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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I still have a student assistant program. This year I have four aides. I have had school years when I’ve had none. It is a course with a pass/fail grade and
1/4<sup>th</sup> credit that does not count for graduation. Students come to the Dyer Family Resource Center instead of going to their assigned study hall. They learn the organization of the library, how to shelve books, they process and maintain the magazine
collection (or what’s left of it), pull books for displays, sign students in and out, maintain shelf order, help process new books, and more. I also show them what I do in terms of maintaining the collection, ordering materials, cataloging, etc. They have
helped me weed the collection (I have final say), shifting if needed, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Since they are giving up their study hall, I believe that homework comes first. So if a task doesn’t get done or finished another aide will do it or it will
get done the following day. I have found that the more flexible I am with what I want them to do, the more willing they are to do some of the mundane tasks. For example, last year, one of my aides spent most of a week working on homework. When he had a
day with no homework, he spent the entire period shelf-reading the fiction collection. Another key thing you should have is patience. I always tell them if they are unsure about something, always ask. There’s no such thing as a dumb question. I don’t care
if they ask me 40 times what does REF mean on the call number. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Many have used this course as a way to get job experience to add to their resumes. I don’t write many letters of recommendation for college, but I have been
used many times as a reference for when they have applied for jobs. I have one student right now who has been my student aide for three years (he told me last week that he wants to go into library science!).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Being a solo librarian, my student aides are such a big help to me. They want to be here and they do a great job at the tasks I ask them to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Brian Andrusyk<br>
School Librarian/Sub Coordinator/Bookstore Manager<br>
IC Catholic Prep<br>
<a href="http://www.andrusykslibrary.weebly.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.andrusykslibrary.weebly.com</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Currently Reading:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Reader</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Traci Chee</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info <aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 4, 2018 8:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> aisle@list.railslibraries.info<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AISLE-Share] HS Student Library Assistants?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am curious if anyone still has student library assistants in their school library? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was kicking around the idea of starting a program at our building and I wanted to get some insight into what others are doing. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have a program, could you please share the details? Paid or volunteer? Duties, issues, advantages, disadvantages, etc?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<br clear="all">
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Eric Bodwell<br>
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<a href="http://www.ericbodwell.com" target="_blank">http://www.ericbodwell.com</a><br>
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"The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work at a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user." -Seth Godin<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it” - Marianne Moore<o:p></o:p></p>
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