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I have just been handed my fate for next year. I will no longer be the only librarian for 1400 students in grades PreK-12 at one school... I will be serving three schools. Each school will have one assistant - I currently have two. I already feel overwhelmed by all there is to do for one school. As I begin to prepare for next year, I'm curious to hear from the voice of experience to help me manage three. Those of you serving more than one school, how do you schedule your time? Are classes on a fixed or flexible schedule? How many books do you allow students to check out? Do you collaborate on lessons or just do the best you can. Do you do your own ordering/processing? Please include what grades you serve and anything else you have found that helps preserve your sanity. I've done a search in the archives. There was a similar query made in 1998 but not much newer than that. Thanks in advance. Cindy Rogers, MLS Certified Media Specialist/Librarian IDEA Academy & IDEA College Preparatory International Baccaulaureate World Schools 401 South 1st Street Donna, TX 78537 O (956) 377-8082 F (956) 464-8532 cindy.rogers@ideapublicschools.org<mailto:crogers@ideapublicschools.org> http://www.ideapublicschools.org <http://www.ideapublicschools.org/Page.aspx?pid=563> IDEA Public Schools are dedicated to providing students with the academic, social, and leadership skills needed to apply, matriculate, and succeed in a four-year college or university. "It is more than ironic that school districts are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on reading programs and staff development which have had limited success in boosting test scores, but are unwilling to invest in school library programs that show such direct correlations to student success," researcher Douglas Achterman wrote in a 2008 study of California school libraries. "In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim." -- Linton Weeks, Washington Post -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, you send a message 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 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------