Hi everyone. I’m Jayne and I’m the trainee at the Taylor Institution this year. I previously studied Theology at Queen’s University Belfast, and graduated from my Masters last Christmas. Since then I have worked in Queen’s as a customer service assistant in various departments. This role gave me valuable experience of providing customer service in an academic setting, and I loved being able to interact with the students and staff on a daily basis. The desire to guide and work with students is one of the main reasons I am considering a career in librarianship. I hope I will be able to help the students this year as I seek to make information more accessible to them in the library.
Having studied both French and Spanish to A-Level, I am delighted to be working in the Modern Languages library and having the chance to make use of these subjects again. I have worked here for almost three weeks and I’m really enjoying it so far. Most of my time has been spent on the issue desk getting to grips with the new circulation system! I have also been dealing with a lot of stack requests, fetching books for students, and shelving. The library has been relatively quiet so I am looking forward to term starting and things becoming a little busier.
I am really excited about my year in Oxford. I have loved meeting the other trainees and swapping library stories! I hope working in the Bodleian Libraries will give me an insight into the various aspects of librarianship and help me decide if I wish to pursue librarianship as a career.
