Checklist
May:
Make final orders for out-of-town stores.
Final Date: May 2, 2025.-
Make final orders for in-town stores.
Books & Co orders close May 30, 2025.
June:
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Inventory - Recommended one section per year.
Elementary - 1. Easy, 2. Fiction, 3. Non-fiction, 4. Novels, Textbooks and Professional
Secondary - 1. Fiction, 2. Non-Fiction, 3. Novels, 4. Textbooks and Professional
First year TLs should not do this.
Pro-Tip: When scheduling inventory try to do it before books come back. -
Elementary: Close sign out (not the whole library learning commons) end of the first week of June.
Allow high flyers and other users to still get out books on as-needed basis. -
Post return date prominently.
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Send out final overdue notices / textbook overdue notices.
Try to make them funny or that there is something memorable about them. -
Post up about summer reading programs. Encourage participation
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Post up about access to Sora over summer
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Work with principal / senior secretary / business manager around any bulk learning resource orders that need doing.
E.g. LesPlan, Classroom Ready, etc. -
Send out teacher barcoded item list.
LD teachers should return all items
C teachers staying on can ask to renew items
As of June 2025 there is an automated email to teacher's school district email address -
Prepare Year End report for staff and principal (Optional)
Keep it brief. Make it fun and engaging.
Final Week:
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High School Only: Determine what textbooks need rebinds. Create list and PO for bindery.
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Locate damaged items and discard.
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Move any books that students have declared lost to LOST user for this school year. This will give one year for the books to reappear.
Final Day:
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Discharge all books and shelve
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Remove all bins and other 'loose' items from floor