Job Mob!

Daily Hours: 2
Total Hours: 123

Chris had family in town today and so she took an actual day off (as Michael put it: "a day off in which she actually wouldn't come in to the library" because she comes always ends up at the branch on her off days to finish up one project or another), so I volunteered to be the library representative at Job Mob and go with out her.  Neither of us could make it last week and apparently they really could have used the extra help.

Today started out slow, as most people who came in were there for interviews with Diversified Personnel Services.  But I ended up spending a very enjoyable hour and a half helping an older Latina women one-on-one with basic computer skills.  She had been in Chris' Intro to Computers class earlier in the summer, and wanted to learn how to use a flash drive and better use email.  She doesn't have a computer at home so she has to come to the library or MATC to practice, which makes it difficult because she said she often forgets what she learns each time.  I would have enjoyed the interaction on any level, but it was especially great because I conducted the whole lesson in Spanish!  One interesting thing I realized right away: my "technology Spanish" was really lacking, there were so many specific vocabulary words I didn't know, so I sometimes I had to do a lot of circuitous explaining to get at the word I meant.  "Technology Spanish" goes hand in hand with "Library Spanish," important, specialized vocabularies that are so valuable in meeting the information needs of Spanish-language patrons!