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Now working
It’s July 1 and the bulk of my orientation is done. As we discover what we need, we fill in the blanks. The libguides have been turned over to me for my colleges. The interim liaison is off at the ALA conference, and so I’ve been contacting collaborators on my own. I sat in on the interview for the next practicum student. It was strange being on the other side of the table so soon after starting this job. Tomorrow I sit in on a class, and I have to start preparing my own. I feel like I’m beginning to work.
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Practicum Day 1
I would like to think that my first day as an intern went well. I offered an idea to solve one problem. That was good. Overall the day was a lot of orientation and a little bit at the service desk. Because I work at this University as a regular employee, I was particularly afraid of the desk. I know entirely too many people. I don’t want people I know coming to the desk to ask me questions just to entertain themselves. Other than that, my second fear is to get a question that I have no answer to nor have any idea how to get the answer to it.…