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Amen and Amen. I've given up on provding pens, pencils, and especially tissues. I tell the students I am not a drug store or Wal-Mart. We claim to be a college prep high school - and if that is true, then the students need to bring supplies from home. I believe we enable students too much and then that service becomes expected. Allan Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo, MGC Director of Library Services Bishop Kearney High School | A Golisano Education Partner 125 Kings Highway South Rochester, New York 14617 585.342.4000 x231 585.342.4694 (fax) www.bkhs.org College Prep. Plus. -----Original Message----- From: "Gail Smith" [gsmith@EDISON.CPS.K12.IL.US] Date: 10/02/2007 12:49 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: Pencil wars The pencils that I loan out in classes sit in a large vase on my desk, attached to large silk flowers. It completely ended the excuse that, "I forgot to return your pencil," and adds a touch of color to the room. On the other hand, for use at the OPAC, why not put the responsibility back on the students and stop providing pencils at all? Are they surprised that they are needed? Did they not know they were coming to the library? In my library, I am constantly finding abandoned pens and pencils that go into the "Abandoned Pencils Cup" no matter how chewed up and nasty, eraser or not. Anyone is welcome to use one of them and when I get complaints, I just tell them that their own pencils are not nasty, so they should bring their own. In theory, these should be returned after use, but sometimes a child who has no pencil (economic reasons, not just forgetfulness) has come to get one and I don't make an issue when he/ she doesn't return it--I just look at it as helping a child preserve their pride. Gail Smith, NBCT Librarian & Tech Facilitator Edison Regional Gifted Center - Chicago, Illinois gsmith@edison.cps.k12.il.us "In the nonstop tsunami of global information librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim."--Linton Weeks, Washington Post, January 13, 2001 On Oct 2, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Gayle Hodur wrote: > Does anyone have a good way of keeping pencils by the OPAC? Ours get > stolen constantly - we can easily go through a dozen in a day. I've > tried > tying them down, I've tried taping a flag on them that says "This > is not > my pencil." I really don't like to make them come and ask me for a > pencil > every time, but that's what it's coming down to. > > ************************************************************** > Gayle Hodur > District Librarian > Soledad Unified School District > ghodur@redshift.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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