As a sole charge librarian, my daily routine before involvement in this project would have included any or all of the following tasks:

• Cataloguing and processing of resources
• Issuing and returning of books
• Planning and setting up displays
• Shelf tidying and general maintenance of the library space
• Talking with teaching staff about their research topics, including what resources the library had to support those topics, and how I could provide instruction to students around accessing them (as well general research processes and tips)
• Showing classes how to use the library WebApp/catalogue
• Selecting and book-buying, either online or by meeting with book sellers
• Responding to professional emails
• Responding to student requests for help with printing
• Coordinating and supervising student librarians
• Interval and lunchtime library supervision duty

Conversations with teachers sometimes led to more structured research instruction sessions at the beginning of a research assignment but were very ad hoc and only…