I am in the same situation as you. The district librarians and I have worked out a tentative plan for book distribution, but it is all subject to change at any moment. 

Right now the plan is to review how to use Destiny Discover to 'shelf browse/look for books' and request books. Books requested will be pulled, checked out, and be delivered to the cohort during homeroom or a specified time that works best... our school schedule is still being worked on. 

I am working on a book return bin of sorts for each cohort, so students can drop the book in a designated location in the cohort classroom, and then my aide or myself will regularly pick up books, quarantine them, and then check them in.  Again, this is a work in progress. 

I would love to bring a book cart in for students to look through, but right now the direction in my district is that no student can handle another item a student just touched....which makes looking through a cart of books not an option. 

As far as my schedule goes, I am flex, so I will be working with teams to set up a schedule of my lessons, trying to only work with one team per couple of days so I am not crossing teams and grades daily.   This idea will also be used when delivering and picking up books. 

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 7:08 AM Musket, Kimberly <kmusket@wallingfordschools.org> wrote:
Good morning-
I am a middle school librarian and have been trying to think of the best ways to get books to students this coming school year. The other middle school librarian in my town and I are working on a plan to get books to students in a safe way. 

We do not have regularly-scheduled classes. We collaborate with classroom teachers. During pre-pandemic times, teachers would bring their classes to get books and students could come down individually to get books. 

We are going to have collection bins for each day of the week so we know when books have been returned. After 72 hours, we will check them in and shelve them. We are thinking that we will have students request the books they want and we will deliver them to classrooms. Maybe have a set schedule such as, Mondays for sixth grade, etc. 

Does anyone else have any good suggestions for getting books to middle school students?

Thank you
Kim
 
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