Labels, Book Purchasing, and Students

Yesterday at the Media Center we received a very large shipment of books. Sometimes you must order accordingly! This was mentioned once before during a budget lecture done by Professor Horrigan as he explained the budget at his middle school to shine light on to the differences across the spectrum. Of course there was a teacher in the class that did some research to find that his schools budget for the entire year was very small. In those cases, you must make do with what you have and look for ways to increase funds--probably by increasing traffic and demand!

So, as I was sticking "Date Due" labels on books and tearing them out of boxes with my almost white pants on, I realized this job can get physical. Of course it shines light on the value of media assistants and paraprofessionals. I even had a student helping us out yesterday and was only because he inquired about doing so and said he had no other work to do. I felt that the more one gets involved in books, the more likely one may be to pick one up!

Speaking of influences, I know that there was a boyscout at the Y who was doing his Eagle Project by making bookshelves for the kids at the Y. What a great idea! Reading encourages so much! And what a great way for one person to help so many! Making things look pretty encourages interest.

I got to see the control a media specialist has over the entire population of the school and those to follow just by his or her selection of books. This can be seen from a morality perspective.

I also saw how the assembly line works. Boxes come in, get unpacked, labels stuck, throwaway cards out, label verification, and then check into the system.

I was working with two media assistants on the project.