[aisle] book check-out

Tue Jan 5 14:12:07 CST 2021

Oh yeah, forgot about the emailing part.  That took awhile to figure out -
you need to change the date to the date that the books are due.  Our
district also had a lot of trouble setting up the automated emails within
Destiny.  I let the books sit 2 weeks, then I email them and see if they
still want them, and then I reshelve them.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 2:05 PM Karen Doyle <kdoyle at komarek94.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the quick answer Betsy!  Exactly.
>
> I also forgot to add the tricky parts.  I first email the holds ready
> notices to students, so they know to pick them up.  Then I check them out
> to kids.  The downside is that sometimes they don't come pick up.  I'd
> agree that I haven't had a ton of kids getting books yet, but I probably
> couldn't handle it if there were too many requests.
>
>
>
> 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 2:01 PM Betsy Yager via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> AISLE mailing list
>>>>> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>>>>>
>>>>> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
>>>>> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>>>>>
>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
>>>>> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.aisled.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Margo Newtown
>>>> Sheridan School Librarian
>>>> 847-615-6078
>>>> @SHlightbulblab
>>>> *LIBRARY TAGLINE: Empowering Lifelong Readers as Learners*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> Any communication sent or received by District 67 and/or District 115
>>>> is a public record and may be subject to inspection or copying under the
>>>> Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
>>>> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> AISLE mailing list
>>>> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>>>>
>>>> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
>>>> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>>>>
>>>> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
>>>> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>>>>
>>>> https://www.aisled.org/
>>>
>>> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AISLE mailing list
>>> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>>>
>>> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
>>> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
>>> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>>>
>>> https://www.aisled.org/
>>>
>>> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AISLE mailing list
>>> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>>>
>>> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
>>> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
>>> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>>>
>>> https://www.aisled.org/
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> [image: Bitmoji Image]
>> Betsy Yager
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Anne Sullivan School
>> Prospect Heights Dist. 23
>> (847) 870-5591
>>
>>
>> Please contact us if you would like this communication translated into
>> your native language.
>>
>> Por favor, póngase en contacto con nosotros si desea que esta
>> comunicación traducido a su idioma nativo.
>>
>> Prosimy o kontakt z nami jeśli Państwo potrzebują aby
>> ta wiadomość została przetłumaczona na język Polski.
>> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
>> _______________________________________________
>> AISLE mailing list
>> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>>
>> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
>> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>>
>> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
>> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>>
>> https://www.aisled.org/
>
>

-- 
[image: Bitmoji Image]
Betsy Yager
Library Media Specialist
Anne Sullivan School
Prospect Heights Dist. 23
(847) 870-5591

-- 

Please contact us if you would like this communication translated 
into your native language.

Por favor, póngase en contacto con nosotros si 
desea que esta comunicación traducido a su idioma nativo.

Prosimy o 
kontakt z nami jeśli Państwo potrzebują aby ta wiadomość została 
przetłumaczona na język Polski.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.railslibraries.info/pipermail/aisle/attachments/20210105/895871c6/attachment.html>