Library Special Ops
The CMS library does not charge fines for overdue books, so I have always told students that I would send the library cops after students with late books. The inspiration for the joke comes from the sitcom Seinfeld , In one episode, a New York Library cop named Mr. Bookman tracks down Jerry and asks him to return and pay the fine for a book he had checked out when he was in junior high school. In the last few years, I have tried different ways to encourage those students who have helped out in the library: shelving, checking books in and out, processing new books, and occasionally helping out with fifth grade STEM labs. A few years ago the award was a photo ID similar to the ones that CMS staff members wear. Last year, Nick Wethington, the spectrUM Making and Tinkering Specialist who has been helping us develop a terrific making and tinkering program, laser cut some wooden "Library Special Ops" cards. Students designed the card: This fall, more students than ever be