St John’s College Library

Time of year: Winter, Easter or Summer Vacation. Michaelmas, Lent or Easter Term.

Length of placement: Morning/Afternoon/ All day.

Supporting users: Supporting non-traditional university students or library users (e.g. distance-learners), Supporting non-university personnel, Supporting academic or assistant staff

User services: Reading list management, Document delivery, Handling enquiries

Managing collections: Moving part or all of your library collection, Weeding, Dealing with large donations

Acquisitions/Ordering: Selecting material for purchase, Ordering books, Ordering journals, Acquisitions workflow and best practice

Cataloguing: Books, Audiovisual material (including CDs and DVDs)

Photograph of bookshelves and enquiry desk at St John's College Library, Cambridge
St John’s College Library

Contact: Janet Chow, jc614@cam.ac.uk.

Libraries directory entry: https://www.libraries.cam.ac.uk/libraries-directory/st-johns-college

Educating Users: Planning/delivering induction and training sessions, Using ebooks, Designing posters, Using databases