Requests

Ms. S came in and had a list of book repair items, so we talked about them! Looked up a textbook number for a student, installed printers on computers. I emailed an OASL member who has done training in book repair what he would consider for spine replacement. One of our teachers emailed to ask about magazine orders for next year. I got together with Mrs. H and we discussed getting the list together, and then just having it available for if/when the budget would approve magazine subscriptions next year. We also discussed getting the workbook order ready as well. I pulled the magazine information from last year, formulated a list for this year, and transferred the new prices into the spreadsheet. Mrs. HJ came by and let us know that at this point, there would be no newspaper orders for next year as things currently stand, but to go ahead and work on the magazine order with the understanding that subscriptions may not be approved for next year. I made a form and we sent it out to all staff with a cautionary statement and that all purchases needed Instructional Leader approval. Then I started working on the workbook form and Mrs. HJ asked that I get a current inventory, prices for next year for their meeting next Wednesday, so I will work on that tomorrow. Checked out Animal Farm to a class. Called Ebsco for a magazine price (for some reason their catalogue had no price for that item) and left call back information. Put money into print accounts, checked in and out individual texts. Created a request form for the workbooks and sent that out as well.

Incredible Orchestra

A whole class set of Prentice Hall Literature Gold came in today, and I ended up taking the whole set and checking them out for repairs they are in such bad shape. I really want to bust out the spine, reset the spine/signatures and then put it all back together. Mrs. H and I tried to find the spine backs and came up with two possible options. She also found the name of an OASL member who does repair and might know a what it is and what it's called. Put money into print accounts, I had a student bring me in money and repaid for some printing I did the other day for her. We had the Sprague Orchestra come into the library and play today. They needed to play for an audience and Ms. I had emailed Mrs. H to see if she wanted to come listen, and Mrs. H said to just have the orchestra come down and play in the library. So we invited everyone to come and these kids are incredible. Their dedication, their spirit and love of music just rolled around the library. Incredible. I had a student listening at the window asking 'Isn't this breaking the library quiet thing?' I let him know we love to be the heart of the Sprague community and having the orchestra come and play was a part of that he nodded and said it was great. I also had two students on the computers just yakking away and had to tell them to quiet up and be respectful. They didn't, and I had to go over again and then they did settle down. They played for about 20 minutes and it was superb! Checked out The Old Man and the Sea, some more math texts. Repaired some The Stage and the School, and checked in various books. Processed Time and Discover magazine and 2 teacher magazines. An eclectic mix of disciplines today.

Just a Tuesday

Finished up putting the covers on books this morning, and later in the day covered the paperbacks that needed them (some were already done) and put them on the 'new' rack. May 29th is the due date for all library books, so I had one of the aides make a notice for the workroom bulletin board out in the hall. Tomorrow I'll have the aides do another one for the other bulletin board near the copy machine. Checked in and out books here and there all day. We had a teacher bring in a class today to check out A Separate Peace, but he'd brought in a class yesterday and we only had one class set. So we did check out the 8 copies we had left and the rest of the students have to read it out of their regular literature book. Checked the textbook status report and we have 11,582 books out currently. Checked in a lot of To Kill a Mockingbird. We were sent an electronic file of the Senior Scoop, so I read it to keep in mind some of the events and to inform any students that ask questions. I have The Old Man and The Sea ready for students to check out (many have already come in). I sent three students back to class because they were on games, and I shut the games down, then they went on them again. Books of note: 1491, City of Ashes, Jellicoe Road, Otherwise, beautiful boy and Devil in the Details.

Whirlwind

Came in this morning to 32 emails! Responded as appropriate. A lot of them from Friday when we had no access to the computers. Checked out 2 class sets of Algebra 2 Volume 2 and checked in some of the Volume 1 that the students were done with. I packed and shipped a Street Law book and four of the old defective Economics books were sent back to Curriculum. I also found a Night book that belongs to Parrish, so I sent it back to them. I also looked at the books we have out from other schools and will talk to Mrs. H about how she wants them handled. I found several and have them on my shelf to be shipped back. Processed Dirt Rag and People magazine. Reset student Log-Ins, got Algebra 2 Volume 2 books ready for tomorrow morning. I walked by a table of students and they invited me to sit and join them, so I sat with them for a few minutes while we looked through Teen Vogue and People. It was fun to sit with them all. I cleaned out some of the paperback math books I had on the shelf behind me to repair. Then I put new covers on the new books that came in on Friday. Yummy new books! Mrs. H sent out a notice that all library books are due on May 29th, and all senior textbooks are due so we can get them in, checked off and the bills run. You can graduate, but you can't get your grades until the bills are paid!

Senioritis

The library was closed all day for AP testing, so we stayed in the back. I worked on repairing Foundations of Algebra Year 2 Volume 1 books again, got aides to help repair our Chemcom books, finish cleaning up the shelves and to begin pulling out our Life magazine collection and dusting them off with their shelves. At the end of the day we got in five boxes! Two were textbooks being returned from other schools but three were some new books! Yeah! So I got those unpacked and started cutting out the covers from the laminator roll and prepping them. The fun part of the day was going to the school Recognition Assembly. Usually we have students invading the library so I'm there to help patrol them, but since the library was closed, I got to go. Students volunteered to get a pie in the face from teachers, we got to see our Oly pageant contestants do their opening dance, various recognitions for music, speech, and math students and a hilarious look at senioritis from two 'blues brothers' types trying to find the source of the dreaded senioritis! The only cure seems to be graduation! They even came into the library for 'research'.

Morning Test

This morning we are in testing mode again, so I work back in the workroom. Mr. G needed 35 First Aid books, so I handwrote everything down and had our aide take them down to him. I entered them in the computer later in the day when the test kids were done. Mr. W came with some papers he needed laminated, so Mrs. H turned on the laminator and I did the lamination and had an aid take them to him. I worked on getting our aides to straighten up the textbook stacks, getting them in numerical order and getting them straight so there won't be damage to spines and such. I worked on taping Foundations of Algebra Year 2 Volume 1 and straightening out corners so they can press flat for the summer. I found we had some of those that belong to North HS, so I withdrew them from our database and sent them back to their home. When we got back into the library I cleared out 17 emails, processed two teacher magazines and Sports Illustrated, Bicycling and PC World for in the library. We had a class come in to get 'American' novels (they had to be written by an American) and I helped a few kids get some titles, a student took my recommendation on The Andromeda Strain from Michael Crichton. I checked in and out various books. I had a grandma call about a bill she received for her granddaughter on a text book. I can't pull up the billing menu, but I looked and saw our book was in. I got her number and went to check with the bookkeeper, and she found the student ID number for the ex-student and we found the book had come from another school. I got the phone number then called back the grandma and let her know to call the other school. Tomorrow we will be out of the library all day.

Back to Normal

No testing today, so the library was back to normal. I cleared out the emails from yesterday and this morning and scheduled book pick ups for the Math department. Checked out assorted titles, helped a student get her power point on a flash drive, checked in books for a student going into the Bridges program - she still has one book out from the library and one from textbooks. Another student is moving to Stayton and she has all her books in and is cleared. Talked with Mrs. H about getting announcements put in for seniors to turn in their texts as soon as they are done with them, also on the last day we will check out books, May 15th. Hopefully all library books will be in by the 29th. Right now the bookkeeper says we have about 3 pages of billing but when we get ready for graduation the seniors will be billed for their texts still out and will not get their grades, and won't be able to pick up their cap and gown until the practice if they have books out, so it's very important for us to get them back accurately. Worked on repairing Prentice Hall Literature Platinum books and Foundations of Algebra Year 2 Volume 1. Put away all the book making stuff from the classes we did. Gave a number for a job shadow to a student that wants to see what a writer/editor does all day. Mrs. P thanked me for helping with that other student the other day, nice of her to thank me personally!

Bookies - the Sequel

The library was open this morning so I checked emails and processed one teacher magazine and Shojo Beat, Time and Skipping Stones for the library. Scheduled text pick-ups around the AP testing schedule, checked out a class set of Foundations of Algebra Year 2 Vol. 2. Then we had our monthly classified meeting. There will be changes with the budget, but no one is saying yet what those changes may be. I worked on repairs until we headed back to Mrs. P's class to put books together and it was a whole lot of fun. The kids made some awesome books! Mrs. H and I came back to the library and did some cleaning up and a bit of repairing then we went home with the AP students still working away at their tests. Tomorrow will be a regular day for us.

Bookies

There was AP testing in the library this morning so I started with lots of repairing. I grabbed a bunch of Prentice Hall Platinum books and started gluing. At 12:30 I helped Mrs. H down in Mrs. P's class make their books for their stories. I helped out getting supplies out, helping the students with the instructions. I helped one student that Mrs. P told Mrs. H she wanted to do something special for me since that student hadn't done much for the whole semester and was so happy he actually worked on his book. We got back in the library and had to run an update for the Insignia program as well as answer a ton of emails. Some of the classes that need to pick up texts will have to wait until next week. I also have a student that needed a job shadow and I got him a writer/editor who is a former teacher for Salem/Keizer School District. I'm so glad that I could get that contact for him. We got some action with checking in and out to individual students, had to make a new account for another school and check them out books. Finished the calendar, though I'm not completely happy with it. We had a staff meeting after school, so I worked in the back and organized the Chemcom books and took one to work on some repairs - they are pretty beat up, the edges and corners are in bad shape, so we may also work on those.

May Day!

I guess they did the earthquake drill this morning and I missed it - oh well! I helped the Juniors today work on their CIS Plan and got them looking at schools, what they offer and the scholarships that may be available to them. It was a good session. Worked on the calendar today. Checked out another class set of Ricochet River, and a class set of Foundations of Algebra Year 2 Vol. 2. Checked in and out various books, put money into print accounts. The techs have found a way to block the computer shut down command, so we can be a bit more lax on watching the Vision. Processed National Geographic Traveler, Sports Illustrated regular plus a special golf issue, and a couple of teacher issues. Collected the money from print accounts and locked it up for the weekend. We had to be out of Insignia by 3:15 for an update, and we were!