School Library Management: Just the Basics

132 Pages·2011·1.14 MB·English

by  Patricia A. Messner, Brenda S. Copeland

SCHOOL LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
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SCHOOL LIBRARY
MANAGEMENT
JUST THE BASICS
Written and Illustrated by
Patricia A. Messner and Brenda S. Copeland
Just the Basics
Copyright 2012 by Patricia A. Messner and Brenda S. Copeland
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Messner, Patricia A.
School library management : just the basics / written and illustrated by
Patricia A. Messner and Brenda S. Copeland.
p. cm. — ( Just the basics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59884-834-2 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-59884-835-9 (ebook)
1. School libraries—United States—Administration. I. Copeland,
Brenda S. II. Title.
Z675.S3M33394 2012
025.1'978—dc23 2011031884
ISBN: 978-1-59884-834-2
EISBN: 978-1-59884-835-9
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CONTENTS
Series Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
1 Managing Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Managing Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Managing Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4 Managing Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5 Managing Library Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6 Managing the Work Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7 Managing Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8 Managing Professional Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
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SERIES FOREWORD
S chool libraries are places to read, to explore, and to fi nd information.
When kindergarten students fi rst visit a school library, they are told
that this is the place where they will learn the answers to their ques-
tions and that they will learn how to use the library to fi nd those an-
swers. And, as students grow and mature, the school library does
indeed become that place for them, but we know that does not just
happen. It takes a community, and that community is the library staff.
The library staff must be knowledgeable, hardworking, and service ori-
ented. They must possess a certain amount of basic information just
to keep the library up and running.
B asic information is important information. It is often critical and
in some cases not readily available. Running a school library well re-
quires the assistance of several key individuals (library aides or clerks,
volunteers, paraprofessionals, and technicians), in addition to the pro-
fessional school librarian. Training these assistants to do the tasks re-
quired is time consuming, and often school librarians and district
library coordinators have to construct their own training materials as
well as do the one-on-one instruction at each library site.
I n order to facilitate and help expedite this training, we offer this
series of short, concise, and very practical books to aid in the training
necessary to prepare assistants to help organize, equip, and furnish a
media center, manage a school library, prepare and circulate materials,
and perform many other tasks that are necessary to the smooth opera-
tion of a school library today. The Just the Basics series is written by
professionally trained and certified building-level school librarians
working currently in the fi eld. As we roll out this series, please let us
know what you think. Do we need additional topics? Is the series us-
able in training situations? What comments do you have?
Please contact me at [email protected].
SHARON COATNEY
Senior Acquisitions Editor
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