Instead of shelf markers...

[Deb Logan <jd3logan@BRIGHT.NET>]

Hi!

    Over the years, I have moved away from shelf markers.  Instead, I
teach kids to "Pull out (slightly) the book beside the one you want.
Then you can put it right back beside the book that sticks out from the
rest."  Sometimes the book ends up on the wrong side of the pulled out
book, but ultimately it will be in the right "neighborhood".  This is a
practice that will work in any library.  Students are "not at a loss"
when they use the public library because the public library does not
have shelf markers.  I have modeled this method for the students so long
that now I find myself pulling out a book when I am looking.  Putting a
book back is easy that way.

    An alternative to plastic or wooden shelf markers is a bookmark.  I
have had students move into my school who use bookmarks as shelf
markers.  That is another practice that can be carried over into "real
life".  The bookmarks do not have to be expensive commercial ones.
Bookmarks can be made by students and laminated.  Dr. Carolyn Brodie has
published a book called, The Bookmark Book, (Libraries Unlimited,
1996).  It has wonderful masters for making an array of fun and
educational bookmarks.

--
Sincerely,
Deb Logan
Librarian/Media Specialist
Taft Middle School
Marion, OH
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