The mission of the Red Bank Regional High School Media Center is to ensure that students and staff become effective, lifelong users of ideas and information by providing free and equal access to materials that meet intellectual, curriculum, and recreational needs, instruction in information retrieval, and networking with available resources.Â
Program Overview
The Library Media Center is an important aspect of the educational program at Red Bank Regional High School. It provides a wealth of information and technologies to the students, staff, faculty and community.Â
Our Library includes more than 8,000 books, 20 research databases, access to public library resources, online newspapers and journals via our research databases, In addition, all students have access to Sora from Overdrive, our e-book service.
The Media Center services over 1300 students and approximately 200 staff members. On average, hundreds of students use the facility daily. A Tech Support desk operated by students is open during study halls to support our 1:1 initiative with Chromebooks for every student.
The Media Center has desktop computers and the building has Internet access. Our collection is catalogued electronically on Follett's Destiny system and can be accessed via our school website as well from the desktop application of computers within our network. Students also have access to printers and a scanner.
The School Library Media Specialist provides a number of services to the faculty, staff and students at Red Bank Regional High School. All freshmen receive orientation to inform them of Media Center materials, procedures and resources. Classes are encouraged to use the Media Center resources for research. The Media Specialist assists all staff in the use of the Media Center and its available technologies for use in instruction. Additionally, everyone is encouraged to seek out the Media Specialist for assistance in individual projects.