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The end of the school year can be a hectic and chaotic time. There is so much to do and not a lot of energy to do it! Between reminding students to return their library books, checking in and shelving the books, working on inventory and end of the year reports, planning fun but educational activities to keep the students’ attention and a thousand other things I don’t have time to mention, it can be exhausting. My school always sends out an end of the year checklist to all staff. It’s usually three or four pages long but the section that applies to me could be written on a post-it note. Most years I never even turn mine in. So over the years, I have come up with my own end of the year checklist for school librarians that I use at the end of the school year. I