Artifact #1: Self-checkout creation photos
Aligned with Standard: AASL Standard 3.2 Access to information
Artifact Description:
These are photos of the simple self-checkout system I created in The Prout School Library,
Rationale:
When one “library duty” teacher told me that she didn’t let students check out books when I wasn’t there in my off-hours as a part-time librarian, I knew I needed to solve this problem. I was able to come up with a very quick, simple, and easy solution to this. I found a basket in the storage closet, and I printed an eye-catching sign to attach to the basket. I wrote simple directions to show the students how to check out books even if I was not present. The library books in Prout all had existing cards in the back, so this was useful for my new self-checkout system. Students write their names on the cards, which have the barcodes, and I check the basket in the morning and check the books out in the electronic system to that student. I had immediate results (pictured) when I came back for the first two days I had been gone and found my basket full of cards of books several students checked out. My system to allow flexible, open access to materials in the library is a success! Students and teachers continue to use this system.