Re: Sub Coverage in an Automated Library

[Kathy Geronzin <geronzin@HOBBES.CLINTON.NET>]

When I was in this situation without any clerical assistance and I was
the only person assigned to work in the library I wrote a handbook for
substitutes in the library.  I gave them a copy of the library rules, I
told them how to handle the mail, I listed the steps in starting the
computer and using it for circulation, etc.   The substitutes really
appreciated it and commented that they really found it helpful. I kept
this information in a place so that the school secretary could find it
and give it to the substitutes.  If I knew ahead of time that I would be
out of school I would place this guide on my desk.

Kathy Geronzin
Northeast Community Schools
3690 Hwy # 136
Goose Lake, IA 52750
319-577-2249
FAX 319-577-2248
geronzin@hobbes.caves.net


Eleanor C. Jordan wrote:
>I am an elementary school librarian whose library will be fully
>automated
>in the fall.  I work alone, with no clerical help or volunteers.
>As I am
>a prep period, a sub is always obtained for me when I am absent.
>My
>question is: What do you do about returning books or signing them
>out?
>Do you just have the sub teach a lesson or read a story with
>quiet reading
>time?  Are all the books left there for you to check in the next
>day or do
>you have the students hold on to them until you return?  If no
>new books
>are signed out, are there complaints from parents or teachers?  I
>don't
>think the district would be willing to train the subs on how to
>use the
>system and I'm sure I wouldn't be too comfortable with it either.
>The
>chances of training one sub to do this might be possible, but
>coverage by
>the same person isn't always guaranteed. Any suggestions would be
>appreciated.
> I posted this last week, but it came out garbled, so I'm trying
>again.
>
>        Eleanor Jordan,Librarian
>        John F. Kennedy School
>        South Plainfield, NJ 07080
>        ejordan@spnet.k12.nj.us
>
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