Mrs Robinson was on holiday during Week 6 so this is our update at the end of Week 7.
At the end of Week 7 (2 September) Mrs Robinson has:
1) Catalogued 1549 books.
Fiction complete, picture books complete, non-fiction almost complete. Some books need to be labelled and the labels covered.
2) Labelled 1400 books.
Approximate figure.
3) The Junior Librarian (Library Management System) has been set up with all of the students’ details.
Staff details still to be added.
4) The Library has been left neat and tidy.
There are signs on the shelves to show what work needs to be done next.
5) Mrs Robinson and Mrs Enston have visited Peters Booksellers in Birmingham and have spent £4000 on some lovely new books!
These will be delivered next week and then Mrs Robinson will start cataloguing and processing them ready for shelving.
Plans for the Autumn Term
Mrs Robinson is discussing with the school management to see when she will be working at the Junior School during the Autumn Term. We are hoping that this will be on a regular as there is a lot of work to do!
1) Finishing cataloguing and processing the existing stock – there is a small amount of this to finish.
2) Cataloguing and processing the new stock when it arrives.
3) Making a wish list on the Library Online website to encourage students and staff to suggest new stock.
4) Putting staff details on Junior Librarian.
5) Setting up the borrower rights on Junior Librarian and testing to ensure stock can be issued and returned.
6) Signs and guiding for the new layout.
7) Displays.
8) Writing a simple user guide to the basic systems of the Library to be kept on the desk.
9) Teaching Mrs Enston the basics of Junior Librarian. More advanced training to be done at a later date.
10) Teaching staff how to use Junior Librarian – they will need to know how to issue and return books for their classes and also how to conduct basic searches.
11) Teaching student Library Helpers how to issue and return books and how to conduct basic searches.
12) Making a list of suitable jobs for Library Helpers and training them how to do these.
13) Making a list of suitable tasks for Parent Volunteers and training them how to do these.
14) Opening discussions with staff and students as to their wants/needs in terms of library use so that we can come up with a plan for possible future refurbishment.
15) Talking to staff about their resource needs so that we can purchase suitable stock in the future.
16) Starting the process of developing management information and evaluation of the Library: inclusion in the Annual Report, finance documents, Library Development Plan, Library Policy and Library Procedures Manual etc.
I think that is enough to be going on with!
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