update:

The placement was great! The library catered specifically to ministry officials (mainly civil servants, there's a legislative library for the elected officials), and it offered a wide variety of specific services which was neat to see. The people there pretty much let me have a go with everything, from easy things like circulation to technical services like subject and descriptive cataloguing. I got to try out a catalogue system I hadn't used before (Sydney), got to take part in interlibrary loans for the first time, and also got to do monkeywork like weeding and loose leaf filing. Everyone was super nice and talkative and supportive, so it was a great placement.

There ya go!