Jeff Tolley, Library Media Specialist Email: jeffrey.tolley@rrps.net
Circulation Desk 896-5600 ext. 53049
Library Hours:
Monday- Friday 7:00 AM- 2:00 PM
The library may close early due to staff meetings
The library closes for testing, registration, meetings, and other events, so listen to announcements and check postings on the library door
Checkout of Physical Books:
Students can check out up to four books at a time and they are due three weeks from the checkout date.
You should ALWAYS have your student ID on you when you're on campus.
Teachers may check out library resources for the classes or for personal use.
The due date will be stamped in the front of each book upon checkout.
See the Mr. Tolley to renew books if you need them longer than three weeks.
Fines of $0.05 per day accrue for overdue books. RETURN BOOKS. BE RESPONSIBLE!
Replacement fees for Lost or Damaged books will be charged.
Checkout of E-books and Audiobooks:
www.soraapp.com For access to e-books and audiobooks or download the SORA app.
Search for Rio Rancho Public Schools
Login with your school Google login information
See Mr. Tolley if you need help navigating the SORA app
Library Behavior and Expectations:
Students are welcome before and after school. The library is open during lunches to students who have legitimate business in the library, and students must sign in. The library is an academic place.
Students are welcome during class time with an appropriate pass from their current teacher.
The library is an academic environment. Collaboration and conversation are necessary parts of academic success, as is having respect for others. Students who need to be loud or who engage in behaviors not appropriate for the library may be asked to find a more appropriate location for those behaviors.
Dispose of your trash!
Do not move the furniture!
Food and drinks are NEVER allowed in the library. Secure water bottles are allowed.
No horseplay or excessive noise.
Most of life is about respect. Be nice.
Resources Available:
Over 16,000 print and digital books are available to you in autobiography, biography, comics, graphic novels, fiction, non-fiction, and Manga.
Printing--Black and white or color, 25 cents per page
Poster boards, $1.00 each
Hole punch, scissors, stapler, colored pencils, markers, and other supplies are available to students, but they may not leave the library.
For Online Research:
www.school.eb.com Online Encyclopedia Britannica (Open access).
https://www.elportalnm.org/ New Mexico State Library (Open access)
https://rrps.follettdestiny.com/ Library Catalog for Physical books in our library (Open access from student Chromebook).
https://nieonline.com/abqnie/ Albuquerque Journal online -current daily issue only (User Name: RRHS ; Password: Rams