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Library Paraprofessional
Introduction p. 3
Mission Statement p. 4
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Introduction
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Mission Statement
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Role of the Library Paraprofessional
To create your lesson plans, you will use the library curriculum
guidelines and scope and sequence charts provided by the
district. The director of libraries will be very involved in this
process, sitting down with you each six weeks to create a the___
six-weeks at a glance outline and then help you create short
lessons. These lessons should cover library skills, literacy skills, or
could address what the grade level teachers are working on in
class. Be prepared for lots of changes in your week. Being able
to adjust quickly is a necessary skill in the library.
After a brief library lesson, the students will want to check out
books for the week. The majority of your time in the library will
be spent delivering library lessons, fielding reference questions,
helping students find books, and managing circulation. The
following information will help make the technical processes
involved easier to manage.
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Using the Follett Destiny System
This username and password will be set up for you by the district
technology department. Without this username and password,
you will only be able to view the catalogue.
You may also use the administrators sign in. Ask the library
director about this.
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Scroll down the list and delete teachers not returning.
Additionally, you will also need to delete the circulation
records of teachers who did not return.
To add a new homeroom, type the teachers name into the
Add Homeroom dialog box and save.
Once you have the class rosters, open Destiny and go to Back
Office. This will automatically show Patron Management.
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Adding new students:
If you get a No Match Found message when searching students,
you will need to add the student.
Go to the far right of the page and click the add new
patron button and add as much information as possible.
Circulation
Checking in Books:
In the Circulation tab in Destiny, select the check in option
on the left of the screen.
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Scan the librarys barcode label on the book.
Check the computer screen to make sure the book scanned
properly.
Checking out Books:
In Destiny, select the Circulation tab at the top of the page.
Click on the checkout option on the left side of the screen.
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Cleaning and shelving books:
When not busy with other responsibilities, clean books and
check them for damage.
Place cleaned books on reshelving carts and reshelf the
books as time allows.
Students can help clean the books and put them in order on
the reshelving carts.
Students can also learn to shelf Easy and Fiction books.
Shelving nonfiction is more complex and should be handled
by the library paraprofessional and adult volunteers.
Since the circulation is very high on the elementary campus,you
will rarely end your day with all the books cleaned and back on
the shelf. You will circulate about 1,500 books a week.
Processing new books using Destiny:
Begin with the new books received and the packing list from
the vendor. Check off each book received on the packing
list, sign to verify that all books were received, and give the
original copy to the district librarian.
Make a copy of the packing slip for yourself so you will have
the information needed.
Creating the AR label:
To process books for the elementary, it is easiest to do the
Accelerated Reader labels first.
Go to ARBookfinder.com
Check Librarian
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Type in either the name of the book, the author of
the book, or the original ISBN found on the
copyright page (usually opposite the title page,
but sometimes it is found in the back of the book)
and scroll until you find the correct book.
You can also go to advanced search and type in as
much information as you can.
If all these methods fail, you can assume that the
book is not part of the AR program. If you decide
it is not AR, place a large black dot on the back of
the book where the AR label would usually go, on
the left hand side near the top.
Once the title of the book is found, save it to the book bag
by clicking on the + - sign at the bottom of the entry.
Continue to search and build the list in the book bag until
you have located the Accelerated Reader information for all
books to be processed.
Now, click on the book bag icon on the left of the screen.
This will produce a list of all the books you have entered.
Print the list with the print with book cover option. Having
the picture handy makes it much easier to stay organized
when creating labels.
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Using the circulation desk computer, click on the Dymo
printer icon. This will bring up the Accelerated Reader
template. Simply change the information for each book,
click print, and attach the label to the back of the book on
the left hand side near the top.
Each AR book will also have a colored dot/paw/dog/bear on
the spine near the top corresponding to the level. Using the
chart on the circulation desk, place the correct color coded
sticker on the spine near the top of the book.
You will later need to add the AR quiz information into
Destiny so that it appears in the catalog record.
Managing record in Destiny:
You are now ready to enter the book into the Destiny system.
The process is rather lengthy.
Login to Destiny using district administrator username and
password.
Click on the Catalog tab, and then select Library Search.
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Click on the number tag across the top of the screen and
select ISBN from the drop down box.
If no copy exists, select Add Title on the left hand side of the
screen.
Once again, scan the ISBN number on the book or type in its
title. Again, it is always better to use the ISBN number
since books may have the same title, but they will never
have the same ISBN number.
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Usually a record will pop up. If none does, set that book
aside to be entered by hand later.
Once the record is located, save it.
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List sublocation by using the dropdown box.
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Add the information that was used on the AR label. Be
sure to note that the point value and reading levels are
opposite of the AR label previously created.
Interest level is the dot level that was added onto the
spine, such as dark blue, green, bear, or paw.
Save the record again at this time. The quiz information will
now appear in the title details. This is the final step in
adding the record and copy information into Destiny.
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