[aisle] Quarantining books

[Debbie Handel]

Thank you! this is an awesome idea.  Now I don't have to think it up
myself.  I appreciate you sharing the idea.  I'm passing this along to all
my colleagues and their clerks.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 2:32 PM Tambree Krouse via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have a pre-K – 12 school building, and I am planning to have students
> place holds in the card catalog, and deliver materials to their
> classrooms.  I am running Follett Destiny and I am considering making a new
> patron type: Quarantine, and assigning 5 patrons to the type: Quarantine,
> Monday…Quarantine, Tuesday… etc.   When a book is returned it would be
> checked out to the Quarantine patron day of the week on which it will be
> released from quarantine.  That way it shows as checked out in the card
> catalog and students will see an estimate of when it will be available,
> rather than the book showing as in and currently available when in fact
> there could be several days of wait.  When library staff looks at the hold
> we will be able to see when the book will be ready.  By making a unique
> patron type I should still be able to run circulation reports excluding the
> new type and get an idea of how circulation compares with previous years,
> etc.  I am also thinking that when the books are released from quarantine,
> as we scan them and sort them on the carts for reshelving, we will hear our
> sound for when a book has a hold and it will be easy to pull those books
> for students.  Am I overthinking? Is there something I am overlooking?
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> Tammy Krouse
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> Edwards County School District
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> Albion, IL
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> *From: *Todd Freer via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 28, 2020 12:41 PM
> *To: *AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
> discussion list <AISLE at list.railslibraries.info>
> *Cc: *Todd Freer <TFreer at zion6.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [aisle] Quarantining books
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> Hello all. I've been trying to find older posts about how people will be
> quarantining books. One idea we've thought of with regards to getting books
> in kid's hands is:
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> Rolling book carts with titles and having them choose from there.
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> Students can keep books for 2 weeks in their desks.
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> Upon collection, books will be kept in milk cartons (sides/top are open)
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> Questions I have:
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> Does this sound safe?
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> Can books be stacked on top of each other (like in the milk crate) or do
> they need to  be totally spread out?
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> Do we/can we safely disinfect the books? (I'm thinking more for shorter
> books ie picture, but would all pages need to  be wiped/sprayed/etc? (I'm
> not thinking that would be good to do but want to cover all my bases)
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> I'm grateful for your advice and suggestions beyond these.
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> Be safe!
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> --Todd
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> *Todd Freer*
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> *Library Media Specialist*
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> *East Elementary School*
> 2913 Elim Avenue, Zion, IL, 60099
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> 847.379.0156 • 847.872.8130 (fax)
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Debbie Handel
Library Media Specialist
handelde at u4sd.org

Stratton Academy for the Arts
902 N. Randolph
Champaign, IL 61820
217-373-7330
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