Good grief
I never used to check in the "old" days before
automation unless they came in and said they returned
it
--- Pam Gelbmann <pam.gelbmann@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 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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405 West Washington Street
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