11. The nitty gritty
• Require a commitment
• Be flexible
• Look for adults other than
parents!
• Find out their personal interests
• Cultivate relationships
• Communicate
• Let them know you LOVE them
ADULT VOLUNTEERS
What they do
• Circulation
• Reshelve
• Read and reorder shelves
• Process holds
• Decorate
• Create displays
• Help students with technology
• Delete old books
• Edit records in the catalog
12. Painting a welcome banner for our author visit
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Deleting old reference books
13. The nitty gritty
• Before, during and after school
• Make it fun! Find out student
interests and capitalize on them
• Require a student application to
make sure you get the right
students for the right reasons
• Have a list of routine tasks to
avoid down time
• Check their grades 3x a year
• Keep a running list of tasks that
could be done
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
What they do
• Circulation
• Reshelve fiction (train!)
• Deliver holds around school
• Plug in technology
• Download apps
• Test out apps
• Decorate
• Create displays
• Help students with technology
• Delete old books
14. • Requires a short essay "why do you want to be a library assistant?"
• Two teacher recommendations needed
• Usually get around 50 applications!
• Find the full application here: http://goo.gl/JSSuYr
STUDENT APPLICATION
19. Google spreadsheet for online scheduling. We have one for iPads, one for
the library and one for comp labs. Thanks, Pamela Vallee from Lunenbueg!
ONLINE SIGN UPS
21. Monthly reports should include
• Circulation statistics
• Collaboration with teachers
• Social media statistics
• Ebook usage statistics
• Print, digital and tech purchases
• Professional development led
• Professional development
participation
• Successes!
LET ADMINS KNOW!
Make it POP!
Annual report on Piktochart :
https://magic.piktochart.com/ou
tput/2210231-dms-library-
annual-report-2013-2
22. • Students follow me
• Good way for me to check if
their accounts are private
• I DON’T follow back
• Mostly parent, teacher, former
student interaction
• Pages app separates personal and
professional
Instagram Facebook
DMS LIBRARY SOCIAL MEDIA
• Blog once a week!
• The weebly app is great!
23. Library Skills Homework for Class 2
School website: http://dartmouthps.dms.schoolfusion.us Click on Library Look at all the links!
Do ONE of the following:
Leave a suggestion on the online suggestion box
Have someone in your family “Like” Dartmouth Middle School Library on Facebook
Have someone in your family “Follow” dmslibrary366 on Instagram
Log on School Fusion (school website) and leave a comment on the Library Blog (student ID
and password)
Log on your school Gmail and send Ms. G a note(Gmail username and password)
Log on the online library catalog to place a hold on a book or write a book review (student ID
and password)
If you are confused about the advanced tech tasks, check out the Online Tutorials.
Student ID: ____________________ Password: ________________
Your school Gmail account: firstnamelastnameYOG@dartmouthschools.org
6th graders will graduate high school in 2021. (ex: johnsmith2021@dartmouthschools.org)
HOW I GET FOLLOWERS
Open House Flyer
24. • Consistency is important! I post M, W, F
• Make a reminder!
• FB is blocked at school so I turn off my Wi-Fi
• Boost a post on FB for $5 occasionally to get more followers
• Use hashtags!
• #dmslovestoread #dmsbookfair #bookfaircountdown #dmschalkboardwall
GENERAL TIPS
42. One green screen in September became four by January.
My office is now a studio!
GO WITH TRENDS
43. Annual student survey is always very useful! Administered during 6th grade
library skills using Surveymonkey (I get a monthly membership for one month a
year)
GIVE STUDENTS WHAT THEY
WANT…WITHIN REASON