Learning library science from the inside of an elementary school — and seeing what AI can lend to the work.

A record of one volunteer's experience contributing to and learning from a primary-school library. Field notes, observations, and the small tools built along the way.

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An experiment in two parts

This site documents what it's like to learn library science as it's practiced in a primary-school educational setting — and to experiment, in parallel, with how AI tools can support the healthy execution of that work.

The Field Notes section carries unfiltered field notes from the experience. The Tools section indexes the small utilities built along the way to make library work go a little smoother for the people doing it.

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Field notes

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004 · Tools

Built for the work

MARC File Creator

Scan an ISBN and a local barcode; the app pulls bibliographic data from Open Library and Google Books and writes a Destiny-ready MARC 21 record. Outputs a .mrc file ready to import.

Live Browser-based No install

Bibi · Volunteer Scheduling

Chat with Bibi to find a time to come help at the library — read to kids, scan books, sort and label, or help plan an author visit. Bibi confirms a slot conversationally and sends a Google Calendar invite with the address and check-in details.

Live Conversational Google Calendar

Biblio Buddy · Library Companion

A bilingual library companion running on a Reachy Mini robot. Kids ask questions in English or Spanish and get book recommendations pulled from the librarian's uploaded catalog. Configuration — hours, rules, voice, book list — sits behind a password. Kids never see the setup.

Live Bilingual Reachy Mini

Volunteer Dashboard

A roster of every volunteer Bibi has scheduled — session counts, dates, and reasons for visiting — plus a monthly calendar of past and upcoming visits. Reads live from Google Calendar so every coordinator sees the same data. For coordinators.

Live Coordinator Read-only
More tools as the work calls for them.