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I started a new procedure this year. Every Kindergarten student who receives a late notice, also receives a picture of the book (We use Via Millenium and it has a "web bridge"). Also, once the third notice (the bill) is generated, all patrons receive a picture. Yes, it takes extra time, but my return rate has really improved! Denise Cushing Carson Elementary Library Paraprofessional University of Denver MLIS Student Denver, CO 720-424-9132 ________________________________________ From: School Library Media & Network Communications [LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jacqueline Henry [jhenry@GANANDA.ORG] Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:59 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: GEN I've been smoked It doesn't always work....but if a student claims to have never taken out a book, I pull up a picture of the book from Amazon. That often jogs their memory. Some kids remember the way a book looks, even when they have forgotten the title. Jacquie “Education is not about filling a pail, it’s about lighting a fire." ~ William Butler Yeats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jacquie Henry, MLS Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) Gananda Central School District 3195 Wiedrick Road P.O. Box 609 Macedon, NY 14502 315-986-3521 x 3144 jhenry@gananda.org Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/ Blog - WanderingsL http://wanderings.edublogs.org/ >>> janet perry <perrybros@HOTMAIL.COM> 05/16/09 6:44 PM >>> I think we all could tell horror stories about overdue books. I wish I had a nickel for every kid who never checked the book out/returned it so someone else must have it. I wouldn't have to deal with overdues anymore and could spend my winters in a warm climate! As I keep asking my aide, "What are the chances that the very book the kid has on his record got returned, put on the shelf without being checked in, then another kid took it out of the library without checking it out?" Both wrong things happen, but on every book that just happens to be one I'm looking for. I don't think so. This week I had one of the secretaries in the district's daughter turn up with an overdue. She of course told me she never checked it out. I said we don't just check out books to people for the heck of it. She went right to her mother (never even looked for the book). Mother of course got involved. "I see all the books she brings home, that one never came home". You guys know the drill. The girl is a sixth grader. Mom is crazy if she thinks she knows everything about her daughter's life. They even got the teacher involved. Teacher has never seen kid check out a "big" book. I'm sure it's in her locker, or lost in a classroom AR tub if anybody would bother to look for it. I can't wait for next week when I mail the letters home to get the books back for the summer to see what excuses people come up with this year! Currently reading Bad News/Good News and starting the Rebecca Caudill list for 2010 Janet Perry, Prek-12 Librarian Cerro Gordo CUSD 100, Cerro Gordo, IL perrybros@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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