[aisle] Circulation desks and library renovation

[Jill Tarnowski]

We renovated our K-4 library over the summer and I am the one that got rid
of the big old circ desk.  My assistant and I share a small 8x10 office way
in the back of the library behind the Instructional Coach's office that has
cabinets for storage and a counter. We have one of those small three tiered
carts from Michaels loaded with our cataloging materials and we work from
any table in the library.   I love it. My assistant is getting used to it.
We needed our space to be multifunctional so any bookcases away from the
walls are on wheels.   We have 3 chromebooks on a mobile table as our self
checkout station.   Students search for materials with ipad minis that they
can grab off of hooks on the wall.   We have had nothing but positive
reactions from students and teachers.

If your circ desk is your only place for storage I would fight for it. If
you have storage elsewhere, I would at least take a minute to ask what
yourself what would you do at a circ desk that you couldn't do at a table.
Jill Tarnowski

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:10 AM Matt Smolka via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
> I’m at a middle school and the library is being renovated over the
> summer.  In a meeting with the architects and consultants I mentioned that
> I did not want a huge circulation desk like we have now.  The architects
> took that to mean I did not want a desk at all and the plans came back with
> no circ desk and two kiosks by the doors for self checkout.
>
> Of course the administration has fallen in love with these ideas, and the
> plans have no where on the floor for a staff workspace.  I’ve explained
> that we need a spot to actually work at and the response was the entire
> library is our office.  Does anyone have a library with no staff
> workspace?  If so how do you like it?
>
> Does anyone who recently renovated a space have any articles that support
> having a central point of contact in the library so that students know
> where they can find assistance?
>
> Thanks
>
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> smolkam at glencoeschools.org
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-- 
Jill Tarnowski
Information Specialist
Woodview School
Grayslake, IL
847 223-3668

-- 
Jill Tarnowski
Information Specialist
Woodview School
Grayslake, IL
847 223-3668
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