Dear Kate,
I could write a book answering your questions but I won't.
I have 20 years experience as a librarian, with the past 12 being k-3.
My mission statement and curriculum are at
http://www.moniz.org/bullock/bullock.htm Please feel free to take a look and
use whatever you need. I am supposed to be putting lesson plans there too
but haven't had a chance to tweek them just so.
My kids come once a week while their teacher has prep time and that's when
they return books, get a short lesson, and borrow more books. Everybody can
have two books - but one must be something they can read or practice
reading. The second can be anything at all. Kids can come whenever they want
to exchange books but mostly it's during our class time.
I have five rules - Follow all directions, Keep books safe and dry, Keep
your book in your desk or backpack, Only look at the aquarium and hmmm...
what's the fifth one? I can't remember!!
I used to have ones like walk, sit like a pretzel, raise your hand, etc.,
but I decided to change all that to Follow the directions. Sometimes we
don't sit like pretzels, or raise our hands. As long as we follow the
directions (and I remember to give them) everybody is okay!
We use Give me Five as a quiet signal. The students have been taught by
their classroom teachers to respond to this. You may want to find out if
there is a school wide signal like this. We used to raise our fingers in the
air like a peace symbol but not it's Give me 5. Five is hands still, ears
listening, mouth quiet, eyes looking at the speaker and feet still.
I use a permission slip. Each kid must returned a signed one before they can
borrow any books. This slip says that parents are responsible for any lost
or damaged books. I had problems before with parents arguing with me about
paying for lost stuff. These slips seemed to have helped, though I have
about 30 books still out even thought the school year is over. If a books is
lost or ruined I ask for the amount of money we spent on it, not what it
would be to replace as some schools do. I do not take replacement books.
If you are ordering please take a look at Follett. I receive wonderful
customer service and their Titlewave internet service is a great time saver.
We use Winnebago Circ/Cat for Macs and have been very happy with it for ten
years. Wonderful customer service, although the yearly tech support fee is
too high, in my humble opinion.
In September the computer teacher and I are going to a completely flexible
schedule, along with new infringements on our time - daily lunch and bus
duties. We'll see how that goes.
Hope this helps you,
Karen DeFrank, LMS
Glassboro Public Schools
New Jersey
----- Original Message -----
From: DAVID D SUMMERLIN <ddsummerlin@SNET.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: Target: library philosophy and rules
> Hello,
>
> I will be starting my first year as an elementary library media specialist
in a K-4 school in September. I graduated with an MLS last May and have
spent a good part of the last year as a Teen services librarian in an active
public library. The library's mission is to meet the information needs and
interests of the community and to uphold the first ammendment. In our
library you can eat, drink, talk, lounge, have access to unlimited, free
printing, scanners and filterless internet service.
>
> As I move from the public library to the school library and put my LMS
degree to work I am trying to articulate a library philosophy that will
provide me with a framework to make all the many operational decisions that
will have to be made in a public school setting. I understand the LMC's
mission to meets the school's curriculum needs, literacy standards (there is
no school library curriculum) and serve as "parentis en loci" but am looking
to develop a mission statement that will set the tone of the library (i.e.
restricition on number of books taken out, lenght of borrowing time,
kindergartens take home books, just right books, etc.).
>
> I'd love to hear from anyone who would be willing to share their
philosophies and the rules they've developed for their LMC's (ie. quiet
space, borrowing policies, in-library behavior, etc.). My library is fixed
scheduled and is open - there are no walls or doors, the space is defined by
the stacks and is located between two hallways in the center of the school.
>
> Thank you for any advice you can give me.
> In appreciation
>
> Kate Summerlin
> Teen Services Librarian
> Guilford Free Library
>
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