[CASL-L] The nitty gritty of "end of the year" - getting those books returned

[BARLOW CHRIS]

I also send out email overdue notices via Destiny--maybe once a month or so. There are some who don't have email address, so those have to be sorted out and sent hard copies. I also have had the office send out letters to parents for books that are at least 3 weeks overdue a few times this year.
The 8th graders have an end of year trip to Holiday Hill which we can hold over their heads. If their books aren't returned and fines paid for, they can't go.
It helps for them at least.
As for everyone else...

Chris Barlow
Library Media Specialist
Wooster Middle School
barlowc at stratfordk12.org<mailto:barlowc at stratfordk12.org>
150 Lincoln Street
Stratford, CT 06614
(203) 385-4275

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."
--Chinese Proverb
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From: CASL-L [casl-l-bounces+barlowc=stratfordk12.org at mylist.net] on behalf of Yulo-medeiros, Julie [jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:13 AM
To: Lynn Rappaport; casl-l at mylist.net
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] The nitty gritty of "end of the year" - getting those books returned

I now send email notices via Destiny Catalog to all families with overdue materials. Lots of overdue materials are either returned or renewed after the parents receive the emails. I was able to set this up using parent data from PowerSchool (management system our district uses). The person in charge of PowerSchool in our district was the one who moved the data for me. I either don’t have the ability in PowerSchool to do it or I simply could not figure it out. If this sounds like a good idea check to see if your library management system has the ability to send emails and then check to see if your district’s student data system can import it into the library system. It’s been so effective at CHS that I don’t even bother with PA announcements anymore.
Julie


Julie Yulo-Medeiros
School Librarian
Virtual High School Site Coordinator
Cromwell High School
34 Evergreen Road
Cromwell, CT 06416
860.632.4841 Ext: 14830
jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us<mailto:jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us>

I am currently reading Switch by Chip & Dan Heath, The Circle by Dave Eggers and The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. What are you reading?



From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Lynn Rappaport
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 7:55 PM
To: casl-l at mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] The nitty gritty of "end of the year" - getting those books returned

Colleagues:

What clever gimmicks have you used to get students to return books short of walking the halls with book carts, begging, bugging students, parents  and teachers via email and/or EDMODO, or desperate repetitive PA announcements…

Our school is pre - K thru 8th grade.

Ideas?

Thanks,

Lynn


Lynn A. Rappaport
School Librarian
Environmental Sciences Magnet School @ Mary Hooker
Hartford, CT
www.environmentalsciencesmagnet.org<http://www.environmentalsciencesmagnet.org>



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