Start of the Year Checklist
Start of the Year Checklist
Set the open/closed days and hours of operation:
Admin>Calendar/Hours
Click on the date you want to say closed.
Check to see that books are not marked lost after 1 day overdue (this setting is typically good for the end of year). This is also on the “End of the Year Checklist”.
Admin>Library Policies>Circulation Types – Edit “Regular”
Uncheck the box Overdue to lost.
Go to Resource Policies and make sure the loan date is current for the year.
Admin>Resource Policies
Secondary make sure you set your Class Loan Periods to be current in order to view class schedules in Destiny
Admin>Resource Policies
Email Shelby staff names that no longer work at your school so that they can be transferred.
Check your supplies and see if you need to order anything: library barcodes, label protectors, spine labels, book tape, book glue, book covering materials, general office supplies, etc.
Textbook/Resource barcodes - Email Shelby if you need more.
Create and schedule time for library orientation to familiarize students with the library program and procedures.
Solicit student and parent volunteers.
Create or retrieve a list of job responsibilities for library aids/volunteers.
Provide training for library volunteers.
See your office manager for the year’s library budget (district, student body, textbook)
Start a book order. Spend that money by March.
Run overdue notices. Turn on scheduled overdue notices if you'd like.
Look at your library website and have it updated if needed. (Email Shelby updates.)
Set up a book display (back to school, new books, football, movie tie-ins, teacher’s favorite books, your favorite books, etc)
Visit any new teachers/staff in your building and welcome them.
Schedule your book fair or other fund-raiser.
Have sub-plans ready. Verify your sub login for Destiny. If it doesn't work, or you don't know it, ask Shelby.
Register for OASL Fall Conference (Conference is in October)
Make a trip to the local bookstore to pick up some brand new must-have titles for the start of the year – the ones that can’t wait until your first book order.
Redecorate/rearrange the library so there’s something new and fresh for the students to see when they come in.
Fluff your books, put books on display – fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, etc.
Do last year’s lost books need to be re-ordered?
Pick a new project for the year. Examples include: book club, hosting a faculty tea, putting on a puppet play, organizing the bulletin board materials, initiating Family Night in the library, beginning a library newsletter, etc.