Required Information
| Name | Lauren Hayes |
Professional Information
| Employer Name | Santa Clara City Library |
| Job Title | As Needed Library Assistant I |
| Job Description | The Library Assistant I is the entry-level classification in the Library Assistant series. This classification provides general library services to patrons through a broad range of clerical, technology support and public assistance. With experience, Library Assistants may oversee a service function in a library program. The Library Assistant I may work in any division within the Library (i.e. Adult Services, Collection, Support Services or Youth & Extension). |
| Scholarly and Professional Interests | library archives public librarianship youth services librarian academic librarianship special materials librarianship |
Favorites
| Favorite Activities | Outside of class I enjoy cuddling up to my dog Daisy, going on walks or hikes, crafting, playing video games, listening to Taylor Swift, traveling, going to Disney parks, spending time with my family, sleeping in and staying up late, and scrolling through TikTok. |
| Favorite TV Shows | Law and Order SVU, Full House, The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise, Love Island (UK), Gilmore Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs, The Greek, Once Upon a Time, The Great British Baking Show, The Circle, Love is Blind, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, Community, Friends, Star Trek, Veronica Mars, The Great, Orville, Workaholics, Schitts Creek, Modern Family, Saturday Night Live, and more! |
| Favorite Movies | Practical Magic, Alien, Pretty Woman, The Mummy, White Chicks, Paranorman, The Amazing Spiderman, Big Business, Princess Bride, 27 Dresses, Coraline, and more! |
| Favorite Music | Taylor Swift, Simple Plan, Green Day, Chappel Roan, Beach Bunny, Paramore, and more! |
| Favorite Quotes | “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince. “You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.” Matt Haig, The Midnight Library |
| Favorite Books | The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss. |
Learning Experiences and Goals
| Most Memorable Learning Experience | In high school I was going through a particularly rough time both at home and at school. One of my teachers reached out to me and instead of berating me for falling behind or making threats if I did not turn in sufficient work, he told me he knew my potential and asked if there was any way he could help so that my work reflected my talent. His belief in me and his willingness to not only teach by guide me helped me reignite my passion to learn and my faith in the education system. We still keep in touch to this day, and the lessons he taught me inspire me to never give up. |
| Online Learning | I tend to gravitate more towards lectures and audio where I can listen to the concepts I need to learn rather than just reading a textbook and teaching myself, but online learning provides accessible learning to a full time work schedule so I hope courses in the MLIS bridge those two teaching strategies to provide a well rounded education. |
| Learning Goals | I hope to challenge myself to learn new concepts in the Library and Information fields that I do not already know or work with regularly. I happen to work as a Library Assistant at a public library where I get to work at the circulation desk, youth services desk, reference desk, and in shelving, weeding, and program implementation. I hope to learn about archives and special materials so that I can have as well rounded of a resume as possible when I venture out into the world post-grad. |