HIT:What students assistants do -Part I

[Margaret Hunt <mchunt@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Thanks to everyone that responded.  Think I got replies from half the
states in the union!
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My media assistants are all volunteers. They check the
books/magazines in & out. They shelve books (each student is responsible
for a certain section), they laminate materials for teachers (we have an
old-style flat laminator), they stamp new books, they cover books that need
plastic covers, they decorate the library (hang the seasonal banners,
change bulliten boards, etc.). They do all the little things that take so
much time. We have a 7 period day and I try to get one or two every hour
(more than that & it becomes too social). Since I don't have an aide, the
volunteers are very valuable to me!
Linda Hill
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My student aides perform the usual tasks: checking books in and out, manning
the copy machine, shelving books, reading shelves that are assigned to them,
assisting students with the computers as needed, retrieving periodicals from
the stacks as needed (and re-filing them), etc.  In addition, I have=20
developed a computer program specifically for library student aides which
issues a wide variety of reference questions that they are to answer, giving
the source of the answer as well as the answer.  The questions are designed
to acquaint students with both print and electronic resources.  Students
are required to answer correctly 15 questions per quarter. =20
Norma Dreyer
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Arrange displays and bulletin boards                                            =09
Back up computer files                                          =09
Check materials in and out                                              =09
Collate and staple worksheets                                           =09
Deliver materials to classrooms and school office                       =09
Enter information into a computer database                              =09
File catalogs                                           =09
Get mail and sort                                               =09
Help in book processing:  Paste on bar codes, date-due slips and labels;=20
stamp school name; put on mylar jackets         =09
Inventory with hand-held computer device                                =09
Keep paper slips and pencils available at various locations     =09
Answer phone                                            =09
Process inter-library loan materials                                    =09
Proof World-Wide Web addresses                          =09
Proofreading                                            =09
Read paperback racks                                            =09
Read shelves so items are in correct order                                      =09
Read video tapes.                                               =09
Recommend titles                                                =09
Shelve materials                                                =09
Sort magazines in magazine room                                 =09
Train other students in using computers and locating materials  =09
Troubleshoot CD-ROMs                                            =09
Typing  =09
Water plants                                            =09
Zealously publicize the library=D5s services

Patricia Moore, Media Specialist North Polk=20
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Our student aides do:
Shelving
Maintain shelf order of a select part of the collection
Straighten up the library floor
Laminate
Copy videotapes
Deliver A-V equipment
Assist students with library use
Check out materials
Run errands
Put newspapers on poles
Manage the network printer
Stamp new books, add date dues
Answer the telephone
Dust
Check in new magazines
Some, not all assist with computer work
Linda Elliot
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shelf read
shelf books
help deliver a-v equipment
man our pass desk
help process magazines
help w/bulletin boards
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Besides checking out/in ans reshelving materials, some of the other jobs
I assign my student aides to do are:
-- process new magazines by placing a label (book spine label) on
   the upper left hand corner of each magazine and write the date/issue
   on the label; then security stripped (I use the 3M Tattle Tape) to
   theft-proof it.
-- process new books and av materials received from our District
   Library Services by checking bar code labels, putting protective=20
   tape over the bar codes, checking book spine labels, also tape
   those with protective tape so they don't fall off the book spine.
   We also use place security strip in books and av items.
-- read shelves to put books in order.
-- replace worn spine labels.
-- book repair.
-- type order form for books that I am sending to the bindery.
-- dusting/wiping shelves and tables clean.
-- cleaning books (erasure, whiting-out writing, etc.)
-- bonding book jacket/front cover to books with plain cover to make=20
   them more appealing.
-- manage printing from the network laser printer, collect money if due.
   (I give the first three printed (text) pages free; after that=20
    5 cents per page for text, 10 cents for each graphic page)
-- run errands between the library and the offices and classrooms.
-- process materials being discarded by stamping the "discard" stamp
   on them, and blacking out the library/school stamps to dissociate
   those materials from the school/school district.
-- help others locate books on shelves
-- help others with catalog search on computer.
-- I trained and called the ones more capable with computer technology
   my 'tech aides' and assigned them to help others with their
computer    needs.
-- update the magazine archive.=20
Fay Yao

They check in magazines (tape & stamp & write dates on front), put the
newspapers out on display sticks, tidy the library, clean monitor screens,
dust the shelves, watch the desk (get magazines from the magazine rooms,
give out rulers, markers, loan pens, staplers, etc.) so we can get other
things done around
the library, take mail, boxes, etc. to the office, deliver notes around
the building, help process books (put in covers, mark date, source info,
etc), put up and take down posters, empty the display windows, help put up
displays, read shelves, help shelve books, and other tasks too numerous to
think of right now.  We have several student aides each day, and we try to
select certain students for certain jobs---not all do all jobs.  Some are
just better at certain things than others, and frankly some aren't much
good at anything but keeping an eye on the desk. =20
Kathy Schaub
For the first time this year, I feel that I am someone who can answer
this question.  The reason is that God gave me a broken leg so that I
would learn to ask others to help me--and it has worked.
My student assistants have done all of the following this year:
Done my "running" for me.   I sit at my desk and go through the mail or
other materials; as I decide where something belongs, I hand it to an
assistant, tell her where it goes & what to do with it.  She does that,
then returns to my desk for the next small job.
Written up a list of the career materials in our career center.
Typed up the list of career materials.
Taken the digital camera out to get "start of school" pictures from all
around the building, and then with a little training, enhanced and
cropped the pictures using the computer.
Prepared simple web pages to display the pictures.
Delivered equipment to teachers.
Photocopied materials for me.
Run to the office for every little thing I need.
Done any heavy lifting that needed to be done.
Sorted my computer disks into "alphabetical" order to make it easier for
me to later sort them into utilities, program installation disks, data
disks, etc.
Cleaned tables and other surfaces.
Designed and edited several web pages (the one assistant who is an HTML
pro)
Checked books out and in.
Shelved books.
Hooked up the VCR's for my distance learning classroom (correctly the
first time!  KIDS!)
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comment from my cat, Sami, who just stepped on the keyboard).=20
Moved furniture.
Hunted for things I could not find (they were not very successful at
this).
Put replacement bulbs in projectors.
Used a three-hole punch to prepare materials for my students in the
Satellite classroom.
Designed and put up my bulletin boards.

Margaret Hunt
Martinez, Georgia
mchunt@mindspring.com
Where everything I learned today will be null and void tomorrow.

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