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I try to have two aides each period. The Xerox machine for our school is in the library (previous librarian's preference), and one aide spends perhaps half of each period copying for teachers--worksheets and so on. When I have enough helpers (!!) they will also laminate for teachers (old flat-bed Seal press). Other jobs: Shelving materials Straightening the books on shelves (gave up trying to get them to read shelves for correct order) Dusting and polishing (Fridays) Clipping articles I've marked from old magazines or papers (for vertical file) Processing new magazines--check in, stamp, put in binders Putting newspapers on sticks Stamping school name in new books Alphabetizing catalog cards and filing them above the rod (not a strong point) Glueing pockets in those books I process from scratch Mending books Covering new paperbacks with plastic film Indexing videotapes, Cable in the Classroom or instructional TV series, so we can put a list of episodes and starting points on the box. Typing the annotations to put on the tape sleeve for Cable in the Classroom tapes (taken from the program guide) Entering information on vendors' catalogs into a database so I can figure out what we have; filing the catalogs in a filing cabinet Checking materials in and out Helping decorate the library Bringing magazines from the storeroom for students Inventory Goodness! This is quite a list! I'll have to give these kids a raise ;-) Since I have no adult help, I rely on my aides a lot. They: Check books in & out shelve books & magazines file and pull catalog cards file items in student portfolios and the vertical file pick up & deliver A-V equipment run misc. errands help process books help process overdue notices Take down and put up holiday and other decorations Dust shelves & tables wash windows change showcase and bulletin board displays & I'm sure there is more but I am drawing a blank... Luan Mahler My student media assistants go through a training program that includes a series of exercises that range from completing a map of the MC to evaluating Web sites. They of course check out materials, and they each have a manual and a set of daily jobs they are responsible for. Not every student is assigned every job and some jobs occur only daily and some once a week. Some of the items on the "job chart" are: shelve books, shelve magazines, check in materials, process newspapers, deliver media to staff, pick up media from staff, check your book section, check your magazine section, work on MA exercises, check equipment scheduling notebook, get the mail, filing, process magazines, straighten Media Center, clip newspapers for timely articles, take out recycling. In addition, they are expected to be able to assist other students with some of the electronic programs like SIRS, MAS, etc. Oh, also they are required to read at least one book each 6-week term. I'd be happy to mail you a copy of this year's manual if you are interested. Rosemary Knapp With automation and cd-rom my need for student media siistants has be somewhat reduced but I stil use them for manning the checkout desk, shelving books, doing bulletin boards, checking magazines in and assorted processing of materials. We have a 32 station computer lab in our media center that has internet acess. I try to utilize the student aids in assisting the students with the computer. > Please post a hit or share other suggestions for utilization. I sometimes have periods of more aid help than job. Sandy Mathews-Barnes Media assistants (all 8th graders) at our K-8 school check in and check out books with our automated system; shelve books; sensitize and desensitize books in our security system; put our school stamp on new books and periodicals; shelve periodicals; help put up and take down bulletin board displays; collect books from grade 1-4 classrooms so that when students come in on their assigned day we know who has overdue books. I haven't been thrilled with their work; they usually need someone standing over them and frequent reminders that they're here to help. Myra Gross The first thing I make my aides do is become acquainted with the Media Center - where things are located, how the different computer indexes work and how to use the card catalog, etc. Then, I have my student aides straighten up the room. put chairs in, gather books and magazines which have been left by other students, arrange the magazines, pull out old magazines replacing them with newer issues, shelve books, straighten shelves, read shelves(which they hate) reorganize sections when additional materials arrive, make a list of titles with differing dewey numbers (pre catalogued by different vendors), stamp new books & pamphlets with our library stamp, take inventory of missing SIRS articles. Hope this is a start...please get back to me with others..Phyllis Phyllis Novetsky, LMS This is not exactly what you asked for. I had reservations about the value of student assistants (having meaningful tasks for them, needing an adult assistant vigilant about training/monitoring/retraining) when we had the traditional 6 period day. When we went to the 3 period day (105 minute periods) two years ago, I decided student assistants were not worth the effort - not a good situation for the kids or for library (adult) staff. Susan Baker My media assistants do a variety of jobs. Stamps newpapers & magazines, check materials out and in; retrieve magazines for students, video tape classes, shelve books and magazines, program cable requests, deliver equipment and materials to classroom, and a wide variety of other jobs. mCheck books out (MOLLI), check books in (selected assistants only!), put away books, dust shelves, get mail, run errands, turn on Channel One, hang posters, learn the main types of software and teach others, use the scanner, make photocopies, do very specific chores like pasting in due date stickers for acquisitions, occasionally help me search the automated catalog for lists of books (if they find it, I know we have it; if they don't find it, I have to verify, because they don't always do a good job of searching). These are 7th-8th graders, usually boys (girls, alas, are good if they are introverts but not if they are the more common overly social types that seem to sprout at this age level). Also I have them open packages, move anything heavy, put away magazines, and beyond all that, they are terrifically funny and keep me amused daily. Marilyn E. Barnes My student aides are volunteers - since were are on the 4X4 system. I like having the student come of their own volition - I do not have to make work on those days that things are slow. The aides shelve book, of course, they type labels, insert security strips, stamp books with ownership stamp, straignten shelves, make bulletin boards, just about anything I can teach that they are able to learn. Hope this helps - will be looking for your HIT when you post it. B. White Barbara W. White shelf read shelf books help deliver a-v equipment man our pass desk help process magazines help w/bulletin boards Eileen Sexton, Librarian Library student assistants here, usually Juniors or Seniors, earn full credit. Jobs include anything in library: handling mail, deliveries (ours), bulletin boards, computers, displays, helping students and teachers and me, sorting, filing, gluing, pasting. They're surprised by mutliplicity of jobs and usually pleasantly so. Richard Librarian Arrange displays and bulletin boards Back up computer files Check materials in and out Collate and staple worksheets Deliver materials to classrooms and school office Enter information into a computer database File catalogs Get mail and sort Help in book processing: Paste on bar codes, date-due slips and labels; stamp school name; put on mylar jackets Inventory with hand-held computer device Keep paper slips and pencils available at various locations Answer phone Process inter-library loan materials Proof World-Wide Web addresses Proofreading Read paperback racks Read shelves so items are in correct order Read video tapes. Recommend titles Shelve materials Sort magazines in magazine room Train other students in using computers and locating materials Troubleshoot CD-ROMs Typing Water plants Zealously publicize the library's services Patricia Moore, Media Specialist North Polk Jr.Sr. High Alleman, IA 50007 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 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. Norma Dreyer Edison High School Tulsa, OK 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 I have one student who comes in early in the morning to be "paperboy". He puts out the library copies and delivers the extra copies to teachers' lounges and study hall, raises my shades, plugs in all the computers, turns the copier on and runs early morning errands. library workers throughout the day have assigned shelf sections to keep in order, clean, and shelve books in. They help put bulletin boards up and take them down (I maintain two hallway boards in addition to my library board). They serve as peer tutors on the computers. Help process new books. Run errands. Collate and staple papers (things usually brought over from the office because they don't have space to lay out several pages for collation and we don't have a copier that will do that). Clean tables and dust windowsills and bookcases Help with inventory Clean tv/vcr carts (they get chalk dust all over them in the classrooms) I TRY to have student helpers only from each class that comes in (we are a middle school). I ask two students from each class to be the assistants, and they stay behind the desk and check in the class's books while I'm doing the lesson, then they check out the class's new books. This way, at least I know who didn't bring their book back, because all are checked in by the time checkout begins. Of course, everyone wants to help, but I discourage that since we have too many errors that way. I am more lenient with my Spanish students, though, and often trade helpers, or allow extra helpers, because it gives me a good way to share some English with them and practice my Spanish. I always seem to have one or two adoring students who like to hang out in the library at other times and who will shelve for me. I don't have time to mess around with armies of helpers because I have a class almost every period, and during the free periods I often have to run to one of my other schools and can't be around to supervise. I only accept the most interested students, and I promptly "fire" anyone who isn't working out. The official helpers get a library assistant card that they can use to get into the library during lunch and recess without going through the "stick" ritual. (We have to limit how many students can be in there during those times, because I'm all alone and I was getting about 75 students to supervise.) So the card is a prized possession and they feel really special having it. I used to ask kids to dust, but I had one kid who said her father said she wasn't anyone's servant and she didn't have to dust and move furniture. I fired her. 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