Re: new job/first week

[Anna J Russell <anna@TENET.EDU>]

I too wonder if service beginning when the students return, is possible.
I don't believe it is.  In my case, the first week of school is spent
helping place children in classrooms and ESL testing was done in the
LMC.  I too have an outdated computer system that I must input students
and move students.  And this year  I returned to no system.  In my case I
have found that most teachers do not want library the first couple of
weeks.  I think that perhaps Deborah needs to return to the elementary
school for a year to see the real world.
     I would love to open the first day--I have been know to open the
second week.  It usually resulted in a disaster--and teachers requesting
to wait until at least the 3rd week.

On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, James Mong wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Deborah Chaney
>
>  The point is: Service should begin when the students
> > return, just as it does for classroom personnel.
> > Deborah Chaney
> > Coordinator for Library and Media Services
> > Birdville (TX)ISD
> > chaney@tenet.edu
> >
> >
>         Well, I HAVE to say something about this statement.  It is a much
> desired thing to begin service as soon as the students come in the door.
> BUT, if you have no aide, a computer system that requires all new
> students to be put in by hand, all old ones updated and new barcodes
> printed out as well as trying to get a class list from a multitude of
> teachers, it is impossible.  On top of that there are books to be
> processed that weren't finished last year, Accelerated Reader records to
> be deleted, updated and passwords invented for 600 students.  This is
> just a sample of jobs to be done.
>         My point is this, it is a fine thing to begin service
> immediately, but if you are like most school librarians I know, the first
> week to ten days are a blur of getting ready to open the library and
> there are only dreams of immediate service.
>         Hey, I'm not really coming down on you Deborah. I just wanted to
> speak up for those librarians (like me) who have so little and are
> expected to give immediate satisfaction.  I enjoy the job, but it takes
> me longer than "now" to get it going.
>         My two cents.
>         James Mong
>
> Riverview Middle School-- Huntington, IN 46750
> jmong@neptune.esc.k12.in.us
>