7:45 AM–Arrive at school and have breakfast; helped a colleague order breakfast at a shop next door.

8:00-8:30 AM–Checked in books that were returned while I was at the aquarium for 2 days; Checked email and got ready for the day.

8:30-8:45 AM–Secondary Department meeting in the Library with staff and students.

9:00 AM–Made arrangements for taxi service to airport for trip for Chinese New Year vacation.

9:30 AM–Second grade class checks out books for break.

9:45 AM–Helped install poster in lobby advertising Author visit.

9:45-10:45 AM–Cataloged nonfiction books (900′s). During this time I also spoke to a potential new parent who was touring the school

10:45-11:45 AM–Worked on materials for the Library related to our potential accreditation.

11:45 AM-12:10 PM–Cataloged more nonfiction books (900′s).

12:10-1:10 PM–Lunch!

1:10-1:30 PM–Rounded up Secondary Department students who were supposed to leave because they had half a day.

1:30-3:00 PM–Cataloged more books!

3:00-4:00 PM Supervised kids waiting for transportation.

4:00 PM–Left school! 9 day break for Chinese New Year! Thailand here I come!

Today I will be returning from an overnight field trip with the 7-12th grade classes from the taking the National Museum of of Marine Biology and Aquarium.

Today and tomorrow my posts will be pre-written and automatically posted.

Today I will be taking the High Speed Rail with the Secondary Department to an overnight field trip to the National Museum of of Marine Biology and Aquarium.

7:45 AM–Arrive at work and have my breakfast; Get ready for my day.

8:10-9:00 AM–Finished cataloging some non-fiction books that were on my desk while proctoring a calculus test for a student.

9:00 AM–Talked to a teacher about a book that a student damaged and needed to pay for.

9:10-10:00 AM–Worked on cleaning off my desk and organizing things into my new file cabinet.

10:00 AM–A parent volunteer arrives and I task her (and her friend) to shelve books; The end up shifting some of the Picture Books because I am running out of room.

10:30 AM–Have discipline issues in the Library with a study hall student.

11:00 -11:40 AM–Had the First Grade class to the Library; Read “The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog.”

12:10-1:10 PM-Lunch

1:10-1:50 PM–Had Grade 3 for weekly Library time; Read to them “Dial-A-Croc”.

2:00-2:40 PM–Grade 4 weekly Library visit; Read to them from “Give Peas a Chance” a collection of short stories from Morris Gleitzman.

3:00-4:00 PM–The Elementary students awaiting pickup wait in the library.

7:45 AM– I arrive at work and turn on the lights to the Library and put the new edition of the “Student Post” (the China Times weekly supplement) in our magazine rack. I then sit down to eat my breakfast and turn on my computer.

7:50 AM–My computer tells me it has to reboot to install an update to my virus program. So I save my draft of this blog and do that.

7:55 AM–I finish breakfast and my computer reboots. I then print the sign-in sheets for the daily independent study classes and the after school elementary library time.

8:00 AM–I check in books that were returned after the Library closed on Friday.

8:03 AM–I check my calender and see that I have 3 class visits today: Grades 2 and 5 and the Kindergarten. I know Grade 5 will do silent independent reading after choosing books, but I need to pick a picture book to read to the Kindergarten Class and something for Grade 2.

8:05 AM–Talk to the teachers about projects for the Author visit.

8:32 to 9:50 AM–Work on book display about Australia.

9:50 AM–Email vendor about book order I placed for the Author visit.

9:56 AM–Rescheduled Library visit from Friday to tomorrow to accommodate a teachers Chinese New Year activity.

9:58 AM–Strong armed the 3 students in the Library to become a fan of the Library Facebook page.

10:00-11 AM–Cataloged new nonfiction books into the collection.

11:00-11:40 AM–Weekly visit from Grade 2. Read them “The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog” by Ana Martin Larranaga.

11:50 AM-12:10 PM– Weekly class visit from the 5th graders. I helped students find books from the “Who was” series (non-fiction biographical books)

12:10-12:30 PM– Lunch!

12:30-12:40 PM–Located the Australian flag to hang in the lobby both for the Author visit, but also because we have students from Australia.

12:40-2:00 PM–Cataloged and added more nonfiction to the collection.

2:00-2:12 PM– Discussed payment of invoice for a book order with Elementary and Secondary Principals.

2:12-2:45 PM–Cataloged and added more nonfiction to the collection.

2:45 PM-Emailed a colleague who is an archivist to ask about some discoloration and spots on our books. I am trying to determine if it’s just part of the natural aging process and release of wood-fiber or a mold (we are hoping for the former).

2:50-3:00 PM–Cataloged and added more nonfiction to the collection.

3:00 PM–Primary Department ends day; Students who are awaiting pickup wait in the Library until the office calls for them; Continue to Catalog items.

3:20-3:45 PM –Discussed AP course registration and WASC Candidacy accreditation issues.

3:45 PM– Continue cataloging items.

4:00 PM– Last of the Primary schools students leave the Library.

4:30 PM–Edit and approve bookmark and poster design for the Author visit.

5:00 PM–Close down for the day and go home!

Dear Readers!

I have not gone into hiding, just been busy with the end of semester and Christmas break.

In the coming weeks I’ll be posting about an author visit we have happening, the 21st Century Learning Conference in Hong Kong I’ll be attending as well as the Library Day in the Life project I’ll be participating in. So stay tuned for exciting posts!