Hello,
School is winding down for us here in the Pacific Northwest. I am busily working to get all our books returned to the library here and I know most of you are doing the same. Once you have those books returned, here are some ideas to help get your library ready for next year.
1. Take a quick look over your library and pull out books that need repair or need to be discarded. If you don’t have time to discard or repair these books right now, then find a space on your library shelves and pile them there. Label the piles so you will remember why you put them there in the first place or so the next person who comes along will know why they are there. When you or someone has time to repair the books, they will be ready and easily accessible.
2. After your library is ready for next school year, one librarian friend of mine suggests wrapping the shelves with butcher paper. She worked in a few schools where the library was open and children and church members felt free to borrow books over the summer vacation. If your school library is also a church library then you will not want to do this, but if you have books that disappear over the summer, you can always use the excuse “The paper will keep the dust off the books over the summer.”
3. Check with your school board to see if you might have some money to use to purchase books that you happen to see over the summer. It is frustrating to later wish you had gotten that special book. I know reimbursement works fine, but if you don’t have extra money, it would be handy to have some petty cash for those expenses.
Next week I thought it would be fun to have a list of books that YOU might want to read over the summer. I am open to suggestions from you as to titles that you think other teachers would enjoy reading, too.
Happy reading!
Audrey
Sdalibrarian.blogspot.com
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