Re: Circulation Pocedures

[Mary Ziller <cdslibrary@XOOMMAIL.COM>]

The elementary school where I did my student teaching used notebooks.  Each
class had a looseleaf binder with a page for each child.  The children
performed independent checkout the following way.  They wrote their name on the
book card.  They filed the  book card in the looseleaf binder on their page (I
think the librarian used book a book pocket on the pages to hold the cards, but
plastic page protectors would work, too.  The students take a date due card(s)
from a basket at the circulation desk and place it in their selection(s).  All
books are checked for cards by the librarian before the kids leave(when they
line up to go).  A student aide or the librarian checks that a book card has
been deposited in the book card pocket for every page (indicating that every
student has selected a book).  I have read that kindergartners and other non-
readers like to decorate their page with personal art or stickers, so they can
easily recognize it. You could also use the chldren's picture glued to the
page.  This system worked well for the library.  It freed the librarian from
circulation duties (she had no aide except some student helpers) while
fostering independence and responsibility in the students.  She taught the kids
to shelve the Easy Readers.  The other books she either shelved herself or used
a trained student helper for shelving.

Cheers,

Mary Ziller
Seasonal Librarian
Overbrook Park Library
Philadelphia, PA
maryziller@yahoo.com




"Shuping, Olive Rebecca" wrote:
 > Hello, I just started working a school library that is not automated. I
 > would like to find out how other school librarian handle circulation. The
 > librarian before me had the students to sign the circulation card with their
 > name and the initial of their homeroon teacher and grade level. On the date
 > due slip, she had them to write the intitial of teacher and grade level.
 > Then she filed the cards by homeroom teacher rather than by date due. How
 > are other librarians handling this? I work in a K-8 school.  Olive Shuping
 > ors0724@mail.ecu.edu ECU student and Evergreen Elementary School Librarian
 >
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