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Librarians' Technical Tasks Time Impact Spring 2000

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Of the 89 days of the second semester, how many hours did librarians and others spend on library technical tasks? (89 days x 7 hrs. = 623 hrs) Library technical tasks added for the 1999-2000 school year include receiving, cataloging, creating and loading MARC records, and processing materials to make them student ready.
Schools Librarians' hours Others' hours Percent of time spent cataloging and not available for instruction Tasks done last year that have been cut this year due to  cataloging
Bendwood N/A     1. Exploring the Internet.
2. Sharing links with teachers.
3.  Exploring online resources.
4. Writing AR tests.
5. Co-teaching technology with teachers
6. Promotion of special projects with teachers.
7. Wander around the Library and gather up the books and print some signs.
8. Creating new displays or adding new material to standard displays.
9. CAT team
10. After School Tutoring
11. Working up reading incentive programs.
12. Working up lessons with teachers.
13. Keeping the shelves in order.
14. Time to learn new books.
15. Being consistent in helping the individual student.
16.  Bluebonnets booktalks preparation.
17. Read as many new books.
18. Recommend the best titles to students.
19. Bulletin boards.
20. Stories read to children
21.  Reading rewards, incentives
22.  Sample books 
23. Students receiving the extra help and guidance.
24. Volunteering to help and do extra jobs on a campus level.
25. District Library projects.
26. Summarizing book reviews for other librarians.
27. Read book reviews.
28. Trouble shoot and maintain the computer labs.
29. Available to work with individual students and teachers.
30. Go the extra mile to help.
31. Planning instruction.
32. Quality.
33. Pursue sharpening student research skills.
34. Lessons with the Instructional Technologist.
35. Gathering up resources for teacher's individual units.
36. Letter informing staff of all new materials.
37. Spontaneous research time.
38. Meeting with grade levels.
39. Followed up on overdues.
40. Pull books for grade level units.
41. Participate in the school's "Adopt a Promise" program (in-school TAAS Help).
42. Drop ins.
43.Mother-Daughter Book Club.
44. Student services.
45. Circulation help for classes.
46. Small group instruction.
47. Service projects.
48. Lunch with students and  picking up trash on our playground.
49. Reports on time.
50. Checking in new materials.
51. Teach with patience.
53. Have a storyteller because spent money on book jackets.
54. Shelve books promptly.
55. Lunch Bunch,
56. Bluebonnet table discussions
57. Helping out.
58. Being a listening ear to students.
59. Parent interactions selecting books.
60. Creative and fun activities and centers in the library for the students.
61. Newsletters for parents and teachers.
62. Keeping area neat.
63. Enthusiasm
64. Extra activities with the students.
65. Doing a good job at anything.
66. Make materials available to students.
67. Encouraged teachers to request items that they needed.
68. Take as much advantage of sales and discounts.
70. Have much contact with the students
71. Weeding
72. Overdue lists 
73. Article for our newspaper.
74. Accessible to the students and staff
75. Read or at least skim most of the new books coming in.
76. Reading (straightening) shelves 
77. Research projects.
Buffalo Creek  153 hours   24.6%
Bunker Hill 48 hours 8 hours 8.9%
Cedar Brook 72 hours 108 hours 24.6%
Edgewood 45 hours 8 hours 8.4%
Frostwood 84 hours 42 hours 18.9%
Hollibrook 133.5 hours 89 hours 31.2%
Housman 100 hours 74 hours 25.0%
Hunters Creek 180 hours 345 hours 54.2%
Meadow Wood 60 hours 129 hours 25.1%
Memorial Drive 25 hours 40 hours 9.8%
Nottingham 108 hours   17.3%
Pine Shadows 75 hours 89 hours 23.0%
Ridgecrest 44 hours 32 hours 11.6%
Rummel Creek

274 hours

 168 hours 55.9%
Shadow Oaks Librarian gone since February    
Sherwood

12.5 hours

 5.5 hours 2.9%
Spring Branch 92 hours   14.8%
Spring Shadows      
Terrace 180 hours 110 hours 39.6%
Thornwood 59.5 hours 47 hours 15.9%
Treasure Forest

120 hours

 50 hours 25.3%
Valley Oaks

84 hours

 42 hours 18.9%
Westwood 45 hours 27 hours 11.1%
Wilchester 32 hours   5.1%
Woodview 86 hours 170 hours 32.3%
Schools Librarians' hours Others' hours Percent of time spent cataloging and not available for instruction Tasks done last year that have been cut this year due to  cataloging
Landrum MS Librarian out most of Spring     1. Specific monthly book displays.
2. Newsletter.
3. Displays
4. Magazines updated
5. Helping students
6. Prompt deliver of books to students.
7. Able to help individual students.
8. Suggest good websites.
9. Help students with writing formal papers
10. Create as many interesting library skills lessons.
11. Spend time with students. 
12. Helping students find books.
13. Helping students with the electronic resources.
14. Pull books for classes.
15. Help people out on the floor.
16. Monthly reading lists tied in with holidays or social studies or language arts units.
17. Promote our new books.
18. Walk around and help.
19. Presence on the library floor.
20. Pull holiday materials.
21. Play with the computers teaching myself programs.
22. Weeding.
23. Have fun.
24. Lists of new books to teachers.
25. Searching and bookmarking sites for teachers.
26. Big 6 research skills.
27. Displays of books.
28. Follow-up to the Blue Bonnet and Lone Star Reading Program.
29. Moving sections of books .
Memorial MS

32 hours

 24 hours 8.7%
Northbrook MS  32.5 hours 60 hours 13.5%
Spring Branch MS 80 hours 120 hours 26.9%
Spring Forest MS

33.5 hours

 34 hours 10.3%
Spring Oaks MS 50 hours 60 hours 16.1%
Spring Woods MS 50 hours 8 hours 9.2%
Cornerstone Aca. 356 hours lots 57.1%
Memorial HS 200 hours 44 36.6%
Northbrook HS 100 hours 50 22.3%
Spring Woods HS 140 hours 110 hours 34.1%
Stratford HS 148 hours 8 hours 24.7%
Career Center N/A    
SBEC Combined with Cornerstone Aca.
 

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