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Down and dirty tricks for staying sane in an insanely busy library presentation
- 1. Laura Gardner Dartmouth Middle School Librarian MSLA Southeast Area Director DOWN AND DIRTY TRICKS FOR STAYING SANE IN AN INSANELY BUSY LIBRARY
- 2. Poll everywhere: https://pollev.com/lauragardner731 During today's presentation please put any questions or ideas from your library on this Padlet: http://padlet.com/lauragardner1/lm4k87a6bmmw SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!
- 3. We still have over 1/3 of the year to go! CIRCULATION
- 4. WELCOME TO MY LIBRARY!
- 5. WELCOME TO MY LIBRARY!
- 6. WELCOME TO MY LIBRARY!
- 7. …is open! …is LOUD …listens THE LIBRARY…
- 9. http://dartmouthmiddlelibrary.weebly.com/tutorials.html Screencast o'matic is my favorite tool, but I want to use Blendspace more. ONLINE TUTORIALS
- 10. ADULT VOLUNTEERS
- 11. The nitty gritty • Require a commitment • Be flexible • Look for adults other than parents! • Find out their personal interests • Cultivate relationships • Communicate • Let them know you LOVE them ADULT VOLUNTEERS What they do • Circulation • Reshelve • Read and reorder shelves • Process holds • Decorate • Create displays • Help students with technology • Delete old books • Edit records in the catalog
- 12. Painting a welcome banner for our author visit STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Deleting old reference books
- 13. The nitty gritty • Before, during and after school • Make it fun! Find out student interests and capitalize on them • Require a student application to make sure you get the right students for the right reasons • Have a list of routine tasks to avoid down time • Check their grades 3x a year • Keep a running list of tasks that could be done STUDENT VOLUNTEERS What they do • Circulation • Reshelve fiction (train!) • Deliver holds around school • Plug in technology • Download apps • Test out apps • Decorate • Create displays • Help students with technology • Delete old books
- 14. • Requires a short essay "why do you want to be a library assistant?" • Two teacher recommendations needed • Usually get around 50 applications! • Find the full application here: http://goo.gl/JSSuYr STUDENT APPLICATION
- 18. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Circulation Processing (and then delivering) holds!
- 19. Google spreadsheet for online scheduling. We have one for iPads, one for the library and one for comp labs. Thanks, Pamela Vallee from Lunenbueg! ONLINE SIGN UPS
- 21. Monthly reports should include • Circulation statistics • Collaboration with teachers • Social media statistics • Ebook usage statistics • Print, digital and tech purchases • Professional development led • Professional development participation • Successes! LET ADMINS KNOW! Make it POP! Annual report on Piktochart : https://magic.piktochart.com/ou tput/2210231-dms-library- annual-report-2013-2
- 22. • Students follow me • Good way for me to check if their accounts are private • I DON’T follow back • Mostly parent, teacher, former student interaction • Pages app separates personal and professional Instagram Facebook DMS LIBRARY SOCIAL MEDIA • Blog once a week! • The weebly app is great!
- 23. Library Skills Homework for Class 2 School website: http://dartmouthps.dms.schoolfusion.us Click on Library Look at all the links! Do ONE of the following: Leave a suggestion on the online suggestion box Have someone in your family “Like” Dartmouth Middle School Library on Facebook Have someone in your family “Follow” dmslibrary366 on Instagram Log on School Fusion (school website) and leave a comment on the Library Blog (student ID and password) Log on your school Gmail and send Ms. G a note(Gmail username and password) Log on the online library catalog to place a hold on a book or write a book review (student ID and password) If you are confused about the advanced tech tasks, check out the Online Tutorials. Student ID: ____________________ Password: ________________ Your school Gmail account: firstnamelastnameYOG@dartmouthschools.org 6th graders will graduate high school in 2021. (ex: johnsmith2021@dartmouthschools.org) HOW I GET FOLLOWERS Open House Flyer
- 24. • Consistency is important! I post M, W, F • Make a reminder! • FB is blocked at school so I turn off my Wi-Fi • Boost a post on FB for $5 occasionally to get more followers • Use hashtags! • #dmslovestoread #dmsbookfair #bookfaircountdown #dmschalkboardwall GENERAL TIPS
- 28. This is from the summer! ENGAGE KIDS We now have 4 green screens!
- 29. ENGAGE PARENTS
- 30. All the books were gone by the end of the day! PROMOTE THE BOOK FAIR
- 32. PROMOTE BOOKS!
- 33. PROMOTE SERVICE
- 35. JUST FOR FUN…
- 36. SHARE WHAT’S NEW
- 37. SHARE WHAT'S NEW
- 38. TEASER
- 39. SHARE BIG NEWS
- 40. SHARE BIG NEWS
- 41. The library…
- 42. One green screen in September became four by January. My office is now a studio! GO WITH TRENDS
- 43. Annual student survey is always very useful! Administered during 6th grade library skills using Surveymonkey (I get a monthly membership for one month a year) GIVE STUDENTS WHAT THEY WANT…WITHIN REASON
- 44. BIOGRAPHY GENRES Took 2 days to label; still in process of changing in circulation system
- 45. Deleted or re –catalogued reference books and out graphic novels in their place. HIGHLIGHT COLLECTION FAVES
- 46. Saves TONS of time! LABEL BOOK SERIES
- 47. • Be flexible • Meet teachers where they are • Be willing to do the minimum or the maximum • Build trust slowly • Eat lunch! TEACHER COLLABORATION
- 49. Questions and ideas are on this Padlet: http://padlet.com/lauragardner1/lm4k87a6bmmw QUESTIONS? IDEAS?