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I recently got the idea from Andy Plemmons to offer Alternative Recess. I am going to allow students to come to the library during recess and work on projects in our Makerspace. I am also going to host a Minecraft Club. I already allow students to come to the library all day every day from class (with teacher permission), but I am trying to find times when they can come without missing class to do stuff they want to do. I am also going to be hosting Maker Mondays and a Minecraft Club for after school. The library is no longer a place that has to be scheduled by the teacher!

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Keynote Presentation- Andy Plemmons 10:00-10:30 AM CST What is a makerspace vs. a maker culture? How do we give our students a voice through making, collaborating with one another, sharing their ideas with the world, and crowdsourcing information and projects together? In this presentation, a variety of 3D printing and other maker projects will be...

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We are in the process of doing away with our reference section! <gasp> Many of our teachers have gone through the books and told us what was useful and what was not. They were allowed to take some books to their own classrooms for their students to use. Books that they wanted to stay are being moved into the non-fiction section and are available for students to check out. Our next step is going to be weeding the non-fiction and then genrefying!

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This is my 3rd year of letting students eat/drink in the library space. We also have Music Thursdays and this year Motown Monday! I tell my students that when they are using databases and they decide to use an article, they are free to "copy and paste" the MLA citation given at the end of the article! Such a rebel!

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As a "newbie", I don't have any hard and fast rules, but want to make sure I cover what is needed. Following the leads of my mentor librarians (thanks Cathy and Wendy!), I am trying to design engaging, active lessons that get students excited about technology, books, and reading. If I see a need, I add a lesson. Will we spend a month on Dewey? No. Quick review of call #s, library organization? Yes.

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I did away with orientation this year too. I replaced it with a short survey that 9th and 10th graders could take on their own. Here's a link to a sample copy.

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Greetings from Mrs Kaldenberg and Mrs Pentico. We don't have a lot of rules for using the media center. We just ask that you respect us, each other, the books, the computers, and stuff that belongs to you and others.

If you are a freshman, you need to answer these questions before you can visit the media center during seminar.
Sophomores should also answer these questions as a review.

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SAMPLE - What you need to know about using the media center

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Greetings from Mrs Kaldenberg and Mrs Pentico. We don't have a lot of rules for using the media center. We just ask that you respect us, each other, the books, the computers, and stuff that belongs to you and others. If you are a freshman, you need to answer these questions before you can visit the media center during seminar.

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Not teaching - but something that effects the use of my time:

"Collection development" - I have limited funds, so I buy what students and staff want. respond quickly to requests.

My collections aren't balanced. (I just weeded hundreds of books that were never checked out or used from our formerly "balanced" collection.) I use GoodReads, TitleWave, #titletalk, fictfac.com, Entertainment Weekly, bookstore displays... And I promote the heck out of everything. (I haven't read a review journal in years). Is that sucking the air out of the room?

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Orientation is just a foreign word this year in our library -- no classes are invited to have an orientation. We are doing orientation little by little, piece by piece through class projects, research, mini lessons, and whenever there is a relevant need that would call for enlightening students and teachers. And you know what? It's working. :)

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Okle Miller/ Elementary School Librarian

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Okle Miller/ Elementary School Librarian

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Why delay check out at the beginning of the year by doing orientations for students who have been with you for several years? Do a special orientation for new students to each grade level and start checkout the first week.

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Encyclopedia and Dictionary Skills - why are we teaching these in the

Area of technology?

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I pulled a Jennifer when I asked my High School Librarians why food was not allowed in the library especially since some kids don't have a lunch period or choose to come their over lunch. - Why not allow food in certain areas - the kids sneak it anyway.

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Teaching MLA Formatting when you can get it already formatted in Google Templates