[CASL-L] [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Sensitivity in reminding students the books they have checked out while we are out of school

[Jennifer Rocca]

I’ve been telling students who ask to not worry about it until school reopens. (I’m in a high school with *very* low book circulation - I know how different it is for the lower grade levels with their voracious reading habits ❤️)

Who knows what the situation will be in June. If traveling around town is safer in June then they can drop books off at that time. In the meantime, we turned off email notifications of overdue books and moved all due dates to June 1st. We can reassess in a month or so. 

> On Apr 2, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Crean, Sue <creans at brookfieldps.org> wrote:
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> I put out a note asking them to put their books in a ziploc (I stole the idea from our elementary librarian Dee Pearson and her assistant Renee Byrne) and put it somewhere safe like a backpack or desk. Then they can return it when school starts up again.  THe virus will die off, so I would recommend after the books are returned they are kept in the return box for however long it takes. (hours, days, a week?)
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>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 4:36 PM Butler, Katherine <BUTLERK at glastonburyus.org> wrote:
>> If I don’t get back the books exposed to the virus I will lose thousands of dollars in resources. Not an option. There are approximately 500 + books checked out to students who will move on to another school.
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>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 4:15 PM CASL President <president at ctcasl.org> wrote:
>>> It has been discussed with my Admin as just mark them all as lost and zero fines. 
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>>> If the books have been exposed to the virus, we wouldn't want them to come back.
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>>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 3:52 PM Emily Boisvert <ebov at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> CASL team,
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>>>> I hesitated to put this question out there so soon after we've started this journey into distance learning. Obviously, our role as teachers, collaborators and curators is the most important right now, as well it should be!
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>>>> But in the back of my mind is my role as library administrator. I'm wondering if anyone is forming a plan or given any thought in the event that we don't return to our schools at all this year, how to best approach getting materials back from students, especially those who would be leaving our buildings to "graduate" to the next grade level in another school.
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>>>> If things were normal right now, I'd be reminding my students materials that they have currently checked out this week. I wonder if they'd still appreciate a gentle reminder before too much time goes by..........thoughts?
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>>>> Emily Boisvert
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> Mrs. Sue Crean
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> Whisconier Middle School
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