Resource Management

Resources

     The resources in the media center are carefully selected to support the teachers' classroom goals, the curriculum, and state and national standards. In order to ensure that our media center has the highest quality resources available, I use professional reviewing sources that specialize in materials for children and young people. Although I use a variety of reviewing sources, my personal favorites are School Library Journal, Booklist, and T.H.E. Journal.

Circulation Policies

Resource Checkout

     Playaways and books are generally checked out for two weeks at a time, with the exception of reference books and magazines, which may only be checked out overnight.

Overdue Books & Fines

     Students who do not return their books on time are charged fines. Fines are 5¢ per day for regular fiction and non-fiction books; the fines for reference books and magazines are 25¢ per day

Student IDs

How to Get a Student ID

     Students who are attending school at the time of fall picture day or retake day automatically receive a student ID.

     Students who miss picture and retake days should come to the media center to have a photo ID made. Likewise, anybody who transfers to the school after school pictures have been taken should come to the media center to have a school ID made.

Cost of IDs

     Each student receives one ID at no cost, whether made by the photographer or the media center. Replacement IDs cost $3.00 and may be purchased in the media center.

     Students are required to have their student IDs for book checkout to use the Internet in the Media Center.

Media Center Volunteers

     Volunteers are essential to our media center. Not only do they help run our two book fairs every year, we also have a very dedicated group of moms who come in every week or two to help us keep our books shelved and to make sure that our shelves are in order. We could not be as effective as we are without them!