I do have students who "work off" fines or books they owe in the LMC.
I'd rather they work for me than pick up trash or work in some other
area of the school. I want them to see how hard we work in here then
they might be a little more careful with the books next time. I "pay"
$5.00 an hour. This is only for kids who cannot afford to pay.
lm
Lynette (LYNN) Mitchell
Library Media Specialist
Crystal River High School
1205 NE 8th Ave.
Crystal River, Florida 34428
mitchelll@citrus.k12.fl.us
352-795-4641 ext: 248
352-795-4519 FAX
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow What about you?
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Rhonda Lesperance
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:06 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Negatively reinforcing the library
This email is in response to the 'Dirt in the Library' thread. Pardon me
for not remembering who wrote what, but I'm still not comfortable with
doling out punishment or having it take place in the library. Librarians
try so hard to positively represent the library as a safe and welcoming
environment, not one to combat dirt.
I never realized it was so common to have students work off their
punishments in the library. In our library, we are also told to host
defunct students or ones with serious overdues from time to time. I
think it negatively reinforces the library, especially to the students
that are reluctant to visit or read in the first place (and let's face
it; they're the ones who win the lottery). However, the process can be
a learning experience instead of a punitive one.
When it comes time for students to make good on overdues at our school,
I work with them and look at it as another learning opportunity for them
and me. For example, I keep an ongoing list of library tasks students
can do in the library. I also ask students if they'd rather work with
me on the database, shelving, or a sundry of other jobs or if they'd
prefer to work on the computer, typing up lables or what have you.
Interestingly I've only had one student want to work on her own (out of
about 8 this year).
Even criminals get to read while in prison; they don't all have to do
hard labor. The dust and mold in our library causes my sinus' to go
loopy. I have to use saline spray and my netti pot afterward a
reshelving project or I get clogged up.
Your thoughts?
Rhonda Lesperance
Rabat American School
Assistant Librarian, LMC
Rabat, Morocco
rlesperance@ras.ma
(212) 06 13 62 70 76
Currently reading: Stiff by Mary Roach and Why Read? by Mark Edmundson
Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of
organized life.
~George Bernard Shaw
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