Melissa-
My .02.
I catalog EVERYTHING. I believe that stewardship of school materials can be an
important part of the job of media specialist. When we get new required readings
they all get bar-codes and call #'s.
Two hints. I created a new call numbers for "non-library" materials. I use "TXT"
for textbooks, and "RR" for required readings, this allows me to pull out those #'s
when doing inventory, so I'm not counting them alongside my own stock.
Also-I've taken to creating my own bar-codes. We're >STILL< using Circ Plus, but
there's a "print unused barcodes" report that allows us to create and re-use
bar-code #'s from materials that have been weeded.
As a middle school teacher, I'm really trying to turn teachers around to the idea
that STUDENTS should check out these materials rather than teacher sets. That way,
if one comes home and doesn't return, we've got a system in place to send a bill.
"Teacher copies" tend to drift into the nether-world. We store RR books, pull the #
a teacher requests, and have them sitting behind the desk ready for check out. It
takes about 5 minutes to check out a class. We can also print reports for teachers
of "who still has what book" when they should have been returned.
Making teachers your partners in materials check out is important! When staff and
admin see the amount of money that can be saved through responsible materials
check-out, it helps make your job even more invaluable.
Harry
Harry F. Coffill
hcoffill@egrps.org
Media Center Specialist
East Grand Rapids Middle School
Drama Department
East Grand Rapids High School
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>>> On 10/18/2009 at 7:58 PM, in message
><ABF29262F0D74C4EAEA89A7A94E1349F0A3407BC40@dhs-exch2>, "Chrusch, Melissa"
><mchrusch@DALLASSD.COM> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Our Reading teacher dropped off a big box of multiple copy paperbacks that she
wants added to the catalog so teachers can sign them out, and mentioned that two
teachers ordered more classroom sets. I'm a part time Librarian (one week in the
building then switch) with 6-7 classes a day and have a giant cart filled with my
own books to catalog. We use LibraryPro and cataloging with that is not my most
favorite thing in the world haha.
She really wants this done ASAP, I was out of the building 2 weeks, and was only
back 4 days and am already getting the: *NUDGE NUDGE* ARE THEY DONE? emails haha.
To her it's been three weeks though, so I do understand.
I'm looking for a quick way to do teacher sign outs. Do I really have to catalog
each copy? Should I number the books and only put a barcode on the first one and
have it represent all the books. Should I just put all the barcodes together on an
excel type list and have the teachers get the paper scanned when they want a set.
Old fashioned paper sign out isn't going to cut it as the Principal and Reader
teacher both decided they want them in the system, which is no problem, but I want
a way to get it done quickly so can get them circulating ASAP.
How do you handle class set sign outs in your building?
Thanks!
-Melissa
Dallas Elementary, Dallas PA
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