Re: TARGET: Management for elem. student browsing

[Rhonda Weintraub <rhondaw@LI.NET>]

On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Chris Murphy wrote:

> Hi Friends,
>    As part of an assignment for an Intro. to School Media Centers class this
> summer at the University of Northern Iowa, I'm requesting ideas about quick
> and easy ways to manage elementary school students browsing in the library.
>  Are there any surefire ways to mark the place on the shelf where the kid
> takes out the book to look through, so he can find exactly where to reshelve
> it?  Any tips?
>    Thanks,  Chris Murphy  UNI
>
Dear Chris...I am an elementary librarian in  K - 5 building.  I allow
students in grades 2 - 5 to browse the shelves.  At the beginning of this
time (usually after a lesson), each child receives his or her
"placemarker", which is used to mark the place of a book removed from the
shelf.  A placemarker is a strip of oaktag marked with each student's
name and room number.  The students place their marker on the shelf each
time they remove a book.  When they have chosen their two books, they go
back to their tables with the books and their placemarker.  They sign
their cards and bring them to the circulation desk.  The placemarkers are
collected at the end of each period and placed in the folder for that
day's classes.  This really helps to keep the shelves in order.  Good
luck! I hope this helps you....Rhonda

Rhonda Weintraub, library media specialist
Forest Avenue Elementary School
West Babylon, N. Y. 11704