Finally i think i can do it...

Library Procedures: Donna at Glendene School

At the moment, I am training up librarians by working through some basic library responsibilities, such as tidying and ordering books on shelves, keeping things orderly and tidy, sorting out books for mending, reading to younger students and the general upkeep of library rules, such as no eating in the library.

Another area I am working on is the re-arrangement of classroom students and allocating bar codes to new students accordingly. I have added a class list to our issue folder, and I am checking off the names in each room. I also have new staff to arrange bar codes for as well. I am finding this a bit frustrating as I am struggling to remove or delete old names from the scanner, and reallocate the barcodes to new students. I did manage to do this earlier, but now can’t seem to repeat the procedure. L

Although this may not sound a large job, I guess I thought it was one that automatically got done (maybe by the library fairy) so I have had to learn how to delete names, add new ones and re-allocate issue codes. In fact, I am quite excited at being able to do this!!! It is taking a while, but I am enthused about it.

I am changing the displays in the library, and recently put up one featuring some of our students in the school pool having a great time! The children really enjoy seeing their peers in photographs.

I have also had some simple quizzes going, as fun and an incentive to get students using the library. This included the introduction of a new children’s magazine called Kidz Mag, which is a New Zealand publication. It is an amazing magazine, and I certainly prefer it to the Kidzone and Hot Wheels ones as it highly features New Zealand interests, but in a really appealing way for our children.

One of the other procedures which I have attempted is …. The BLOG!! How come something so simple, can be so hard!!! I have tried repeatedly, got a google account (followed the instructions for this) . and then wrote on the BLOG! Unfortunately, my partner was able to point out that I was sending the BLOG … get this…- MYSELF! And when I did put in the correct recipient, the note came up saying I could not do this on that account! Something to do with “cookies”, but I fail to see how I have to change or alter all the computer settings to et onto the BLOG!! Oh well, will keep on trying I suppose!

We are a small school of currently 144 students, however, there is a need to cater for the many diversities which I suppose are evident in all schools, sometimes however, it seems that there are so many needs pooled into our one small school. We have many special needs students and to many, the library is a haven for learning and a safe area to play in as well. I have provided a spot which has building blocks and lego type activities to cater for these students. We recently had a computer installed with access to the internet. The older students including the librarians are role modeling to the younger students how to use the computer effectively for research, and there is also a range of CD’s available for use at the lunch break.

There are many Pacifica students at our school, so there is an emphasis on displays that reflect this. We recently had a visit from staff at Robert Louis Stevenson School, and there is a display in the library featuring this. There is also often Pasifica books on display.
I really liked the photographs from one of the schools that featured an outdoor Summer reading area which is something that our principal is working towards.