SJSU Library Instruction Intern

I am doing internship for San Jose State University Library (SJSU Library) Instruction. First of all, let me talk about the library. Five years ago, SJSU Library combined with the main branch of San Jose Public Library system (SJPL) into one building, which locates at the corner of 4th street and San Fernando St. The joint-used library is called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (King Library) and it is where the class will teach for English 1B. The library is totally nine floors with 1.5 million items, and each floor has its own collection. The Lower Level is mainly periodicals and government documents, first floor provides check-out, return, and quick information services, and children room. Even though it is called the children room, the collection is also good for high school students. Second floor is reference floor with reference librarians who help people to search information online and researches. Third floor is the public library collection, including adult fictions, youth fictions, non-fictions, and language materials. Forth floor is the social studying floor, and fifth floor is specially collections. From sixth to eighth floors are SJSU library collections.

My primary task is collaborating with Toby Matoush, who the coordinator of English 1B library and subject specialist for English, Foreign Languages, and Urban and Regional Planning, to develop basic literacy session for English 1B students to effectively use academic databases. In our team, we have three interns. In addition, I assist librarians from Science & Health Team, Diana Wu and Robert Bruce, for collection management. Therefore, my intern hours are split that 60 hours for English team and 30 hours for Science & Health Team.