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I have junior high library helpers.  They apply and need teacher approval.
I have them come in about 15 minutes before school starts and they
sometimes come during lunch as well and will work on things like decorating
or shelving after they eat.  I give them little gifts at the end of the
semester, but I like the pizza party idea for students who have been
reliable-- I might steal that!  At the end of the school year I also rely
on helpers for inventory.  I just start it, finalize it, and make sure they
all get scanned.  I also have students work on covering books and so forth.
When I get a trained student for a longer time, like they have gotten ahead
in work and earn a period in here, I then tend to have them help with
things like deleting weeded titles and added genre stickers.  My biggest
issue is about half tend to be unreliable, and not having enough time where
they can come and help.

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 8:16 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have always had student library workers and could not run the library
> without them.  It is volunteer and students come from their study hall. I
> have an online application process that requires a recommendation from
> another teacher. First semester freshmen are not allowed to apply because I
> have found that it takes a semester for freshmen to get organized enough to
> determine if they can give up a study period.  Students must maintain a C
> average in every class to stay as library workers.  It is a volunteer
> program with no credit or grade. I do tell students that they have
> immediate research help, no overdue notices and a pizza party at the end of
> the semester. MCHS is not a 1:1 district, but there are 90 Chrome books in
> the library.  The student workers check them in and out to other students
> and make sure that the computers are all returned and plugged in at the end
> of the hour. The students also help create displays, process books, shelve
> and do anything else the adult assistants or I need them to do.  I provide
> recommendations for honor societies, jobs, college applications, etc. I
> tell the students to treat their time in the library like a first job, and
> most of them do so.
>
> Carolyn Kinsella, District Librarian
> Minooka Community High School
> ckinsella at mchs.net
>
> Central Campus
> 301 S. Wabena Ave.
> Minooka, IL  60447
> PH: 815-467-2140 ext. 5040
>
> South Campus
> 26655 West Eames
> Channahon, IL 60410
> PH:  815-521-4217
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 8:03 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I am curious if anyone still has student library assistants in their
>> school library?
>>
>> I was kicking around the idea of starting a program at our building and I
>> wanted to get some insight into what others are doing.
>>
>> If you have a program, could you please share the details? Paid or
>> volunteer? Duties, issues, advantages, disadvantages, etc?
>>
>> Thanks,,
>> Eric
>>
>> --
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>> http://www.ericbodwell.com
>>
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>> librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian
>> is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated
>> user." -Seth Godin
>>
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