Tiny+Tips+for+Library+Management

Please share hints and suggestions that you have about library management. These are not big ideas, big projects, or units, these are just little suggestions to make your life easier as a teacher-librarian.

I'll start:

Although it's tempting to make shelf makers the same color for a class, make them in several colors so students can identify their own marker easily.

Give kindergartners and 1st graders a star on their shelf maker each week that they return their library book on time. When they have 10 stars, allow them to check out two books.

I can see the screen of all of the student computers in the library (10) from the circulation desk. This is a really good idea.

Susan