Journal Day 4
1. What is the best way to keep staff abreast of things that go on in the LMC?
2. What can we do with no "decorating" budget that can make splash in our "plain" LMC?
3. How can I continue to support my beans and book coffee/tea idea after the initial donation from the local coffee shop?
4. Can I clean out the textbook room of old textbooks?
1. My Big Campus is a big push for our corporation. We are encouraging staff and students to communicate more through the learning platform rather than email. I will create a group for staff in MBC and post announcements and tidbits there.
2. Pinterest!!! Who would have thought! I was visiting another library in a neighboring county for my observation hours and loved all the cool things she had in her library. I asked her where she got the ideas and she showed me her Pinterest boards! I love Pinterest and have been a long time user, but honestly it never occurred to me to look for LMC ideas!
3. Talking with the observation hours librarian gave me the idea of beans and books! (Maybe she found that on Pinterest??!!) The local coffee shop donated a few months supply of cups, coffee, and tea. The kids LOVE it, so I wanted to start pre-planning to continue it. As I was shopping for an old window at a reuse store...that's a whole other Pinterest project.....I found an old candy machine. I filled it with M&M's that I got at wholesale price at SAMS and placed outside the LMC doors. The kids put a quarter in it between passing periods and WOW!!!! That's a money making thrift find! I'll change the candy up each month and we'll have beans and books for a long time!
4. Sadly NO! I referenced our guidance counselor who is in charge of textbooks. We can still charge students 15% of the actual textbook cost on their textbook rental fee (even though the books are paid for) for as long as we have them in the building . Thus they must stay! :( He laughed when I suggested the LMC retain a 5% storage fee :).
Today was a good day, I actually got to spend most of the day in the LMC doing some housework catch up projects. The new shipment of Jr. Library Guild Books arrived and were processed. The kids were just about stalking me over some of the new books. Which makes me happy! I put up the Thanksgiving bulletin board and showcased some new books. We rearranges some of the furniture and it makes more sense now. All of the computers face the wall opposite the check out station. Now, we can see the computer screens and check out books, make repairs, etc. Better management practices!
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