[LM_NET] TARGET, SEC: Library as study hall

[Kathryn Turner <kturner@AISGZ.EDU.CN>]

I am wondering if others of you have lots of HS students using the library
for their study halls. I sometimes have up to 60 students during their
study hall periods. (They aren't assigned to a classroom and the principal
is against that idea.) I am getting burned out as I sometimes feel more
like a study hall monitor than a librarian! I recently instituted a "no
mercy" policy where I kick students out for a week if they're not using
the library as they should (e.g., eating, being too loud, just hangning
out bothering others). The atmosphere in the library has improved greatly.
But I do resent being put in the role of having to be the disciplinarian
and feeling like too many of my interactions with students are admonitory
ones.

Aside from the above, I really do like where I work--great colleagues,
mostly students who work, a wonderful library staff. I'm also an
international librarian, which I love.

But I'd appreciate some 1) ammunition to give to my principal and 2) other
ways I might positively deal with this issue.

Thanks.

Kathryn Turner
MS/HS Librarian
American International School of Guangzhou
Guangzhou, China
kturner@aisg.edu.cn

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