Well said, Rachel.
I do basically the same with a letter home, but I do make it clear that the
parent is responsible for lost items. The Library can bill the parents as part
of the regular billing procedure.
Because the library is not staffed a good part of the time, the preschool is
the only part of the school that has regular check-out time. Everyone else is
on the honor system.
I must say that the little kids -and their parents- are much more responsible
about returning items than the grown-ups are.
Aileen GrossbergLampert LibraryCongregation Shomrei EmunahMontclair, NJ
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Younger Borrowers
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div.yiv9848550227WordSection1 {} #yiv9848550227 I’m struggling to fathom why
any school, synagogue or community center library that maintains a circulating
children’s collection would create obstacles that would prevent children from
checking out books. Why do you need an OK from a responsible adult? My
children check out library books from their public school library and I have
never been asked to provide consent. It is part of the curriculum. I would
doubt that day school librarians require parental consent to use the school
library. I’m not sure why a supplemental Hebrew School ay a synagogue (or JCC)
should be viewed any differently. As I wrote to Lee privately, children at
our synagogue begin checking out books from the Library starting with the
3-year-old preschool classes and continuing with all of the religious school
classes PK-7th grade. At the beginning of the school year we enter all of the
students into our system. We also send home a letter to the parents, letting
them know their children will be checking out books, explaining the library
program, and inviting them to visit with their children to check out even more
books. During the 2017-2018 school year, religious school students checked out
540 items and our preschool students checked out 911 items. Over 98% were
returned before the summer. Close to 1500 hundred Jewish books went into
Jewish homes – this is what we are all about. I consider the loss of a couple
dozen books each year the cost of doing business. Moreover, most of the
missing books are eventually found or returned. (I also look at it as natural
weeding!). I really discourage you from creating lots of rules and
policies. It will just make more work for you and make the library less
inviting, less accessible, and less used! Feel free to contact me if anyone
has any questions or wants to discuss further. I am also happy to share our
circulation policies. Rachel Kamin, Director The Joseph and Mae Gray
Cultural & Learning Center North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 847/926-7902
orrka...@nssbethel.org Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
9am-2pm and Wednesday 4-6 pm & Sunday 9am-12pm (when school is in session)
From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+rkamin=nssbethel....@lists.osu.edu]On
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Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 6:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Younger Borrowers Per my earlier note to this list
(copied below) I promised to summarize responses I received. I heard from
three colleagues, reporting their experience and opinions about adding younger
borrowers to our temple library's lending service. The responses were
unanimous that we needed the ok of a responsible adult for accountability.
Regarding a cut-off age for lending, their as a wide range of opinion. One
library allows children as young as preschoolers to borrow books, while the
others suggested 13 as the minimum age. In retrospect, I can see how libraries
might differ on such points depending on their circumstances. Since our library
is unstaffed most hours and we use a self-check system, we cannot expect
younger children to manage the process on their own. Next, I plan to bring
our proposal to the Temple school staff to initiate the process. Thanks for
the help. Lee On Oct 11, 2018 1:00 PM, "Lee Jaffe" <leejaff...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm seeking the "wisdom of crowds" in order to plan how to expand lending
privileges to young adults in our congregation. Currently only adult members
are enrolled in our online borrowing system but we've reached a point that we
feel we can expand the borrower base to include young adults. I have no
experience with school or children's libraries and am hoping members of the
list can answer some questions and/or share insights about points I've missed.
- Do we need adult sign-on a) for permission to add minors to the lending
system and/or b) to establish
responsibility for items borrowed? - How do you determine eligibility?
Hebrew high students? Post-B'nai Mitzvah? Anyone over 13? Any other
considerations? I should mention here that our lending system uses email
address as the key field. This means that each enrolled member must furnish a
unique email address. Young adults would need to provide their own email
address to be added to the system with their own account, or they could borrow
items on their parents' accounts. In other words, not enrolling them
separately does not deny them access to the collection. But they have more
autonomy if they have their own account. Last, I plan to confer with the
rabbi and staff who oversee the Temple school to coordinate this initiative. I
hope to hold an introductory class session in the library as part of the
enrollment process. But I'd like to have a plan – one that benefits from this
list's collective experience – before broaching the topic. I appreciate
whatever you are able to share. If you want to reply directly to me, I can try
to summarize responses for the list. Thank you, Lee Jaffe Temple Beth El,
Aptos
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