HIT: How to identify Accelerated Reader books

[Bonnie LaClave <blaclav@IN-MOTION.NET>]

Hello Friends!
        Wow!  I'm overwhelmed and so thankful to all who took the time to
reply to my question about whether or not to give Accelerated Reader books a
special place.  I also got lots of great information and help!  Thanks to
all!  Here's a brief listing of the responses I got:
        1.  About two-thirds (or more) of those who replied said that they
do not put AR books in a special spot.  It gets too complicated, and takes
up too much space.  Also, most people want kids to be able to use location
skills to find the books.  They also want kids to read other books besides
just the AR books.  Nearly everyone said that they marked the books on the
spine with a colored dot.  Some put the grade level on the dot and others
just used different colored dots for each level.
        2.  Many people put a label on the inside of the book giving its
point value, RL, and test #.  Some people said they did not want to label
the book with the point # as it stressed points too much.
        3.  One person suggested limited the AR book checkout to one per
student, so more kids could get their hands on the AR books.
        4.  Most said they made lists of the AR books by title and by
author, and put this out for students to use.  If they are automated, most
suggested making a tag in the MARC record somehow stating that it is an AR
book, so the kids can look them up in this way, also.
        5.  Some suggested giving the list to the Public Library also, for
their support.

        Thanks again to all who replied!  I may have more questions one of
these days!