Do you want to have a smooth back to school experience in the library? Do you want your students to come into the library calmly, take their assigned seats, listen attentively to your lesson and check … [Read more...]
How to Decorate Your Library Year Round
How do you decorate your library or classroom? Hopefully you don't put up one bulletin board in September and leave it up all year? One time, our principal ranted about scarecrow projects he saw still … [Read more...]
How Can Librarians Benefit from Teachers pay Teachers?
How can librarians benefit from Teachers pay Teachers? Have you heard of Teachers pay Teachers? If you are a school librarian, you can bet that your classroom colleagues have! Teachers pay Teachers … [Read more...]
8 Procedures for Efficient Library Classes
Are things chaotic in your school library? Do kids come barreling in, grabbing any seat they want? Are they unaware of what books they have borrowed? Do they get in trouble at the end of class because … [Read more...]
How Do You Decorate Your Library for the Winter Holidays?
How do you decorate your library for the winter holidays? I always try to make mine book-related. That's easy since there are so many great holiday books, with beautiful covers! Circulation Desk … [Read more...]
Is Your Library Ditching Dewey?
Do you still teach the Dewey Decimal System in your school library? Or, are you ditching Dewey? It amazes me how many people, including school administrators, say, "Now that your catalog is on the … [Read more...]