Hanging out

We are hanging out at Borders. Just another way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon. This was a three meeting week so I didn't spend to much time on straightening my files But there is always next week. My total time was about maybe an hour so I did get some of my files straightened out. And lots thown away!!! (I found so many duplicate papers and then I got rid of all the duplicates! Talk to you on Monday!

Monday- File cabinets

I"s another week at school! Working on organizing files this year at my circulation desk( which is also on only desk). Do you have duplicate files? I found that in one draw alone I had several files in several places with the same name. Obviously I will take each one and see what is in each one , consolidate and and then eliminate.
Why am I doing this? Well for one reason , it makes things easier to find. Second
reason, I like orderly files. When I need something I don't want to spend extra minutes tracking down two files. So I will take just maybe 10 minutes today and I will work on one drawer,

Get Back to work!

Well, School is now well underway and I need to get back to writing. Let me remind all the school librarians: if you are required to keep lesson plans and write out formal plans, don't do what I did.
Start them right when you need them and add to them as you go. Right Now I am currently playing catch up because I did not start with at the beginning of school. I will get caught up but it is taking all my focus to work on it and get it done.
Started a new reading incentive program today- Fall into Books! Students will read and fill out apples and pumpkins to decorate outside the library. Then we will have a reading party right before Thanksgiving!

June 1st

Yes we are on to the count down! Start your engines and get that inventory done! I'm still reading and reading and reading. But by the 15th, I hope to have most of that done and that is when I start scanning!! Inventory, paper work, and keeping the kids amused is a little bit much. But some how June is here and will be gone before we know it. Keep breathing and believing that yes you will get it all done. Write down exactly what it is you need to accomplish and work toward those goals.

Summer??

I guess I was wrong on the summer part- rainy rainy cool! Still slowly reading reading reading. Also I am working on my budget- who says they cant' wait til the end of school? I have so much to do. So I am focusing on what is most important and working each day on what needs to be done. And I am not spending time on worrying will it get done because some how If I work and focus it always gets done, even If I don't have help. So focus and work and figure out what you want to accomplish . Work towards those goals.

Summer is here!

Summer is here- okay not officially but in reality I think most of our cold days are over. ( Except for maybe tomorrow) I hope you enjoyed your day. Are you ready to work tomorrow? No, I am not either but I must buckle down and get reading my shelves along with all the other thing Ineed to do before the end of the year.
One thing I do is to mark each shelf with a paper so that I will remember to write down what I have done. This also gives me motivation to keep going!

It's May!

Yes I know that I have been slacking on this blog- caught the stomach flu and was out of commission. What fun ! (Not Really) So it's May, are you reading your shelves? You should be! Do it now and do it correctly . When you get to inventory then you will have a much better time!

Busy Week

I 've had a busy week last week . This one proves to be also about the same! My workshop was great- but now back to Chase! I think the fire drill walk is today! More later!

How do your patrons check out their books? If you are public then obviously the patrons bring in their cards. If you are in a school ,you might have a variety of options. High School might have cards- or you might just type in their last name. Or you might have them listed by class and on a Rolodex where you can just flip to the class and zap their last name. Some elementary's use the notebook method where by each class is listed with students bar code and you can just wand over that. My system is a card system. As each class come to the library, I take out their class library cards. When it is check out time, the cards come out and the student gets there card before approaching the circulation desk.

Too cold out today! Get ready for a new week. I hope you are satisfied with the circulation desk area. Have you been clearing and organizing? If you have all of your items ready then you will be ready for anything.
When I go in to work this morning, I have everything ready for my mornings work. I do this at the end of each day- I stamp cards, and check my plan book. Then I pile up the materials I need for each class. I have my objectives written on my flip chart. This afternoon I will write out the three more objectives that I need for tomorrow. Then they are done for the week.

Let's get right back into the swing of things at your library. How is your circulation desk? Is everything organized?? Straightened ? Clean? do you know where everything is? If you don't and you have to search for things then that takes time away from productive work.
So look hard today and see if there is something to straighten out / move. Make your desk work for you as if it were a human assistant( even if you have one) Make sure that you are ready every morning with the supplies you need at your circulation desk. Maybe at the end of the day you can stamp date dues( if you use them) , put everything in order. ( a good task to do at the end of the day- especially if you are a morning person. then you should do the more challenging tasks in the morning! Ah- another topic to think about! See you Friday!

Its Wednesday and I have spent my time off doing lots of different things. But I have been going through papers, recipes, and clothes that I just don't need. I have started a bag for the consignment shop of clothes that I am sure I will not wear any more. I even added a few other items from the house that will go in my bag. Here is my motto- if you are not using it- let someone else use it.
Still to cold to get outside so I will organize, read, and bake.

Start of a new week- last week went by in a blur and I didn't post past Monday!!
Any way on my week off, I will be cleaning and organizing around the house. Lots of papers that can be deep sixed- when I looked at them and determine I really do not need them, I just throw then in the paper recycle bin. ( don't fill up your garbage with paper!!).
Hope to get a lot done this week and remove a lot of items that I do not need.