[CASL-L] SCHOOL LIBRARY visits to observe ways of managing students coming and going

[Fitzgerald, Joy]

Hello,

     I am interested in finding several HIGH SCHOOL Libraries to visit in the next month or so, to observe how you manage students coming to the Library.   I would like to visit during a high traffic time (larger number, more sending locations, lunch) for your library and learn the pros and cons of different ways or systems.   My principal wants a new or different way to handle it.

     I know in 2014, someone shared results of  their survey /researching this and shared several schools who did passes in different ways.   But I do not know who each school was and you might have changed since then.

     Please let me know if you are a H.S. Librarian and describe your pass system for students to get to your library from Study Hall, Lunch, Classes, etc. during the school day.

     It would help to know your staffing, if you have additional staff to monitor?... if students are on the honor system to do it themselves? ... if teachers write passes?  If you have barcoding? or QR Coding to check in and out?

      Thanks. I am serious about starting to try to visit soon as my principal has made this a priority to change our schools system somehow.  Please contact me to let me know if you are willing to let me visit and share your experience.

      Sincerely,

          Joy Fitzgerald


Joy Fitzgerald
Librarian Media Specialist,  21st Century Skills Teacher
Rockville High School Library  /  70 Loveland Hill Road  /  Vernon, CT 06066

 "Libraries are no longer ‘grocery stores’ where students can go to pick up ingredients, but ‘kitchens,’ where they have the resources necessary to create a finished product." --Joyce Valenza

860-870-6050 ext. 336 or 340 (Library Desk) / Open: 7:15 a.m. To 3:00 p.m. / Hours are during school year