. So I suggested to Samantha that there might be some information in a children’s historical fiction book and waited. Soon she found one that we had in at the library and off we went in search of it. We soon found it and showed it to the people in hopes that it might work for the type of information they needed. They said it was good, but then asked if they could make a copy of the back of the book. So I showed them the scanner and scanned and copied the back of the book for them.  I then brought over the page, only to find that they were, what looked like searching through the penny jar! Completely surprised, I found out from Samantha that they were apparently searching for a 1952 coin, which we discovered, is extremely hard to find. So we spent the next few minutes looking for a coin, and finally found one. Off they went on their way and soon returned to replace a few of the pennies they took from our penny jar! I never expected that to happen when I started work.

FIRE!!!

            This is an unexpected happening from my first summer working for Vccaps. I had been working quietly at the desk, a normal day basically. All of a sudden there was a blaring noise that was almost too loud to speak over! Freaked out and wondering what the noise was I asked Kate “What is that?!?” Kate told me “That’s the fire alarm. There must be a fire somewhere, don’t worry it’ll stop soon.” So I sat there, and kind of laughed at myself for not realizing what it was, and waited for it to stop. Needless to say I no longer freak out when the alarm goes off and it was most definitely one of my first unexpected happenings.

Fish Tales

            This unexpected happening actually has nothing to with patrons, or even computers, but it is none the less interesting. Kate got a call not too long ago about a fish tank, and yes, I said fish tank. The person calling told Kate that they had a 10 gallon fish tank with fish, that they wished to give away and they thought it would have a good home at the library. So Kate told them she would have to ask her supervisor first, but if they called back she would have an answer. So, Kate proceeded to call her supervisor and asked about the fish tank. Now, we happily are receiving a fish tank to add to the teen area. I spent the morning helping Kate to figure out where all the reference books would go and where the games would go. This way, if the tank breaks, which I pray it won’t,  no books will get damaged by being underneath it. This I definitely didn’t expect to happen, but I’m glad it did.