[LM_NET] "I forgot my books"

[Mary Ludwick <ludwick@SWBELL.NET>]

I don't know what would work at the secondary level, but at the elementary 
level I like to make it a little uncomfortable.
Children who have forgotten their books are not allowed to browse the 
shelves during the check out time.  If they are very young, then I have a 
supply of books on a specific that the children browse while others check 
out.

Older children do work for me:  alphabetize books on the return carts or 
face the shelves...sometimes I might have other jobs.

This eliminates "roaming around disrupting others" behavior as well as make 
it a little less fun to forget library books.

My first years in the library if a child only forgot one book I let them get 
a new book.  I cut down on lost books when I stopped doing that.  Often the 
book that did not come back was a lost book.


Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian  K-5
Thomas Haley Elem, Irving, Texas (near Dallas)
ludwick@swbell.net (home address)
mludwick@irvingisd.net (school address)

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