I.
The
1. Providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats.
2. By providing instruction to foster competence reading, and information
use.
II. Goals and objectives
A.
The
physical layout and operations of the LMC is organized to facilitate and promote
students' independent use. The major areas of the center (fiction, nonfiction,
biography, reference and electronic resources) will be clearly marked.
B.
The library media specialist will assist
teachers whenever possible in using the media center in conjunction with
classroom research projects.
C.
The library media specialist will encourage
teachers to use the library media center for their classes.
D.
Educate the school staff and school community
about the library media center.
1. Display student work in the
library to help foster support for various disciplines.
2. Use book display space for
special events and themes to show what the collection has to offer
III.
Specific objectives:
A. to provide physical access to information
B. to provide learning experiences that encourage users to become
discriminating consumers and skilled creators of information through
introduction to the full range of communications media and use of the new and
emerging information technologies.
IV. Program of Services:
The
Internet Access in the
Internet access is
available during any period that a Teacher has their class in the
A. Students:
1. Provide books and magazines relevant to the curriculum and for recreational
needs of students to use in school and at home.
2. Assist individual students with book selection and school assignments
involving use of library materials.
3. Teach library skills in the context of class assignments and students'
needs.
4. Access to Internet is based upon receiving WSD AUP being signed by user.
5. Student access during
class time on an unscheduled basis will require the teacher to provide a note
with the following information
1.
Student Name
2.
Purpose (get
a book etc, or do research on a topic)
3.
Student
may use the Internet for there project
4. How long student may be at
6. When students are sent to the
B. Faculty:
1. Provide books, magazines, filmstrips, cassettes, and videos for teachers to
check out to their classrooms.
2. Maintain and expand a collection of curriculum-related books and other
professional materials for teachers.
3. Select collection of books from the school collection for teachers to check
out for any particular classroom need.
4. The Media Center will
not be used for classroom testing or makeup testing for teachers.
V. Circulation policy
A. Circulation: The following items are available for circulation:
1. Books: Books are circulated for a 15-day period.
2. Magazines: Magazines that are past month issues are available for a five-day
checkout.
3. CD’s are available for check out except those on the reference status.
B. Renewals: Any information source can be renewed as long as it is not
overdue. In order to renew the item it must be physically brought back to the
media center.
C. Holds: Books may be put on “Hold” upon student request. Students requesting
books that are out will be notified when the book is returned. Students who
have books that are placed on “Hold” can check the book out one additional time
then the book must be turned in when the check out period is over.
D. Over dues: Students are charged 10 cents a day for overdue books, additional
information sources will not be checked out to students until over dues are
paid.
E. Lost or damaged: Students and staff will be charged for lost books
(replacement costs plus 2 dollars processing, shipping, and handling) damaged
books will be assessed for value loss and charged to the user.
VI. Selection
A. The responsibility for the selection of instructional materials is delegated to the professionally trained employees of the school. Selection of materials involves many people: administrators, teachers, supervisors, school library media advisory committees and the school library media specialist. The responsibility for coordinating the selection of the instructional materials and making recommendations for purchase rests with the school principal and/or the media specialist. The primary goal of each school's library media program is to enrich and support the instructional program of the school. The school library media program makes available, through the school library media collection, a wide range of materials on varying levels of difficulty with a diversity of appeal compatible with different needs, interests, and viewpoints of students and teachers. To this end, the Media Specialist is responsible to keep with the ideas expressed in the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read statement.
VII. Criteria for selection
Individual learning styles, the curriculum, and the existing collection are
given consideration in determining the needs for material. Materials considered
for purchase are judged on the basis of the following criteria:
A. Purpose - overall purpose and its direct relationship to
instructional objectives and/or the curriculum. Reliability - accuracy,
authenticity Quality - writing and/or production of merit Treatment - clear,
comprehensible, skillful, convincing, well-organized, unbiased Technical
production - audio and/or visual clear and well-crafted Construction - durable,
manageable, attractive Special features - useful illustrations, photographs,
maps, charts, graphs, etc. Possible uses - individual, small group, large group
instruction, in-depth study.
B. Procedures for maintaining the school library media collection.
The school library media professional, in conjunction with teacher,
administrators, will be responsible for the selection of materials.
1. Consider recommendations from faculty, students and parents. Judge gift
items by standard selection criteria and, upon acceptance of such items,
reserve the right to incorporate into the collection.
2. Weed continuously from the collection worn, obsolete and inoperable items
when an adequate replacement can be made, when information is inaccurate or
material is too damaged for use.
C. Procedures for selecting and maintaining the school library media
collection:
Teachers will request materials to meet their research information needs
anytime during the school year. However, to maximize effectiveness for research
requests should be made early during the school year during the beginning of
the budget cycle. Students may request materials anytime during the school year
and materials will be purchased upon a funds available basis.
D. Procedures for reconsideration of materials is based upon
VIII. Book ordering
A. Specifications:
Requests from teachers must indicate the purpose for which the books will be
used.
B. Periodicals:
Periodicals will be purchased to balance the information and recreational needs
of students.
IX. Inventory:
Inventory will be completed once each year. With a report to the principal
concerning final disposition of materials.
All cataloging will incorporate MARC format in accordance with AACR2 standards
and follow classification based upon the Dewey Classification system as
provided by the media specialist. Integration of books donated to the school:
All books donated to the school will be evaluated by the media specialist to
determine educational appropriateness to meet information, recreational,
cultural, and archival value before being retained in the collection.
XI. Scheduling:
1. Classes who need the center for
research purposes and plan on using all resources to meet their information
needs. (Priority-A)
2. Classes who need to check-out books only. . (Priority-B)
When the Media Center
is scheduled by any priority other than an A priority class, another teacher
can schedule that period any time prior to 12:00 noon the day before and the
lower priority teacher losses the media center for use. In this situation the
XII. Staffing:
Current staffing includes a media specialist, who is responsible for all facets of operation of the media center. A secretary who is responsible for the operation of the circulation desk responsibilities, which includes training of media student aids, to conduct daily operations. A. Student overdue notice are emailed through their student account.
XIII. Materials and Equipment.
All equipment will be returned to the
1. Teachers who require additional equipment for instruction purposes must make
a request the beginning of the school year to the Media Center Director, who
will price the equipment and provide a detailed list to the Principal to
determine what will be purchased.
2. When equipment requires repair, it will be brought to the
Library Bill of Rights:
1. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest,
information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library
serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or
views of those contributing to their creation.
2. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of
view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be removed because
of partisan and doctrinal disapproval.
3. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their
responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
4. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with
resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
5. A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because
of origin, age, background, or views.
6. Libraries, which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the
public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis,
regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting
their use. Adopted