What Rachel said. We do exactly the same. Children are entered into our system along w their parents names and contact info, and that’s all we need if a book is long past due. Grades 1-6 come to library time with their class and of course we encourage them to check out books. There are reading incentive programs for each grade. That’s how to get circulation in religious school. I probably got some of these program ideas from a Rachel, have been doing them for years. Andrea Rapp, Wise Temple, Cincinnati.
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 21, 2018, at 1:47 PM, Rachel Kamin via Hasafran > <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > 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 or rka...@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 Behalf Of Lee Jaffe via Hasafran > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 6:56 PM > To: <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> > <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> > 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 > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
