WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 43, :3/22/2018

Nebinger was closed the past two days, due to snow.

Today I worked on a small stash of books I had set aside for further research. The two groups were the Horrible Harry series and the Ramona series. After looking on Follett's website and comparing it to Scholastic's information, I could make the determination that while the Horrible Harry series belongs with the Early Chapter series books, the Ramona Quimby series belongs shelved with the Juvenile (Junior) Fiction. I also came across two books written by the same author, housed side-by-side in the Juvenile (Junior) section that had each other's barcode's on them. I switched the barcodes to their appropriate book. Tomorrow is my last day at Nebinger.

Ramona series properly shelved in JF section:

The mis-labeled books from JF section:

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 41, :3/16/2018

Today my colleague Amey and I continued confirming the cataloging in the JF section.  Amey worked on Et-F while I worked on La-Le. As usual, we found some uncataloged items and some Teen/YA titles and EF titles mixed in. We removed those items and reshelved them in their appropriate sections. We applied dot labels to those books we checked today. Today was Amey's last day volunteering. I am deeply indebted to her for her assistance. 

JF section with Amey

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 40, :3/15/2018

No catalog checking got done today. Today I brought over the 30 bookends donated from Penn Libraries. I put them in the places that needed bookends and put the remaining few in one of the closets. These bookends will help stabilize the books on the shelves, thus preserving the integrityof the binding of the books and thereby extending the shelf life of the books in the collection. I am indebted to the group of colleagues at Penn Libraries who coordinated the effort of this donation: Sal, Eva, Peter, Rhada, and Ancil, the Penn Libraries Outreach Librarian, who put those wheels in motion.

Bookends:

Bookends in the JF section:

After that, I was able to finish the shelf section labeling, because earlier in the week Lisa of the Nebinger Friends  provided the needed label material for the P-touch machine. Hopefully this will make it eassier for students to identify the section they need to find a particular book, as well as make re-shelving those books a faster process.

Labeled Book Sections:

Tomorrow: back to cataloging.

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 39, :3/14/2018

Today I continued working on checking and cataloging the Juvenile Fiction section, La-Ly. I also put dot labels (dark blue) on those books I checked. As usual, I found some Teen/YA fiction and some Easy Chapter and Early Reader books mixed in. They were weeded out and re-shelved in their appropriate sections. 

JF: La-Ly

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 38, :3/13/2018

Today I continued working on checking and cataloging the Juvenile Fiction section, Lo-Ly. I also put dot labels on those books I checked. As per usual, I found some Teen/YA fiction (The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry) and some Easy Chapter and Early Reader books mixed in. They were weeded out and re-shelved in their appropriate sections. No pictures today, more pictures tomorrow.

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 37, :3/12/2018

Today I finished the catalog-checking the Juvenile Fiction "M" shelf.  After that I spent a little time straightening the Teen/YA section. There was an entire three-shelf bookcase full of titles that had been culled from the other sections. Now that it is straightened, there are two bookcases of Teen/YA Fiction. Since that is the section identified by the administration as the student population that will initially be re-introduced to the library upon re-opening, this is encouraging progress. There is another 3 shelf bookcase full of uncataloged titles to be added to the Teen/YA section. - more potential for growth.

I also straightened the Early Reader  and Easy Chapter sections. I relocated all the uncatalogued books from these sections and it looks much better now.

Teen/YA Fiction:

 

Early Reader and Easy Chapter Fiction:

JF Fiction: M

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 35, :3/8/2018

There was no school yesterday due to a snowstorm.

Today I heard from the Nebinger Friends group. They are eager to start helping with the dot label application project. This is a plan to apply dot labels to the spine of every book in the Nebinger Library Collection based on their designated section. I identified the following sections designations in Nebinger Library: 

REFERENCE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

CULTURAL STUDIES

NON-FICTION

EARLY PICTURE BOOKS

EASY PAPERBACKS

BOARD BOOKS

EARLY FICTION

EASY CHAPTER BOOKS

JUVENILE FICTION

TEEN/YA FICTION

So I came up with a plan that would accomodate everyone's unique availability., as well as the multiplicity of book section designations. 

The plan for the dots is this: There will be a chart posted for the various book categories and their corresponding dot color. I posted that chart  on the bulletin board behind the ciculation desk when I was at Nebinger today. I  also used today to make the section labels for the corresponding bookshelves using the p-touch labeler. Each bookshelf will have a section label and a corresponding colored dot sticker to identify it. (Note: I ran into a little difficulty with the P-Touch labeler. It ran out of label material after the first section label printed, and the replacement label was a different background and font color. Lisa of Nebinger Friends has been notified and is working on the repalcement label tape. In the meantime, I put some temporary paper labels on each section, so volunteers can still get started on the project.)

This should be helpful on several fronts: 

a. For persons coming in to do the dot sticker labeling, they can work as they are available, no need for supervision or cordination of schedules

b. for students as they use the library and look for specific types of books.

c. for anyone shelving books in the future.

Dot Label Color Chart (posted at Circulation Desk)

Bookshelf Section Label and Identifying Section Dot

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 34, :3/6/2018

Today  I continued confirming the cataloging in the JF section.   I worked on M - MC.  As usual I found some uncataloged items and some Teen/YA titles and EF titles mixed in. I removed those items and reshelved them in their appropriate sections.

The colored dot sticker labels have arrived, as well as Follet barcodes and the new scanner. Now there are two scanners, both work perefctly. This will be a big help in speeding up the cataloging process. Also, the painting of the library is on hold, pending further study by the school district.

Tomorrow the school and library are closed, due to the impending snow storm.

JF: M-Mc

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 28:2/23/2018

Today my colleague Amey and I continued confirming the c cataloging in the JF section.  Amey worked on By-Co while I worked on Ra-Sc. As usual, we found some uncataloged items and some Teen/YA titles and EF titles mixed in. We removed those items and reshelved them in their appropriate sections. It was very exciting to see the new delivery packages: white board, carpet and two new chairs for the circulation desk.  Also, today both book carts were assembled. We immediately put those to use, and they made the transporting of books from shelves to circulation desk so much easier.

Juvenile Fiction By - Co:

Juvenile Fiction By-Co (cont'd):

Juvenile Fiction Ra - Sc

New furnishings:

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 26: 2/20/2018

(School was closed on Mon., 2/19/18, due to President's Day)

Today I continued working on checking the Juvenile Fiction cataloging. I worked on SPI-TW.  As with previous days, I found uncataloged titles and mis-shelved Early and Teen Fiction. Again, I pulled out the uncataloged titles for adding to the collection at a later date and re-shelved the Early and Teen fiction titles with their respective sections.

Juvenile Fiction: S-Z

Also, Lisa, from the Nebinger Friends group was there today and she put together the first of two library carts. This will really be a big help as I can load up larger batches of books from a section of shelving and bring them over to the circulation computer for checking. Thank you Lisa!

New Library Cart:

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 25: 2/16/2018

Today, with my colleague Amey, we worked on checking the cataloging in Juvenile Fiction. Amey worked on A-C, I worked on W-Z. It was really helpful to have the scanner, we made better progress with it. We found more Teen and Easy Fiction titles shelved in with the Juvenile Fiction, which we re-shelved in their appropriate sections. We also found more uncatalogued titles shelved with the collection, we pulled those out for cataloging and adding to the collection at a future date.

 JF: W-Z

JF: A-C

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 24: 2/15/2018

Today was a lot of fun.

Caroline, a member of the Nebinger Friends came to help and brought her two children, Charlotte (age 10) and Adam (age 5).

Caroline assisted with the inventory checking and sorting. Thanks to her efforts the Early Chapter section is now completed.

Charlotte assisted by sorting some Teen/YA fiction, shelving some Classroom set titles .She is a voracious reader and a sharp eye, she quickly identified some titles that did not belong in the Teen/YA section. We  had a lively discussion on the Harry Potter series and the difficulty in assigning the entire series to a single reading level/section. She shared which titles she found most appealing in the collection and gave some suggestions for future additions.

Adam was really helpful. He sorted out the Teen Fiction that was cataloged (had spine labels) and put them on a separate bookcase. Then he helped me shelf read that collection by author. He has an excellent grasp of the alphabet, as evidenced by his ability to sort the books based on the beginning letter of each author's last name. Thanks to Adam's assistance the Teen/YA cataloged collection is now shelf-read and sorted. There may be additions to this section, because the Juvenile Fiction section is still not completely shelf-read or sorted. I just wish I had a smidgen of his energy and enthusiasm.

Adam and Charlotte Helping  Organize the Collection: 

Another exciting development is the laser printer. It arrived earlier this week and Lisa, another Nebinger Friend installed it on Tuesday and had it programmed and running today. Once the labels arrive I will be able to start cataloging some of the new additions to the collection.

Tomorrow I plan to focus on the Juvenile Fiction section.

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 23: 2/14/2018

Today I worked on confirming the cataloging for the Easy Chapter Series books and the Early Reader Paperbacks.

The Early Chapter Series were problematic because they had different reading levels in the same section and on the same bookshelf. Some individual paperback titles had the same issue. I left the chapter series books for ages 6-9 ( grades 1-2) in place on the existing bookcase (examples: Junie B. Jones and Magic TreeHouse series), but  I moved the Juvenile Chapter Series over to the appropriate section. These titles (Ramona Quimby for example) will need new spine labels with the correct call numbers (JF:...)

The second issue I encountered was that a significant number of uncataloged books have been shelved in with the cataloged collection. Apparently additional titles of the same series (Junie B. Jones, Magic TreeHouse, etc.) have been acquired over time. I have pulled out the uncataloged titles and set them aside for cataloging as soon as the spine label and barcode labels are available.

Tomorrow I plan to start work on the Juvenile Fiction section with the aid of the Follett Destiny system to sort out the books and ensure they are shelved in the section appropriate to their reading level. This will easily take the rest of the week, as this section has a significant number of titles in it.

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 22: 2/13/2018

Today was a repeat of yesterday. I continued confirming the Early Reader Fiction titles against the Nebinger  Follett/Destiny online catalog.

Here is what I found:

1.  Easy Paperbacks mixed in with the Early Reader Fiction.
2. A significant number of Dr. Seuss titles were not cataloged or labeled, but were shelved with the circulating collection.
3. Two books were catalogued but not labeled: no spine label, no bar code.
4. Several sets of multiple copies of the same title, they may be part of classroom sets. I pulled them out and placed them on the top of the shelves.

 I completed the Early Reader Fiction section today. Tomorrow I will work on the Early Chapter book section.

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 21: 2/12/2018

Today was a good day:

1. The scanner worked.
2. I had access to the Public School website
3. I had access to the Follett Destiny website.

So today I was able to start Phase 2: Cataloging. I started with the Early Reader Fiction section. At this point I am just verifying the books that already have barcodes and spine labels. So far, those with authors A-K all appear on the Nebinger Follett Destiny inventory.

I did find some books in this section that are misshelved, specifically there were a handful of Early Paperback books that had been shelved in this section. Also, I found a few books that are not part of the Nebinger collection: no barcode, no spine label and they do not appear on the Nebinger Follett Destiny inventory. I have put those books aside for adding to the collection at a later date.

I also heard back from Kathy, the former Nebinger librarian. She has very kindly offered to give me some insight into the way things were set up originally. This will be very helpful in creating a plan for the future.

Early Fiction: A-K

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 13: 1/29/2018

Today I continued shelf reading, working in many of the remaining books from the surprise stash in the Teen/YA section.  I completed the NF 700 - 883 section. 

Today my friend Amey H., a librarian,  volunteered to help. She shelf read the entire Early Fiction section: picture books, board books, Easy Chapterbooks and Easy Fiction. I am indebted to her for her help.

Picturebooks:

Boardbooks

Tomorrow I plan to work on shelf reading the Middle Grade (4-6) fiction section.