Welcome to the Media Center!

General Information

Leave book bags at the door as you enter the media center (do not block office doors).

You must have a teacher pass to enter the media center during school hours.

Do not cut through the media center on your way to class.

Please work quietly and be respectful of others.

Media Center Visits With your class

Individually with a pass

In small groups with a pass

Individual Passes Students may use the media center

any time before school with media center issued pass.

Students need a media center issued pass to come to the media center during their lunch period.

Students do not need a pass to use the media center after school.

Individual students must be doing productive work while in the media center (studying, research, reading).

Procedures for Individual Visits

Students must Sign in at the check out desk. Leave your pass in the blue basket. Find your book or materials. Check out book/pay for copies. Make sure your pass is signed before

returning to class.

Media ResourcesBookseBooksMagazinesNewspapersComputers

Nonfiction

Fiction

EBOOKS

EBOOKS

Log in using your

ID number as your

Username & password

Checking out books Students may check out up to two books

at a time.

Checkout period is two weeks.

Only one overnight book may be checked out at a time.

Overdue Books Two days grace period for each overdue

book. Overdue fines are 10 cents per day. Overnight fines are 25 cents per day. There is no grace period for overnight

books.

Damaged or Lost Books

Damaged Books 50 cents to $25

Lost Books Regular book (two week checkout) $18 Overnight-$25

Book ReturnsAlways return books to the front desk!

Book Returns Never put books back on the shelf or on

a book truck!

Who is responsible for the books you

check out?

YOU ARE!

For Media Center Use Only Magazines

Newspapers

Reference Books

Current Periodicals

Magazines and newspapers are for media center use only.

Reference

Reference books are for media center use only.

Computers

Individual Computer Use Students must

Leave pass in the blue basket. Sign the computer use sheet. Must have Internet approval Complete research (no computer games). Pay for copies (if made). Sign out

Print Outs and Copies Black and with computer print-outs are

10 cents each Color computer print outs are 20 cents

each Photocopies are 20 cents each Media Center staff must make all

printouts and copies.

School StorePencilsSpiral notebooksLoose leaf paperPoster boardPensGlue sticks

WebsiteCHS Media Center http://sites.google.com/site/callawayhighschoolmediacenter/

Ms Casey’s Recommended References: http://sites.google.com/site/mscaseysrecommendedreferences/

(Link to recommended resources from CHS & media center websites)

GALILEO

http://www.galileo.usg.edu/high-school/troup-k12/databases/s/

Need Help?

Just Ask!

Questions?

Quiz What are two ways you can come to the

media center during school? Individually With your class

When do you need a pass to use the media center? When you come by yourself during class

Quiz What do you need if you plan to use the

computer? Internet Permission

True or False: I am allowed to cut through the media center. False