Re: Check out policy-limiting number of materials

[Kathy Shaffer <kshaffer@MAIL.D23.N-COOK.K12.IL.US>]

When we started encouraging students to come get a new book as soon as they
were through with ones they had, we eliminated the problem at our K-2
school. I have an aide and we have 350 students so we are trying to
eliminate the idea that you only come to the library during your classtime.
If a child is doing research, they may take out more than the 2 that we
usually hold to. Right before vacations we let them take out 5 or 6 and
they are ecstatic. We stopped having so many overdues as soon as we quit
talking about the "rules' of how long they can have a book. "As soon as you
are done enjoying it, bring it back for someone else to read it!" we tell
them if they ask how long they can have it. Parents are informed through
newsletters that our automated computer program will generate overdue
notices after 2 weeks. What a relief it has been to not spend any time on
this anymore!

Kathy Shaffer, Library/Media Teacher
Betsy Ross Library, School Dist. 23
700 N. Schoenbeck Rd., Prospect Hts. IL 60070
kshaffer@d23.org
phone: 847.870.3897
FAX:   847.870.3898

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