School library circulation desk ideas

I hope students, faculty, staff, and visitors will enjoy the new look of our 25 year old circulation desk. The brown front was painted black. Letters for inspiring words were made with cardstock...

When you are working with an old building.... and I mean super old building, you are constantly "just makin' it work!" I am always trying to pull every amount of creativity to make my space fun and "new" for the kids each year. One hurdle is trying to cover up this....ugly whatever this is on the counter. I usually do a fun quote to go with whatever theme I have picked for the year but let's be honest... kids like to kick and pick and jump and the posters I put so much thought and time into…

Library Circulation Desk decorated with student artwork

Circulation desk poster I created with a cricut.

I have done self-checkout in my library since the big budget cuts in Texas education happened many years ago. I was in an elementary library with about 850 students. I knew I was losing my assistant...

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Over the years, I've picked up a few ideas that help students be more independent as they check in and check out their books. Take a look at these pictures, and I'll explain... There are two computers at the circulation desk. This is the one for checking out books. It's set up for students to check out their books themselves, but we monitor it mainly to make sure they've chosen at least one book that is a "good fit" for them (more about that in a later post). Notice... iPod speaker: We don't…

Over the years, I've picked up a few ideas that help students be more independent as they check in and check out their books. Take a look at...

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