Administration

I have several student volunteers at both buildings and have trained them personally, overdue notices I send out once a quarter to go home with report cards since I see students regularly

My aides are responsible for running overdue lists, assisting students and staff, checking in periodicals, etc. They also keep the rooms clean, books in order, put up bulletin boards, set up displays, etc. I usually offer suggestions for displays and bulletin boards, unless they have ideas--it really depends on the aide.

I develop the budgets for each building and share resources -- ie. if I'm running out of a certain type of tape in one building but have extra in another, I just move my supplies to where they are needed.

I just manage it somehow, come to think of it, I'm not sure how I do it, but it gets done. Mostly after hours. Being that I'm the only elementary librarian in our district, I guess it works. Occassionally I meet with the only other librarian to discuss long range plans and policies. From this stand point by now you can guess that library is really not a high priority in this district.

Over the years, I've developed policies, procedural notes, forms, etc. During summer school, one of my aides had contract time (I did not) to organize the paper copies (I also have e-files) into a Policies and Procedure binder that my aides can now use to find what they need/when they need it - without me.