Guidelines and Procedures

General Library safety Guidelines

  • All library staff and visitors will adhere to DCSD mitigation strategies.

  • Visual Cues will be used to help provide students with a visual for social distancing (line-up markers on floor, skip a seat, etc.)

  • Teachers must call the Media center (ext: 42329) prior to sending a student/students to the media center.

    • There will be no individual student visits if a class is in the Media Center

  • Teachers must schedule a class visit using the Library Trac system.

    • There will be a 30 minute cleaning sanitizing block after each class visit.



General Book Check-In Procedures

  • Books will be returned to a designated area as determined by the TL.

In-School Book Check-out

  • Grades 9-12: Up to 6 books

  • Student's will be taught to place holds and reserve books in Destiny. Teacher-librarian will push into classrooms to teach and reinforce this skill (How-to video available)

    • The teacher-librarian and library support personnel will pull reserved books from the shelves, label, and possibly deliver the books to the students or set a time in which students can pick up the reserved book(s).

Library Lessons in Classroom

  • The teacher-librarian will push into the classrooms and teach information literacy and technology skills.

  • The teacher-librarian will also teach information literacy and technology skills lessons in the media center whole class. *DCSD mitigation strategies will be followed.