HIT: Do I have a book out?

["Jeannine Towler (JJ)" <jjtowler@PEN.K12.VA.US>]

Shayne Russell wrote:

"Does anyone else have this problem?  Every time a
class comes in to the media center, I have a line
of kids at the desk wanting us to check for them
to see if they have a book out."

YOU BET YOUR BOOKMARKS THEY DO!  I have several students in
each class that comes to the media center who ask the same
thing--and these are 6th-7th-8th grade students!

We are on Winnebago and I do as you do--change the date a
day ahead so it lists ALL the books that are both due and
overdue.  I wish Winnebago would revise their system so it
prints a list that includes both without having to go into the
system and change the date.  This would be especially helpful
sine the rule in our media center is that you don't check out
anything else until you return, or pay for, anything you have
that is already overdue or due on that day.

Still, it beats the "olden days" when students had to write
their names and their homeroom teachers' names on a checkout
card that I had to file by date.  What a nightmare THAT was!

<G>
JJ

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