Circulation
Every Friday night I volunteer at the Corvallis Public Library. I started volunteering back in June, so I’ve been at this for four months now. I work in circulation and my main job is to help keep the books a-movin’ back to the shelves. I have spent time checking in books at the adult/young adult station as well as the juvenile station. The AV station is quite the challenge — I can never seem to get ahead, as they constantly keep falling into the drop box. I can get ahead of the books – I’m pretty quick at checking them back in, if I say so myself! I try to leave my shift on Friday nights with all the books checked back in and ready to be shelved. It is such a sense of accomplishment to have that done before I head home.
Quite often I pick up a book to beep back into the system and it looks pretty interesting. Last night I came across several where I stopped what I was doing to read the back of the jacket and peruse through the pages. Last night’s books:
- The Dog Encyclopedia/Ester J.J. Verhoef-Verhallen – I had to read about Newfoundlands since I am the proud momma of one.
- Inside the Crips: life inside L.A.’s most notorious gang/Colton Simpson with Ann Pearlman
- And plenty of yummy looking cookbooks galore…
I like working in circulation because I get to see all the new (and old) stuff the library has! It’s like a physical catalog – i.e., I’m physically going through books, browsing through them as I check them back in. I was able to feel some satisfaction at the end of the night as I was able to get all the adult and YA books checked in. The juvenile section had a bit of books waiting to return to their rightful place on the shelves, but I wanted to leave something for the Saturday volunteer’s shift. (I want to make sure they have something to do, ya know?)
