DAY 12: Facing My Fear

After an uneventful day of flipping the pages and scanning it, I was looking forward to the next area of the archives. I was dying to know what area would I be assigned this time as I am about to finish two of them, there would only be two left. I shouldn't worry about this yet though because I still have four hours left in the AIL.

JULY 03, 2017 - MONDAY

Each time I come back to the archives, I am excited for another experience yet to come. I made sure to arrive on time even if I had slept a little late the previous night. I returned to what have been my station for two days and resumed the work I have left off. I am still halfway done off my final book. I immediately went to the necessary software to begin my work.

Just A Few More Flipping Through

As I flip and scan through the pages of what seems to be the final book for my shift, I was thinking back on how much of these books I have scanned. I felt accomplished after being able to scan four AILs by 11AM of that day. It was then that I discovered what section I would be next, Reference.

All throughout the beginning of our shift, I have been fearing the reference because I am an extremely shy person and I get nervous in front of people. But since I cannot do anything about it, I must be strong and act confident for the time being. I was toured around by Ma'am Cris and I found out the arrangement scheme that they follow for the theses, I was also asked to answer the phone which I dreaded. I entered my first shift hoping that no one would call.

The first few hours were terrifying, it was a good thing Ma'am EQ was with me that time. There was even a scenario when someone was searching for a theses, I had to return a previous one and someone was calling on the phone. It was one of those situations wherein you do not know what to do first.

Gladfully, I managed to resolve it. I also had a situation wherein someone was continuously looking for a thesis and I had to bring him two each time. It was a struggle but I managed to do it

By 4PM, I was able to process 24 records charge out requests and while it was a challenge for me, I definitely enjoyed doing it.

Too Many People, I Can't

Once the bell rang, signaling the end of the day, I was able to do all of the things expected to me in the reference and it was one of the most satisfying feeling ever.

Let's just see if there would be more people tomorrow.

- Sam, That New Librarian