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 36, :3/9/2018

Today my colleague Amey and I continued confirming the cataloging in the JF section.  Amey worked on EA-Es while I worked on Ma-Me. 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 were joined by Amy C., one of the Nebinger Friends. She was working on the dot label project. She was labeling the Biography section with orange dot labels and the Autobiography section with green dot labels. As a result of her efforts, she discovered that the collection contains only two autobiographical books. Rather than devote an entire section to two books, we decided to give those two books double dots: one orange for Biography and an additioanl green for Autobiography. See if you can spot them in the pictures below. Amy shared that Lisa F. had been there earlier and had already completed the dot labeling of the Reference section. Lisa also delivered replacement labels for the P-Touch machine. 

The Friends of Nebinger are a remarkable group of volunteers. They are organized, each contributing their individual skills towards a shared goal.  Their combined efforts have brought about an admirable accomplishment, the re-opening of a school library after seven years. The staff and students of Nebinger will greatly benefit from the collective work of this fine group of people.

Amey C. and the Biography/Autobiography section:

Lisa F'.'s Reference section:

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 33, :3/5/2018

Today my colleague Amey and I continued confirming the cataloging in the JF section.  Amey worked on Co - Du while I worked on Mc - Mo. 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.

JF: MC-Mo

JF: Co-Du

WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 32, :3/1/2018

I did not get as far as I had hoped today. Since the Friends of Nebinger have plans to order new shelving for the teen/YA section, I spent some time moving two bookcases out of the Teen/YA section and into the Early Reading/Storytelling section, where two bookcases were missing (they had been drafted into service in the non-fiction section some weeks prior.)

Just as I settled in to work on the  JF N-M section, one of the custodial staff, JT, came in with two other persons. The two other persons were the Philadelphia Public School Painting Prep team. A while back two persons stopped in to the library with notepads and took a very careful look at the condition of the walls. They had mentioned there was a plan to repair the walls. Today's crew did that, they scraped some areas of wall in preparation for the next section of their project: painting the school, including the library. I did not hear a specific date for the library painting, but the project begins next Monday. I will need to check in with the Nebinger Friends to make sure that they are aware of this and that there will be plans to protect the newly purchased carpeting and seating.

I also had an opportunity earlier in the day to meet with the Penn Libraries Community Outreach Librarian, Ancil G. We talked a bit about the project, including the plans for donatng some surplus bookends to Nebinger to fill their deficit.