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Policy and Procedures

Mission: 

The mission of the School Library Media Center is to  assist in providing a quality education for every child and to encourage lifelong literacy and learning through reading.  The Library media center will provide an  environment in which students and staff learn to  access, evaluate, and apply information using a  variety of print and electronic formats. The library  media center supports the school’s curriculum and  assists members of the learning community in  becoming effective users of information. 

Goals: To acquire, provide, and preserve access to books (print & digital), and non-print material that best support and enrich the curriculum. To teach library patrons how to find information and evaluate it effectively. To create an educational environment that encourages and advances learning. 

Procedures

Operation:

Rules and Expectations:

Circulation Policy:

Patron

Staff

Reference Materials

Lost and Damaged Books

Computer Use

Contract

Collection Development

Criteria

1. Materials shall meet high standards of quality in factual content, timelessness and presentation. 

2. Materials shall be appropriate for the subject area and for the emotional development, ability level, and social development of the students for whom the materials are selected. 

3. Materials that are recommended by faculty members to support specific course work. 

4. Materials are selected by using selection tools, recommendations from administrators, faculty, staff and students. 

Copyright: HG Temple Library will abide by all regulations of relevant sections in the Copyright Revision Act of 2007. Faculty and staff may also download a copy of “Know Your Copy Rights” FAQ: @ www.http:knowyourcopyrights.org/faq/.