Re: Do I have a book out?

["Julia Files Steger (by way of Paul Kreamer]

I'm with Julia here. I encourage our kids to research with a plan and end
point in mind, and it really increases the frustration level to spend an
hour or so locating books for check out and then be told that because of
overdues they can't have them...the time could have been better spent
working with reference or periodical material.  Of course checking accounts
is way down on the list of priorities, but if a student waits for my
attention, and that is their "reference" question, I accomodate.  I also
like to reinforce the impression that I care PASSIONATELY about the material
they've borrowed and that I/we really do want it back. (We have a major
problem with unreturned material.)

Regards,

Paul

Paul Kreamer LMS, Santa Rita High School
Tucson, AZ
kreamep@setmms.tusd.k12.az.us


I may be in the minority here, but I have never minded helping
students (and teachers!) remember what they have borrowed.
Before automation, my cards were arrranged by class (fixed
schedule) so it was not difficult to do. ( Had they been
arranged by date, it WOULD have been an impossible task, I
realize.) To my way of thinking, we all forget things, and at
least it shows that the patron is concerned about finding
the borrowed materials.  I do know that at our public library
such request can be a problem because they are not yet
automated and they file by date, but for me, esp since
automation, it is a breeze.

I would feel mean if I refused to try to help a person in this
way if my circulation system would accomodate the request. Just
my opinion!
Julia Steger, Librarian, Clifton Forge Elem Schools East and
West, Clifton Forge VA  24422

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