[aisle] book check-out

Tue Jan 5 14:00:58 CST 2021

Joanna,
As long as the kids are logged in, they should be able to put books on hold.
In Destiny Back Office, if you go to Admin - library policies, you can
change the number of holds they are allowed by clicking on the pencil.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:54 PM Joanna Riley via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Karen,
>
> Can you share how in Destiny you were able to allow students to place
> holds.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 5, 2021, at 1:24 PM, Karen Doyle via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> 
> I work in a K-8 building and we have been hybrid since mid October.  I am
> able to check books out to kids but it's been a journey.  I still haven't
> managed to get my K-2 kids on board yet due to Google/email issues - but
> it's a work in progress.
>
> I have the kids place holds for books in Destiny.  I opened it up so they
> can hold up to 6 books at a time but they can only check out 3 at a time.
> This gives me some options in case I can't find a book or two kids want the
> same book.  I fill holds twice a week in the morning and deliver them to
> the classrooms of hybrid students.  Kids that are fully remote can pick up
> books they've requested at the same time families pick up lunches.  I leave
> a cart with all the books labeled (similar to the public library), and
> whoever is working the school front desk at the time grabs them for the
> family.  We have return boxes in each entryway.  I have been really
> lenient with return times since many families can't get to the building
> often.  I have been using what was a display shelf as a quarantine shelf
> and have labeled sections for each day of the week.  So far so good.  Not
> too many hiccups.  I'll agree that it's a lot of work.  I also teach
> lessons too, but it's very different this year.  Let me know if you need
> any more information - or if you have suggestions for me!
>
>
>
> Karen Doyle
> Library Media Specialist
>
> Komarek School
> 8940 W. 24th St
> North Riverside, IL 60546
> 708-447-8030
> www.komarekschool.org
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:10 PM Margo Newtown via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We are hybrid but we've managed to make book checkout work.  It is a
>> challenge and I'm exhausted, but thankfully it is allowing books to get
>> into their hands.
>> We are a K-4 school and I do have an assistant.  Very helpful.
>> We pull books based on a simple interest survey for K-2.  We put a tag on
>> it with their name and teacher's name and put a ribbon on it (a parent
>> volunteered to write out the names on the tags by class so it saved us a
>> lot of time). We put the books lined up in the hallway so each student gets
>> a "surprise" when he or she comes into school. We do it once a week. The
>> kids return the books into a bin outside each grade level hallway.  I wear
>> gloves and put them on a table for quarantine for 3 days.  I have 5 tables
>> for each day of the week.  The books don't always come back and I do have
>> kids with up to 3-4 books out but I have to say, I'm not stressing over
>> that as almost all books are returned by year's end.  We send home
>> reminders and if out over a month call home for a reminder.  That helps get
>> them back.
>> Grade 3 and 4 put books on HOLD in Destiny and each morning whoever has a
>> book on hold, we pull it, check it out to the student, put a tag and ribbon
>> and place it in the hallway for when they enter school.
>> Lots of running around and sometimes there's a mess up with the book the
>> student wanted; however, we have found the kids are getting a lot more
>> exposure to different books and genres and we are thinking about how we can
>> continue this or some form of this when we all return in person, hopefully
>> in the Fall.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 12:32 PM Sue Meegan via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I work in a K-5 building.  We have been remote for the entire first
>>> semester and children have not been able to check out books.  About 40% of
>>> our kids are coming in-person starting the 3rd week of January and I'm
>>> writing a proposal for book check out.  I reread the emails from the summer
>>> and fall while most of you were trying to figure this out and I'm wondering
>>> how it is going.  How is taking a cart to the classrooms working?  Do any
>>> of you have kids come to the library?  Does that work well?  For those of
>>> you on a hybrid schedule, how do you get books into the hands of remote
>>> students?
>>>
>>> I just can't imagine having time for all the requests and reshelving and
>>> making sure the books are quarantined for 3 days, etc.  I still have to
>>> teach library lessons too.
>>>
>>> Any feedback on how it is working for you is very much appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Sue Meegan
>>> Hoover Elementary
>>> District 157
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