The circulation desk as we know it is changing. In my district as we renovate our elementary libraries I have reduced the height of the circulation desk countertop to better accommodate our younger students and self-check. I constantly look at self-check kiosks for both elementary and secondary levels but have yet to purchase a free-standing one.
If you follow this blog you know we just opened our first STEAM Academy with a library commons of less square footage than a traditional campus library. I had a smaller footprint circulation desk custom-made and today it arrived. Ah, it is the right size, shape, and texture for that campus. The students will mostly self-check with a laptop we leave on top along with a scanner. We aren’t taking up valuable landscape with a huge circulation desk and it accomplishes its intent…get books in the hands of our students. What do you think?
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