Handbook

2022-2023

California Montessori Project Carmichael

Library Handbook

Library Hours: 8:30-3:00 Monday-Friday

Welcome to the CMP Carmichael Library!

The purpose of the Carmichael CMP School Library is to provide a space with a range of learning resources to support members of our school community-students, teachers, and families, to gain knowledge and skills for learning and personal development.

We want to provide a vibrant, fun and engaging place that will promote reading, motivate readers, and encourage those who are not yet readers to find something special in the Library-in the hopes that what they will find someday is a gook that will spark their love of reading.

CMP Carmichael Library Expectations

Safe Understanding Responsible Find Solutions

*Enter and exit calmly

*Walk at all times

*Do not climb on furniture

*Keep hands, feet, and objects to self

*Use materials and equipment appropriately

* Use a quiet voice in Library

*Give other readers personal space

*Books are first come first serve

*Return Library book each week

*Bring proper materials with you

*Tidy up and push in chairs

*Clean up materials

*Stay in assigned area

*Use OPEC to find a book

*Ask a librarian for help

*Can’t check out a book? Read one while visiting Library

*Can’t fine where a book goes? Place it on the return cart

No students are allowed in the Library without adult supervision.

Only adults may check out books-NO STUDENTS using checkout computer.

All staff and students must sign a “Library agreement” before borrowing materials from the Library.

Students in TK/Kindergarten and Lower El are allowed 1 book for checkout.

Students in Upper El and Middle school are allowed 2 books for checkout.

Staff may check out 20 items (book, STEM, or multimedia) at a time.

Students with overdue items or fines on their account cannot checkout a book.

Students found outside the Library with a book not properly checked out will receive a write up.

Library Materials

Books

There are a variety of books available for checkout in the Library. All Library books have a color-coded spine label for identification and filing purposes:

Picture Books-White label, located in the 420 Library.

Early Chapter Books-Blue label, located in the 420 Library.

Just Right Readers- Green label, located in the 420 Library.

Graphic Novel-Purple label for beginner readers, located in 420 Library.

Graphic Novel-Red label for more advanced readers located in 425 Library.

Non-Fiction- Orange label for beginner readers, located in 420 Library.

Non-Fiction- White label for more advanced readers, located in 425 Library.

Biography- Orange label for beginner readers, located in 425 Library.

Biography- White label for more advanced readers, located in 420 Library.

Fiction- Yellow label for more advanced readers, located in 425 Library.

Middle School books-Coral label with black dot, contain mature content, located on black rack in 425 Library.

Reference Textbooks

Reference textbooks are our encyclopedias and world books. They have a pink label and are not for student checkout. Staff may check these out for one week.

Guided Reading

Our guided reading collection is located in the blue bins along the windows.

Multimedia and STEM

The Library has a collection of DVD’s, audio books, and STEM activities that are available for teacher check out.

Artifacts

The Library contains various items for students to interact with or look at that coincide with the Library monthly themes. These items are not for checkout.

Overdue and Lost books

Library books are late after two weeks. Students may not check out another book until they have returned, replaced, or paid for the book.

Teachers are notified weekly of all overdue Library books.

Volunteers may send home a missing Library book card to students who do not have their book to turn in during their class visit.

The Library Support Specialist will send home Library Notices each month to students who have not returned their books.

Book Replacement and Payments

Lost books can be replaced or paid for through the main office. If students make payments within the Library please bring funds to the front office and ask the office for two receipts one for the student and the other to be placed in the Library Support Specialists office box, she will remove the fee and update the students file within 24 hours.

If a student brings a book in for replacement please leave a note with the book in the Library Support Specialists box.

Damaged Book Guide

Students are responsible for taking care of their borrowed Library books. We expect students to keep materials in a dry, clean, safe place. Students are responsible for returning their books each week when they visit the Library. If books become damaged or are lost, students and their families are responsible for replacing the book or paying for the cost of replacing the book.

Class librarians need to examine books as students return them.

Commonly damaged books have things such as water marks, food spills and torn or drawings on pages.

When coming across a damaged book there are two forms to fill out:

Damaged Book Bookmark

Please fill out the Damaged Book Bookmark so that Ms. Amanda has the vital information for circulation records.

Place the bookmark inside the damaged book and place the book inside the book hospital bin near the printer.

Damaged Library Book Notice

Please fill out a damaged Library book notice for the student so that their parents can be notified that they need to replace a book. If the book has significant damage please do not check out an additional book to the student.

If you need assistance please contact Ms. Amanda in the front office.

How to Alphabetize

With the exception of our Non-Fiction all books are in order by the author's last name.

If you have two authors with the same last name you use the authors first name.

Ex: Amy Jones would go before Barbara Jones.

If there are multiple books by the same author you alphabetize by the title of the book.

Ex: Fancy Nancy books are first alphabetized by author’s last name O’Connor. Then the books are shelved in order of book title:

1. Fancy Nancy

2. Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words

3. Fancy Nancy Goes Shopping

!!! UNLESS you come across a book series!!! In the case of a book series the books are placed on the shelf by authors last name first, then organized by the order of the book series, not the title of the books.

Ex: A series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter, The Hardy Boys, Animal Arc, these are organized in the order of the series.

Non-Fiction Books

Non-Fiction Books are first organized by their call-number (located on the bottom spine of the book).

Books are then organized by authors last name.

If there are a group of books with the same number and same author you then alphabetize by the titles of the books.

How to Block

Blocking is when you have each book lined up with the edge of the shelf, and all books are standing upright with a book end placed and the end of each shelf.

Sometimes there will be a larger book that will stick out past the others, this is ok.

Volunteer Guide

Thank you so much for volunteering your time in our Library!

The Library has many volunteer opportunities for both cleared and not-cleared volunteers.

General Library Volunteer tasks

No clearance required

Shelf read and make sure books are all in alphabetical order

Water plants

Tighten wooden furniture with allen wrench

Wipe down tables, chairs and vinyl couches with bleach wipes

Dust all surfaces

Wash pillowcases

Take weeded books to the Good Will

Make Library signs for monthly themes

Change Library artwork

Classroom Librarian

Clearance required

To sign up to become classroom librarian please contact your classroom teacher and find out their Library day and time.

Once you have approval from your teacher please attend a Library training class with Ms. Amanda. If you cannot attend a class please contact Ms. Amanda at awaller@cacmp.org, Volunteers must attend class before working as a librarian.

· Communicate with teacher to determine class Library schedule

· Follow Library policies and procedures

· Modeling/teaching Library etiquette and procedures for students

· Using Atriuum software to check books in and out for students

· Collecting Library permission slips

· Sending damaged book communications

· Monitor proper use of Library materials

· Help students locate what they seek

· Reshelf returned books to proper location

Your first responsibility is helping students return and borrow new books.

After you have helped students return and borrow new books it is your responsibility to place their returned or rejected books away. Please do not instruct students to put their books away!

Take a walk around the Library to collect any books that may have been left out.

Organize books by similar spine label on the return cart.

Roll the cart through the Library to and place books where they belong!

Remember all books are in alphabetical order or numerical order by their call number.

Books are in order from left to right no each shelf and then from the top shelf to the bottom on each book case.

Books are pulled to the front edge of each shelf

Always remember to leave some room at the end of the shelf!

Never force a book into place.

Make sure that every book is placed neatly on the shelf and that the full shelf is straight.