tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7175652458700347449.post8493793183687680218..comments2023-12-25T03:14:35.667-06:00Comments on Tiny Tips for Library Fun: Peeking Behind the Scenes at the LibraryMarge Loch-Woutershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299355611398291374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7175652458700347449.post-14714085783337316292012-02-22T13:31:44.249-06:002012-02-22T13:31:44.249-06:00Our library is too small for a really lengthy tour...Our library is too small for a really lengthy tour and there is only one person to do tours - me! But I set some basic rules - no more than two classes at a time and at least two adults (parent volunteers, etc.) have to come so we don't lose anybody. The inside of the outdoor bookdrop, which opens into a small room, is a never-ending source of fascination. Lately I have found my spiel getting old - the older kids have heard it all before (and tell me so) and so next year I'm going to try to convince teachers to let some of the classes check out books.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7175652458700347449.post-70023947934488993932012-02-22T13:27:44.769-06:002012-02-22T13:27:44.769-06:00That sounds great! I wonder if you could recruit a...That sounds great! I wonder if you could recruit a couple of friends or volunteers to help? The staffer who planned our Library Stars actually wrote up scripts to guide us so we can pull folks in to help from other depts when these tours occur.Marge Loch-Woutershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299355611398291374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7175652458700347449.post-29758613327629467782012-02-22T12:59:38.925-06:002012-02-22T12:59:38.925-06:00A tour idea that I have had but not tried yet. St...A tour idea that I have had but not tried yet. Start the tour at the back delivery door so that the kids can follow a book's trip into the library. So back door, through shipping and recieving where they can see boxes of new books being emptied and the delivery of books from the other libraries. This leads naturally through to tech services where they can meet the catalogers who get the books ready for the shelves and the order librairan who places the orders and my office where I select materials--I would have a number of magazines and catlaogs to show them how I choose things and then on into the children's room with a book truck of new books. From there it would be our usual tour of the room, story, cards and of course they would end their visit by checking out some books and out the front door! What has stopped me from doing this is mostly lack of staff a lot of our behind the scenes people have to be on desks as well so simply showing them an empty computer station because the cataloger is upstairs isn't as cool as seeing a book get cataloged and then taking it with us to read. The other big stumbling block is in the past couple of years visits have been coming 2 and occasionally 3 classes at a time because of bus costs and that is just too many people in a grouip to trail through the narrow back spaces and even if I had a couple of children's libraians to split up the group it isn't something you can start from two different spots. I still want to do it and may give it a test run with a selected class or two this spring to see how it goes.JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822597567988819971noreply@blogger.com