Dear Mosaic, Also as a new teacher, I'm covering for a teacher on maternity leave who is also pretty new to the profession. Between us we have a classroom library of about 100 books. I catalogued them to be sure there was no confusion when she comes back over who owns what. It wasn't as much work as it sounds like, because I used this app with my smart phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metosphere.book&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5tZXRvc3BoZXJlLmJvb2siXQ ..
It doesn't have every single piece of data about books, and some of the Book Club books weren't found by scanning. But it was easy to use and had most of the books in there. I think it's a great way to keep track of what books you have in your library. If you're running an iPad classroom or want to make your library easier to track, I'm sure there's a way to create barcodes for your books and keep a dynamic database running. There's a lot of work upfront, especially if you have a big library, but once the initial set-up is over the maintenance shouldn't be too much. Older students could even participate in labelling new additions to the library, not to mention taking responsibility for book-borrowing, -tracking, and -returning. I'm planning to set up the barcodes and database this summer, while my library is still puny. :) I promise I'll send an update to the list and instructions on that too. Meghan _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
