[aisle] HS Library Student Assistants - activities/responsibilities

Thu Dec 8 11:01:22 CST 2022

My student library aides are all seniors, and I usually have 1-3 per school
year.  They shelve, check books out to students, help process books, and
check in orders.
        During the 2nd semester, I allow them to help choose a few books
for the library.  I will tell them a set amount of money or number of
books, and they can choose titles to add to the collection.  I keep an
enormous Amazon wish list of books I'm considering that have positive
professional reviews and they pick from those.  This year, because I have a
highly motivated student (she started her own used book pop up shop!) I
also let her look at other titles and then helped her find professional
reviews for them.  She read the reviews and then we talked about them
together and decided if they were good options for our library or not.  I
also have the students pick out at least one book that they might not read
personally, but is of a topic that has been in demand when they are working
in the library, to help them understand that as a librarian, you need to
think of your patrons and not just what you may like to read.
          When the books the student library aides select arrive, we make a
big display of them in the library for students to check out.  They also
have the option to include a "selected by" book plate inside each book.
They are always very enthusiastic about help choose books for the
collection.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:21 AM Stephanie Powell via AISLE <
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> One thing we have tried out this year with our aides that is going well is
> having each aide “be in charge of a section” (i.e. student is responsible
> for shelving and keeping books organized for a specific area of the
> library). We had a problem where aides earlier in the day were doing all of
> the shelving, so then 7th period aides never had to shelve. By giving
> each of them a section, everyone shelves and our shelves stay much more
> organized.
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> I should also note that seniors are the only students that are allowed to
> aide, so we also trust them with checking in and out books. We just do not
> give them permission to collect fines or do anything with money.
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> When we had them, those are the things we had them do. I also found that
> saving projects like labeling, stamping, etc. were good for them, if they
> are careful about placement.
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> On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:46 AM Kate Rogers via AISLE <
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> Hello!
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> We need a refresh of ideas for activities and responsibilities for our
> Library Student Assistants.
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> What do yours do? Or if you don’t have any, what kind of work would you
> love to see students do?
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> So far we do the basics like shelving. We have them craft and decorate the
> space.
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