Hello supporters!

Well, I officially have two weeks of the new school year under my belt and have actually had a tiny bit of time to work on my very favorite part of the job - collection development and maintenance. I became a school librarian because of the BOOKS, but there are so many other parts of the job that somehow, wildly enough, this part of the profession can get pushed to the side.

I am the only person staffing my middle school library in a building with approximately 500 students and more staff members than I have been able to keep track of so far. I am tasked with the vast majority of tech distribution and tech help in the building, as well as the actual book responsibilities and teaching 20+ sections a week. To put the tech part of the job in perspective: we are a 1:1 iPad district, and this year we got all new iPads AND the district changed the passwords for all students, AND we have new tech management software AND I’m frantically trying to get up to speed on our new catalog / circulation system in the library. That’s a lot, my friends.

It means I have barely sat down at my desk so far this school year, it means I haven’t even touched the massive mess that occurred when our catalog migrated to the new system, and it means that the only time I have been able to actually put in a book order has been ….. at home. That’s not ideal, and not how I want this position to look, but I do know that it will settle down. I am now at 100% iPad distribution, and tech help visits to the library while I’m trying to teach have dwindled to a more manageable level. I have HOPE!