Today I spent most of my time trying to sort through books that have been in different areas of the media center but not in circulation. (These were not the newest books that still need to be processed.) I found these books in a box in the media specialist's office and in small stacks in various places around the media center. Some paperbacks were found in the back storage room. Most of the books had barcode labels and spine labels attached, but many were bare. I finally decided to check each book to see if it was labeled for shelving, if it was showing up in the online catalog, and if an Accelerated Reader (AR) test was available in our school. Depending on the results, we shelved the books for circulation or placed them in new stacks in my office with a note explaining what was lacking. This led me to find out how to order AR tests, and I placed several titles in my new shopping cart in Renaissance Learning. I have never seen paperback books in our media center, but I decided to put some into circulation since the ones that I found in storage already have AR tests at our school. Once again, this decision led me to another learning experience. I went online to see how to protect the paperbacks, and my husband helped me apply Contact paper to most of them. They seemed to turn out well for a first try. Now I need to figure out how to generate original barcode numbers based on the system that the previous media specialist used. At the end of the day, it seems that I haven't been able to clear off any space in my office.
Hours in the media center: 9
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