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JCHS LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

1. We would love to collaborate with teachers on any lessons/projects where library

resources could be used. Some lessons we are prepared to teach include:

how to use library databases

searching the internet

evaluating websites

copyright

citing sources using easybib.com

PowerPoint/MovieMaker/PhotoStory

avoiding plagiarism

RFM book talks/book check out/read aloud

Let us know if you have needs for other topics you would like us to present to your

classes.

2. Please post your “What I Am Currently Reading” RFM signs outside your

door and keep them updated. This promotes interesting discussion about reading.

3. Let us know what print and AV materials we can order to support your

curriculum.

4. Be sure to use our catalog to search for materials in our collection to support your

curriculum. It is a web based system called Destiny. You will find it at

http://destiny.int475.org There are also links to it and other online resources on

our sharepoint site

http://intranet.usd475.org/school/jchs/SiteDirectory/library/default.aspx

5. Copy Guidelines: Please give our Library AV Clerk 48 hours notice when

submitting copy jobs. Do not send students up with requests for copies “NOW”.

Use machines in academy offices for small jobs and classroom sets (30 copies or

less). Students may not use the copy machine unless directly supervised by a

teacher.

6. Staff does not have access to laminating equipment. Submit laminating jobs to

our Library AV Clerk and they will be delivered to you within a week.

7. Talk to us about displaying your students’ work or anything else you have to

share in the Blue Jay Gallery or in the hall outside of the Learning Center at the

FSA.

8. Sign up to bring your classes for research. Talk to us about your plans and needs.

Call 717-4277 or 717-4278 at the CAC or 717-4107 at the FSA. E-mail

barbarajohnstone@usd475.org or lindabrungardt@usd475.org

9. Sign up for AV equipment in the AV department with our Library AV Clerk

(717-4279 at CAC) or (717-4109 at FSA) no later than 1:00 the day before you

need it. We have TVs, VCRs, DVD players, tape recorders, overhead projectors,

boom boxes, LCD projectors, school pads, document cameras, and digital still and

digital video cameras. These items may be checked out on a temporary basis.

10. You are encouraged to check out materials from the library. You may keep them

as long as you need them unless another patron needs them.

11. Please DO NOT send your class to the library with a substitute teacher. Thank

you.

PASSES TO THE LIBRARY

Students must have a pass to use the library when school is in session. Teachers may

write a pass in a student’s agenda when he/she has a reason to be in the library during

class time. A teacher may send up to 5 students per class period with agenda passes

without signing up the class in advance for library time.

Students must have a laminated library lunch pass to use the library during lunch. Lunch

passes must be checked out from the library before lunch or upon arrival to the library

during lunch.

Students who want to use the library during seminar must check out a blue or white

laminated seminar pass before seminar starts. They will bring the laminated pass and

their seminar hall pass to the library.

“R” RATED VIDEO POLICY

As per a memo dated Dec. 8, 2000 from Carol Arjona, Secondary Education/Title I

Coordinator, “High school teachers may show clips from videos without parental

permission. However, parents must be informed in writing before a video commercially

rated “R” is shown in entirety. Teachers are reminded to preview all videos before they

are shown to students for content and its relationship to the curriculum objectives.”