Since my last post, my co-librarian has been on extended leave, starting in late October. Then, in December, the media assistant also took a short (most of December) leave, which I hope explains the lack of posts! For a while, there was no sub, then subs which I had to train on a daily, bi-weekly, or weekly basis.This morning, at 5 am, it came to me. Ideas for new posts!
Since then, I have since researched the first idea, and came up with minimal information to share. I'll keep looking for information to present this idea in a future post.Next topic of discussion: Book Club.
Book Club has always had a small membership, partially due to my personally purchasing copies of books selected for each member (as well as weekly snacks). This wasn't so bad when they were available at http://www.betterworldbooks.com, Half-Price Books, or even in paperback. It just got pricy when they wanted to continue a series up to the latest (available in hardcover only) title. I realize there are sources of funding for HS book clubs; some which have strict guidelines and/or specific titles to be read. I wanted the students to have the option of reading the titles they want to read, and they want to see in the library. So far, the selections of the book club members have been very popular with the rest of the school (and some of the other schools in the district, as evidenced in ILLs (Inter-library Loans) of these books.
Titles read since KHS Book Club's inception in April, 2009, have been: "Frostbite" by Richelle Mead, "Vampire Kisses" 1-3 by Ellen Schreiber, "City of Bones," "City of Ashes," and "City of Glass," by Cassandra Clare. Unfortunately, our membership is dwindling. We currently have three regular members, down from our typical seven, from our all-time record of nine. The main reason given was students being unable to pass from the cafeteria to the library for our 7:45 am meeting. New administrators were brought in this past January who are doing a great job, and the hallways are free of wandering students. Unfortunately, many of them were wandering into the library. Our morning traffic is also way, way down. I discussed book club attendance with the assistant principal, and created passes for book club members (see image). However, this hasn't increased numbers so far. We then changed the meeting day and time from Wednesday at 7:45, to Monday at 3:45. This led to a more lively discussion from the remaining members, (who have woken up by that time) but fewer members! The members who couldn't make it into the morning halls have not returned for the afternoon meeting.
I have posted a picture of the pass. I use Avery labels to attach them to the back of the student's ID badge. The clipart is from Microsoft Office downloads.
Book Club has always had a small membership, partially due to my personally purchasing copies of books selected for each member (as well as weekly snacks). This wasn't so bad when they were available at http://www.betterworldbooks.com, Half-Price Books, or even in paperback. It just got pricy when they wanted to continue a series up to the latest (available in hardcover only) title. I realize there are sources of funding for HS book clubs; some which have strict guidelines and/or specific titles to be read. I wanted the students to have the option of reading the titles they want to read, and they want to see in the library. So far, the selections of the book club members have been very popular with the rest of the school (and some of the other schools in the district, as evidenced in ILLs (Inter-library Loans) of these books.
Titles read since KHS Book Club's inception in April, 2009, have been: "Frostbite" by Richelle Mead, "Vampire Kisses" 1-3 by Ellen Schreiber, "City of Bones," "City of Ashes," and "City of Glass," by Cassandra Clare. Unfortunately, our membership is dwindling. We currently have three regular members, down from our typical seven, from our all-time record of nine. The main reason given was students being unable to pass from the cafeteria to the library for our 7:45 am meeting. New administrators were brought in this past January who are doing a great job, and the hallways are free of wandering students. Unfortunately, many of them were wandering into the library. Our morning traffic is also way, way down. I discussed book club attendance with the assistant principal, and created passes for book club members (see image). However, this hasn't increased numbers so far. We then changed the meeting day and time from Wednesday at 7:45, to Monday at 3:45. This led to a more lively discussion from the remaining members, (who have woken up by that time) but fewer members! The members who couldn't make it into the morning halls have not returned for the afternoon meeting.
I have posted a picture of the pass. I use Avery labels to attach them to the back of the student's ID badge. The clipart is from Microsoft Office downloads.
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