Why should you have to check everytime you run a list? Isn't automation to save you
time not create more work? In elementary school with kids checking out and browsing
on their own, keeping the shelves in perfect order is like growing grass on a
playground. I certainly will check the shelves if any student came in and claimed
they returned it, but if I have to double check before each overdue notice I say
the software needs a fix.
--
Pam Gelbmann, Media Specialist
Wilson Elem. MN
Pam.Gelbmann@comcast.net
"In the nonstop tsunami of global information librarians provide us
with floaties and teach us to swim."
--Linton Weeks, Washington Post, January 13, 2001
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Elizabeth Ullrich <eullrich@USRSCHOOLSK8.COM>
> That's great in theory, but on a weekly basis, I have over 120 books
> overdue. I can't possibly check on the shelves for all of them.
>
> --
> Mrs. Elizabeth Ullrich
> Media Specialist
> Cavallini Middle School
> Upper Saddle River, NJ
> eullrich@usrschoolsk8.com
>
> The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
> And all the sweet serenity of books.
> ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
>
>
>
> On 6/3/08 2:13 PM, "David Lininger" <tss003@TNP.MORE.NET> wrote:
>
> > Betty Klein wrote:
> > <snip>
> >> We've just adjusted our overdue system so we check the shelves before we
> >> send home overdue bills. It takes a little more time but its better
> >> than having a parent call and then have to tell them "Oh, yes it's on
> >> the shelf--never mind".
> >
> > This is good practice whether there are problems with your circulation
> > system or not. More than once I've caught kids sneaking overdue books
> > back onto the shelves. Having just checked the shelf will also answer
> > the parent who calls and asks, because you can then honestly tell the
> > parent that you already HAVE checked the shelf, and the book isn't there.
> >
>
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