Learning Resources Avalibility

At the school I just got hired at, the library has essentially been closed for the first two months of school. Books were being used but they weren’t being officially checked out.  Although this is now causing me additional work, (piles of books lying everywhere, some checked out, some not, some checked out under the wrong person’s name, etc.) I am glad the library and resources were getting some sort of use. Orderly cataloguing will likely be a challenge for me; the TL portion of my job is only 0.10 FTE and we only get a LT for three hours, once a month.  How could I possibly get new resources processed and shelve ready quickly? As the school is very small, (80 students, four teachers) it will be fairly easy for me (I’m assuming) to track books down should I decide to give staff access to them prior to being properly catalogued. Having such a small staff makes is easy for me to communicate the cataloguing status of various items – for example, I could let a teacher know directly that this book has to be back in the library in two days – maybe even get them to sign something that says they understand they are using an unprocessed item.  Uncatalouged books could be used with an “in house” policy, meaning they can’t leave the library yet but students are welcome to come and sit and read. Ultimately I think a box of unused resources is a waste – get them out there one way or another!