Re: HIT: Ck. out policies LONG PT 1

[Sharon Arndt <sharndt@GW.KCKPS.K12.KS.US>]

I allow my students to check out up to 4 books at a time.  They can slso =
come any time to exchange them for  more.  But I also let them check out =
more if I know they can handle them.  I have one student who is trying to =
read every book in the library before he leaves after fifth grade.

I understand being the only librarian in a school of 400+ students.  I did =
it for 11 years.   Aren't we here to provide as much reading material to =
our patrons as possible?   What is more important, keeping the library =
neat and tidy by getting everything shelved before the next class  comes =
in with each student checking out one or two books a week or letting =
things pile up because your students are reading books faster than you can =
get them to the shelf?  I let the students check books off the cart--those =
are books I don't have to shelve!

I've discovered that I  have more readers in my school than I thought =
because they are checking out and reading more books since I let them =
check out more books.=20

Sharon Arndt
Frank Rushton Elementary=20
Kansas City, Kansas
sharndt@gw.kckps.k12.ks.us

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