Do librarians spend their whole time shooshing? What are library staff up to when they are not reshelving or issuing books? What is the librarian doing behind the enquiry desk? This year’s library trainee, Anna Roberts, has documented a day in the life at Sainsbury Library, giving a glimpse into library life beyond the books. You can read the full post on the Oxford libraries graduate trainees blog.
Introduction to traineeship
Trainees spend a year in a library learning about the different roles within librarianship and gaining valuable experience in library work. For a couple of years, the Sainsbury Library shared trainees with the Bodleian Law Library, but this academic year the library has returned to having its own! Trainees get to participate in the Bodleian Graduate training scheme which involves training sessions on specific topics, such as disability librarianship, assessment in libraries, cataloguing sessions, introductions to conservation and care, along with visits to archives, other libraries, and the Collection Storage Facility (where most of the Bodleian’s 13 million items are stored!). You soon learn it is much more than just books-particularly in a business library!
Trainees spend a year in a library learning about the different roles within librarianship and gaining valuable experience in library work. For a couple of years, the Sainsbury Library shared trainees with the Bodleian Law Library, but this academic year the library has returned to having its own! Trainees get to participate in the Bodleian Graduate training scheme which involves training sessions on specific topics, such as disability librarianship, assessment in libraries, cataloguing sessions, introductions to conservation and care, along with visits to archives, other libraries, and the Collection Storage Facility (where most of the Bodleian’s 13 million items are stored!). You soon learn it is much more than just books-particularly in a business library!
https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sainsbury-library-trainee/