[aisle] To lend or not to lend (headphones)

[Katie Nelson]

We lend headphones out at my middle school library, though we also have
them as a school supply listed.  Teachers can check out a bunch and
students can check out individually.  In order to dissuade students from
relying on ours or becoming habitual borrowers (since it takes time to
clean and process) I bought the largest, most  hideous ones Demco offered
and spray painted them bright orange.  (Of course, some kids like them!)
They are easy to find if lost, and it has worked fairly well.

Katie

Katie Nelson
Resource Center Director
Washburne School
Winnetka, IL

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 1:23 PM Kori Wentzloff via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any advice or success with lending
> headphones.  They are a "required" school supply here and yet many students
> forget them.  Daily we have several students who come in and borrow a pair
> for an assignment, to listen to something while they work or any other
> number of reasons.  I don't love lending them out to individual students.
> I have heard of some methods where a librarian may have a box of 10 for *teacher
> *checkout, but don't lend to individual students sporadically throughout
> the day.
>
> I was just hoping someone had some creative ideas for making this less of
> a problem in the library.
>
> Thanks!
> Kori
>
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