Behind the Circulation Desk

After a visit from a local public librarian, when she talked about services and programming related to our two local public libraries, students in Novels class visited the library for a presentation and activities related directly to their own school library. The presentation was called "Behind the Circulation Desk" and focused on book recommendations, book selection and purchasing, and book processing.

 

Part of the presentation included discussions about choosing books for the library using the criteria we librarians use. Considering descriptions and reviews from our vendor's website, students evaluated a new fiction release by a popular author, a series book, a poetry book, and an older fiction book. Each group of students shared whether or not they would include the title in the collection and defend their choices using the criteria we'd discussed.

As part of the book processing piece of the presentation, students themselves covered paperback books for the English department. Following a step-by-step process, students were able to independently cover trade paperbacks from a classroom set--learning a step in the school library process while helping one of their English teachers at the same time!