Date: October 31st 2025

It is pretty surreal that I have about 2 weeks left in my program in which I did everything from circulation, reference, and outreach. I decided to put this picture here because it represents our Library, which is a special district Library that preceded the start of Beaumont. It was started and funded by Andrew Carnegie, and learning the history is quite exciting as my wife and I moved to this area. There is a sense of pride learning that many of the patrons' parents and grandparents were coming to the Library since the beginning. We have two workers that have been working for 30 years at the Library, and they used to come there as kids. I do like the small town and the sense of community it provides. We lived in a major city (Long Beach) before, and it is impossible to get to know patrons just because of the volume of people coming in. I have developed relationships already with our regulars, which is quite nice.

Today was a very fulfilling day as we participated in an outreach event at Glen View High School, a local continuation school. Around 63 students visited our booth, where we handed out small prizes, shared information about library services, and helped several students sign up for new library cards. The event lasted about three hours, and I worked alongside Indira, our Librarian I, and Julia, our Supervising Librarian. The teamwork flowed smoothly, and it was rewarding to see how engaged the students were once they realized how many resources were available to them, from homework help and study spaces to digital tools and creative programs.

Today was such a good day at the library, I started my morning by joining the Reading to Tots program at Beaumont Presbyterian Church, led by Jennifer, The kids were full of energy and excitement, and it was amazing to see how engaged they were with the stories. At the end they did a little activity and everyone was well behaved. The instructors name is Jennifer and she is a veteran when it comes to this. She has a Masters in Child developement and it is really interesting to learn her tactics when it comes to helping the kids engage and the learn the material. The parents are wonderful keeping there kids behaved and helping teach them as they go along. 

This  Monday at the  Public Library began at 10 a.m. with reshelving returns in the adult non-fiction section, particularly focusing on the 300s, which cover social sciences. I started to recognize which books circulated most often, true crime and psychology were surprisingly popular. During that time, I also checked for misplaced titles and occasionally found items that had been shelved in the wrong decade of Dewey. I appreciated the quiet routine of this task—it helped me get familiar with the collection and notice trends in what our patrons were actually reading. Around noon, I moved to assist with the library’s ESL (English as a Second Language) materials. This involved checking inventory, updating labels, and reorganizing our small but well-used language learning section. I also had the chance to sit in on a weekly ESL conversation group. Though I wasn’t leading it, I helped set up the space and occasionally participated in small discussions. Talking with learners from different backgrounds was one of the most rewarding parts of the internship. It gave me a deeper sense of how the library functions not just as a book lender but as a community hub. My last two hours were spent helping prep for afternoon programs. One day it was setting up for a local author talk, another day it was folding brochures for our "Tech Help Thursdays" sessions. I also worked on updating bulletin boards with fresh event flyers and rotating book displays based on current themes, like Banned Books Week or Native American Heritage Month. There was a lot of creativity involved, and I liked that the work felt immediate, something I did that day could directly shape what a patron saw when they walked in. It was a mix of small, practical tasks that added up to something that felt meaningful.  

Date: October 13th 

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Date: October 3

For today, I got to jump on a Zoom for part of my shift to oversee an online manga book club. Due to Covid and the preferences of the patrons, the meeting is still going online, but our Supervisor wants to transition back to in-person once the library construction is done. One of the reasons for it is to stimulate in-person connection, which will help develop better relationships between staff and patrons—something that's genuinely harder to build through a screen when people have their cameras off or are multitasking in another tab.

Date: 9.23.2025