[CASL-L] Circulation question

[Valerie DiLorenzo]

I agree with Julie and others. I only use automated; however I do put out a
paper self checkout too. I'm a K-9 librarian who teaches a bunch of classes
(both Upper and Lower School classes). Sometimes I teach a class and have
study hall students in the library at the same time. I finally have an
assistant this year (but only 9 hours/week).

When I'm busy teaching and a student (or teacher) wants to check out a
book, he/she knows that he/she can use the manual checkout. This system
compromises patient confidentiality, but I find it is necessary because of
the lack of staff in the library. As soon as I get a chance, I enter the
details into Destiny Quest, then I don't need the paper version anymore. (I
do keep them though in a file cabinet.) See attached paper checkout sheet.
(Sometimes I can't read someone's barcode numbers (or someone mistakenly
writes the ISBN which doesn't connect the book obviously to our Destiny
account), so it's important to have the title/author column too.)



On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Yulo-medeiros, Julie <
jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us> wrote:

>  I don’t maintain both systems any more even though some of our older
> books have card pockets in them. I save money when ordering books because I
> don’t need to pay for that  feature or add it myself. ****
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> Are you using Destiny? It’s pretty easy to see a book’s history? Though, I
> realize if you computers are slow it might not be as quick as I can do it.
> You don’t need to run a report unless you want the history of several books
> at once. ** **
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> Book History Steps: Library Search>Search Results>Title of Book>Copy
> Status>Check Out History****
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> The other nice about doing away with book cards is protecting patron
> privacy.  It may not be as big of a deal at the elementary level but at the
> high school level I think the students appreciate it especially when they
> are exploring a personal topic that might be viewed by others as
> controversial. ****
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> Good luck with your decision.****
>
> Julie****
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> Julie Yulo-Medeiros****
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> School Librarian****
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> Virtual High School Site Coordinator****
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> Cromwell High School****
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> 34 Evergreen Road****
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> Cromwell, CT 06416****
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> 860.632.4841 Ext: 14830****
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> jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us****
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> *From:* casl-l-bounces at mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Elaine Shapiro
> *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2013 8:57 AM
> *To:* CASL_L
> *Subject:* [CASL-L] Circulation question****
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> Does anyone out there do both manual *and* automated checkout?  In other
> words, do students sign their name on a book card, as well as having the
> book signed out electronically?  I work in an elementary school, and this
> was the custom before I took the job.  But it takes a lot of time to file
> and then re-card the books.  I'm wondering if there is a good reason to
> maintain both systems.  I do like that I can pick up a book, glance at the
> card, and see how many students have taken it out.  Given our slow
> computers, this can be faster than running "item history".****
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> Elaine Shapiro****
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> Broad Brook School****
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Valerie DiLorenzo
Library Media Specialist & Archivist
Rumsey Hall School
201 Romford Road
Washington Depot, CT 06794

http://thelibrarynotes.wordpress.com/
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