When kids ask me to borrow supplies from the circ desk, here's what I
do:
STUDENT APPROACHES DESK TO ASK FOR STAPLER
"Mr. Hastings, may I borrow that stapler?"
MR. HASTINGS PICKS UP STAPLER, CRADLES IT IN HAND LOVINGLY, GAZES AT IT
FOR A FEW MOMENTS WISTFULLY.
"Yes, you may but...well this is a very special stapler. Have I ever
told you about it?"
"Uhm...no."
"My grandfather--he was a librarian too--gave me this stapler. I was in
library school at the time and, well...he had been ill, gravely ill. The
last time I saw gramps, he must have known his end was near. 'Sonny,' he
said to me, 'if you're gonna be a librarian, be a good one' and
then...he handed me this stapler. Those were his final words to me."
MR. HASTINGS CONTINUES TO GAZE AT STAPLER, WIPES TEAR FROM THE CORNER OF
EYE, HANDS STAPLER TO STUDENT
"That's a very special stapler; in fact I'm thinking of having it
bronzed. You'll be careful with it and be sure to bring it back when
you're done?"
"Sure, Mr. Hastings."
The routine never fails! I never lose supplies and the kids sometimes
come back for encore performances. Plus: Kids with a dramatic bent often
play along and we embellish the tale together. It's pretty common for a
kid to return to the desk and say something like:
MOCK SOMBERLY "That's a fine stapler Mr. Hastings. I think your
grandfather would be very proud of you."
Jeff Hastings
Highlander Way Middle School
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Davinna Artibey
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 1:19 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] Target: Student Supplies Solutions[Spam score: 8%]
Hi everyone. Frequently throughout the day students ask me to loan them
scissors, tape, glue, markers, colored pencils, rubberbands, paper clips
etc. While most of the time items come back, I am on my fifth pair of
scissors and have lost a pack of colored pencils and quite a few
markers.
Neither the school nor my personal budget has the means to keep
replacing
these missing items.
I've considered checking these items out to students but that just
creates
more work for me. I am considering setting up a supplies stations in
the
library with many of these items chained to a table. Before I do that,
however, I thought I'd see how some of you have handled this situation.
Would you be willing to share your advice and experience with this?
Thank you,
Davinna Artibey
Teacher Librarian
Denver Center for International Studies
Denver Public Schools, CO
Davinna@comcast.net
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