Library procedure
To borrow and then return a Library Reader, students follow the same procedure
as for any other school library book:
- obtain the grader reader you want -- 2-book, 2-week limit -- from the specially
marked ER area in the school library
- write your name and homeroom on the book's pocket-card
- write the book's title, index number and sign-out date on your library card
(kojin-kiroku-kado). Assigned to students during the April library-orientation
lesson that is part of Japanese class (kokugo) , library cards are kept in
an index-box in the library (rather than carried personally), come in 3 colours
(JHS1/SHS1-green, JHS2/SHS2-yellow, JHS3/SHS3-grey), and bear the student's
name and homeroom as well as information about library-hours and borrowing
regulations
- hand the book's pocket-card and your library card to the librarian, who
stamps both cards with the sign-out date, files away the pocket-card, and
returns the student her card for her to file back into the index-drawer
- once done reading a book, the student again retrieves her card and hands
it and the book to the librarian, who stamps a return-date on the student's
card and the book's pocket-card
Reshelving the graded-readers as well as preparing them -- besides a pocket-card,
each book also needs a Quick Book Review sheet, a colored-index label
and spine-protective tape -- is the task of the librarian and the school's library
club (many thanks for all their help!!). The library staff also keep tallies
in the Library Register as to which titles are borrowed and by whom, which information
they in turn use for monthly top-10 lists, published in the form of classroom
newsletters and posters, about what books are popular and who's reading the
most.
TEREP's indexing system, however, does differ from usual library procedure.
On the back of each book, tape or CD-ROM you'll find:
- a coloured sticker, to quickly indicate book level
- (on the sticker) a five-figure code. For example, "1.OR004.2"
signifies "level 1.Oxford Reading Tree book 4.copy 2".
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