QCPL Volunteers

Blog for the not-so-ordinary volunteers of QCPL ;-)

Projects

2008

Multimedia and Internet Services Section

  • Edited the Newsletter at the for necessary corrections
  • Planned the inclusion of Barangay Profiles in QC at the library website
  • Encoded the more than 150 Barangay Profiles in QC in Word file
  • Transferred the Word file to PHP file or the web page format
  • Asked assistance from Barangay Operations Center for the proofreading
  • Proofreading of web page format to check for misspellings and incorrect information (ongoing till February)
  • Promotion of the Barangay Profiles at the library website thru: letters of communication to barangays, e-mail blast, poster or streamer at Main Library and branches (planned on March)

Periodicals Section

  • Made clippings and placed index terms, 200 in total
  • Helped arranged the card catalog alphabetically and by subject
  • Arranging of magazines at the shelves
  • Arranging of government, special publications, and other journals

Reader’s Service

  • Typed call numbers of pocketbooks and reference books
  • Shelfreading
  • Assisting patrons in general research inquiries and referred them to the OPAC
  • Encoded the thesis collection at the library database
  • Indexing the literature index (manual), 5 books
  • Typing of literature index
  • Descriptive cataloging of Computer Books
  • Typing member IDs
  • Maintaining the library section’s cleanliness

Law Research

  • Pasting of QC Ordinances and Resolutions, national laws clippings (50)
  • Encoding the Administrative and Executice Orders
  • Shelfreading
  • Assisting patrons in locating Republic Acts, SCRA and Constitution

Local History Section

  • Indexing QC-related articles and records
  • Organizing the records at the section
  • Helping in the preparation of the library’s bulletin board and new branch opening

Technical Services

  • Covering of catalog cards
  • Classifying new slips by author, by title and subject
  • Inserting new slips and pulled out duplicate copies at the card catalog
  • Checking the Literature index database for duplicate entries
  • Encoding of Literature index at the library database
  • Shelfreading

Administrative Services

  • Recording of received materials such as magazines and newspapers
  • Coordinating the discharge of newspapers of other departments
  • Answering phone calls
  • Filing of incoming and outgoing transactions of the section
  • Indexing of incoming and outgoing transactions of the section
  • Preparing a log of absences, undertime and tardiness of library staff
  • Requesting staff to sign DTRs
  • Encoding office communications: reports
  • Manning of the Baggage counter
  • Laminating new QCPL member’s IDs

(ADDED January 18, 2008)

Multimedia and Internet Services Section

  • Prepared the module: Internet Browsers and Mozilla
  • Conducted the said module to 21 branch librarians
  • Added the Photo Galleries at the website showing various activities of the branch libraries
  • Prepared the module: Educational Games for Kids
  • Conducted the said module to 4 kids
  • Created this blog for QCPL volunteers and interns
  • Added the Library Tour at the website
  • Monitored attendance of branch librarians and the solution to their respective problems
  • Helped encode the Government Publications and Special Publications of the Periodical Section at the library’s database
  • Assisted patrons at the section
  • Made a one stop information desk to answer queries about membership, services, etc.
  • Compiled and submitted said modules for future use
  • Helped in puppetshows in Horseshoe and Aklatang Pambata libraries

Periodicals Section

  • Encoded Government and Special Publications at the Library Database
  • Encoded Periodical Titles at the Library Database
  • Made clippings and placed index terms
  • Helped arranged the card catalog alphabetically and by subject
  • Arranged magazines at the shelves
  • Arranged government, special publications, and other journals

Reader’s Service

  • Encoded the pocketbook collections
  • Arranged the card catalog alphabetically and by subject
  • Shelfread
  • Assisted patrons
  • Encoded the thesis collection at the library database
  • Helped in descriptive cataloging
  • Placed book pockets and date due slips and book cards at the Reference Section
  • Helped encode the Government and Special Publications at the Library Database
  • Helped in puppetshows in Payatas and Aklatang Pambata libraries
  • Helped maintained the library section’s cleanliness

Law Research

  • Wrote manually QC Ordinances and Resolutions
  • Organized the QC Ordinances and Resolutions, national laws clippings
  • Encoded the QC Ordinances and Resolutions (1,600 records)
  • Shelfreading
  • Assisted patrons
  • Helped in puppetshow in Payatas library

Local History Section

  • Indexed QC-related articles and records
  • Organized the records at the section
  • Helped prepared the library’s bulletin board
  • Helped prepared backdrop for the puppetry sessions

Technical Services

  • helped made descriptive cataloging
  • encoded books to QCPL database
  • covered books
  • prepared books for delivery to different branches
  • delivered books to different branches

Administrative Services

  • Filed incoming and outgoing transactions of the section
  • Recorded received materials such as magazines and newspapers
  • Laminated new QCPL member’s IDs

Branches

Lagro Branch

  • Conducted storytelling more than 30 kids
  • Encoded Books
  • Arrranged books thru colorcoding
  • Made descriptive cataloging: wrote different call nos. authors, title of books to a definite card
  • Indexed
  • Arranged card catalogs (alphabetizing)
  • Shelfread
  • Entertained and assisted book readers

Payatas Branch

  • Made descriptive cataloging : wrote different call nos., authors, title of books to a definite card
  • Indexed clippings
  • Filed clippings
  • Conducted Puppet Show to more than 30 kids
  • Shelving
  • Arranged card catalogs (alphabetizing)
  • Shelfread
  • Entertained and assisted book readers

Novaliches Branch

  • Made descriptive cataloging : wrote different call nos., authors, title of books to a definite card
  • Indexed clippings
  • Filed clippings
  • Conducted Puppet Show to more than 30 kids
  • Shelving
  • Arranged card catalogs (alphabetizing)
  • Shelfread
  • Entertained and assisted book readers

(ADDED May 22, 2007)

    2 Responses to “Projects”

    1. Leodivica G. Campos said

      Greetings!
      How does one become a volunteer. What needs to be done or what are the requirements…Thank you.

    2. Gerald said

      Good Day!

      How can i be a volunteer?

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