I spent most of yesterday and today processing new books that were ordered by the previous media specialist at the end of last school year. She ordered books from four different companies, and the books were waiting on me when I started the job a few weeks ago. During the first week of school, I unpacked the books to verify that the items that had been ordered were actually received. Yesterday morning, I gathered all of the paperwork from each order and found that each company had sent barcode labels and spine labels with the book order. However, I still had to find out how to get the Marc records. I telephoned the technical support number for our library management program. The representative gave me step-by-step directions and actually talked me through the import of Marc records from a CD-rom and a download. After getting this information, I had to log in to the web site of two companies and download the records. Afterward, I was able to import the records into our system. Then, I put the barcode labels and spine labels, which were sent with the books, onto the books. Next, I had to search our Accelerated Reader program to see if we had a test for each book. If there was a test, I wrote the reading level and the number of points in the back cover of the book and applied a colored sticker to the spine to signify that particular reading level. After stamping the school's name into the front and back covers, the books were ready to be put out on the shelves for circulation. I completed the entire process on at least 20 items. The media clerk helped apply the labels for most of the remaining books.
Today I also spent some time planning the reading enrichment unit with a first grade teacher. She described the social studies unit that she will be teaching for the next few weeks, and we decided on two possible topics. We discussed some possible activities to include in the unit. We will meet again in a few days to finalize the unit.
Hours in the media center: 9.50 hours
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