For Staff
For Staff
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Let's build something together. Co-teach a lesson, book a class visit, or grab ready-to-use resources.Â
A friendly heads-up:Â We love supporting your events, but we juggle a full plate of library work too. If you'd like library media staff help during your event, connect with Dr. Massey ahead of time so we can plan for it.Â
How can we help you?
How can we help you?
• Use Destiny, our library catalog, to find books, DVDs, professional library materials, and more. Â
 Narrow/filter your search by FORMAT to find DVDs.
• Color printing: come to the LMC; one class set at a time.Â
• Laminating: drop at the counter, allow time — is it a year-after-year keeper?Â
• Read something great? Recommend it for our collection!
• Student passwords: MCPS Resources tab → Student Password Manager (SPM).
• Poster printing (staff only): PDF, only printed on Fridays, 1-week turnaround, pick up in the LMC. Â
🔎 Search the CatalogÂ
Find books, DVDs, professional library materials, and more. Narrow/filter your search by FORMAT (video) to find DVDs.
💡Research DatabasesÂ
Trusted, fact-checked articles with built-in citations — far better than a random Google result.
Our LMC does not subscribe directly to any news sources. Here's how you can access the latest news using our databases.
Find all of our databases from school or home. You must be logged in to your MCPS account to view this document.   Englarge ⤡Â
You must be logged in to your MCPS account to view this document.   Englarge ⤡Â
Collaborate & Co-Teach
Collaborate & Co-Teach
We co-design lessons on source evaluation, Boolean search, digital citizenship, AI, & more!Â
Reserve a Library SpaceÂ
Reserve a Library SpaceÂ
Check the LMC schedule, then submit the reservation form. The calendar fills fast.Â
Carts & Collections
Carts & Collections
We curate carts & online collections of materials for your students! Books, articles, & external links.
Request a cart
The Library Media Center (LMC) is happy to continue supporting poster-printing requests for classroom instruction and school activities. To help us balance this service with the many other needs of students and staff, we are making a few adjustments effective immediately.
Poster printing requests will be processed on Fridays only.
Requests will be limited to 10 posters per project.
If your project requires more than 10 posters, please email Dr. Massey to discuss options.
For large-volume projects, staff are encouraged to use MCPS Central Office Printing Services, which are designed to handle larger print jobs.
Student poster requests, including campaign and club promotions, will follow the same guidelines.
We appreciate your understanding and partnership. These adjustments will help ensure that the LMC team can continue providing high-quality support across all of its services while still offering poster printing to our school community.
Thank you for all you do to support our students.
Six-Item Checklist
Six-Item Checklist
Before students arrive...
Bookmark the LMC website and add it to your Clever and class pages
Bookmark Copy-Plus. Find your two nearest B&W printers for your students: 121, 146, 165, 221, 238, 272, 316, 341, 361.
Search the Destiny library catalog (below) for a book or DVD [narrow by subject and/or format]
Open your department's research databases and pick one to assign this quarter
Bookmark the Business Office site, the LMC schedule, and the poster printing form
📚Is it approved?Â
MCPS approved books, movies and other instructional materials: DAE [library books], EPIC [instructional texts]. Guidelines.
📚Recommend a Book
Tell us about a book you loved, and we'll do our best to add it to the collection. [MCPS Approved?]
🧠Evaluate Your Sources
Lateral reading (video) and a quick checklist (printable) for spotting trustworthy information and steering clear of misinformation.
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