We've had a cart of laptops in the library for 2.5 years now. These are the
policies and procedures that work for us.
1. I keep the cart behind the circulation desk and have all the laptops
barcoded. When a student comes in to use a laptop, he has to have a current
student ID (which is also our library card) and no overdues in order to check
out a laptop. Laptops must stay in the library. (It's amazing the importance
students place on using a laptop. I get more overdues back with this policy
than with any other!) BTW, I do have 7 desktops that students who cannot check
out a laptop are able to use, so I'm not restricting anyone's access to a
computer.
2. I have a label on each laptop that states that they are to be used for
school purposes only -- no personal email, chatrooms or games. This is very
difficult to monitor, but we do what we can. If I catch someone playing a game
or in a chatroom, I ask them to turn in their laptops and find something else
to do.
3. The printers are in my office. While I don't check everything that prints, I
get a lot less waste than I the few days they were not in my office.
HTH,
Cyndi
--- Concetta Macchia <CMacchia@NEWROCHELLE.K12.NY.US> wrote:
> Does anyone have laptops in the library? If so, what are your policies
> as to how to distribute them to students when they come in as a class
> and individually during lunch and afterschool.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Connie Macchia
> Isaac E. Young MS
> New Rochelle, NY
>
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Cyndi Bowman, Librarian Owner of Cozie, WCCC
Hutchinson High School (World's Cutest Chubby
Hutchinson, KS Chihuahua)
bowmancy@usd308.com
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