[ISLMA-Share] quick inventory question
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Yes, every year. In fact just did it today. My aide and I scanned over 6000
books. Finished with 99.57% books accounted for. 25 books missing, but I
know some will surface in the next couple days. The rest are ones that have
been lost for while but I haven't remembered to "weed."
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 1:07 PM Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
> Absolutely, yes! I do an inventory at the end of every school year, even
> if there's no time for it before school lets out. I'll come in over the
> summer and finish it if I have to, which is what I'll be doing this summer.
> I can't stand not knowing what we have and what we don't have on the
> shelves.
>
> Inventory also lets me get my hands on every book so I can make a quick
> assessment of its condition, validity, and relevancy in our collection.
> It's surprising how many items I will weed just while doing inventory.
> Believe me when I say I'm doing a quick assessment, too. I'm not fully
> examining books as if I were doing a true weed. A quick glance is all it
> takes.
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Yes, every year. The library assistants (one at each building) and I are
>> paid 5 days after school gets out and 5 days before school starts, although
>> it doesn't take that many days (leaving us time to do all the other stuff
>> we didn't get to during the school year). They do the inventory mostly on
>> their own while I am ordering, weeding, etc, etc.
>>
>> *Carrie DeForest*
>> *National Board Certified Teacher*
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Roselle District 12
>> cdeforest at sd12.org
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> No I don't. No time. I close 4 days before end of year, and am
>>> circulating within two days of the opening of school. If I miss it, I
>>> order it.
>>>
>>> Valerie Brunner
>>>
>>> "Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
>>> "Home is what catches us when we fall. And we all fall."
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>>> Illinois School Library Media Association [
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>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:10 AM
>>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] quick inventory question
>>>
>>> Yes every year I get 10 days to complete the High School and Elementary
>>> school at the end of the year.
>>>
>>> Susan Genenbacher
>>> Media Specialist
>>> Southeastern Jr. Sr. High School
>>> Augusta, Illinois
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes every year!!!
>>>>
>>>> Karyn Nadler, MLIS
>>>> Library Media Specialist
>>>> Robert Crown School
>>>> Wauconda, IL 60084
>>>>
>>>> Phone (847) 526-7100
>>>> Fax (847) 487-3596
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No. Not allowed any time for that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 23, 2017, at 12:44 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No. We used to and the new admin. doesn't require it. This year I am
>>>>> only doing nonfiction since I weeded so much and need to update.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just conducting a quick survey... do you complete a full inventory of
>>>>>> your library collection at the end of every school year?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> *Clare Lund*
>>>>>> Library Media Specialist
>>>>>> Gower Middle School, Burr Ridge, Illinois
>>>>>> *Follow me on Twitter @LundTeach*
>>>>>>
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