FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Below are some frequently asked questions about our library media policies and procedures. If you cannot find the answer to your question, feel free to email Mrs. Jantzi with your question at [email protected]
WHEN CAN I VISIT THE LIBRARY?
We're open Monday through Friday from 7:45am - 3:30pm.
The library media center opens approximately 30 minutes prior to staff reporting time and closes approximately 30 minutes following staff dismissal time.
Students and staff are welcome to check out materials at any time within the library media center’s hours of operation. Students visiting the library media center outside of library media class are required to have a signed pass from their classroom teacher indicating his or her permission to visit the library media center. If the library media specialist is teaching a class and the library clerk is busy, the student will be asked to return at a later time. Likewise, if neither the library media specialist or the library clerk are available, the student must return to class to visit at a later time.
WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE AS A USER OF THE LIBRARY?
As users of our school library, your intellectual freedom and right to free access of materials are protected by a series of established rights known as the Library Bill of Rights.
The American Library Association (ALA) affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
I. 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.
II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
VI. 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.
Copyright 1995 The American Library Association
WHAT BOOKS AM I ALLOWED TO CHECK OUT?
Our school library media center hosts an abundance of materials available for students to read, enjoy, and check out. These materials include books in our fiction, nonfiction, and everybody book sections as well as board books, books on CD or cassette, and DVD and video cassettes from the everybody and fiction sections. Materials located in the reference, professional, and AV nonfiction section are for in-school use only and therefore cannot be checked out by students.
HOW MANY BOOKS CAN I CHECK OUT?
Students in PreK, Kindergarten through Grade 5 are permitted to check out two books at a time.
Teachers are permitted to check-out an unlimited number of items, as needed, and are expected to return all materials to the library media center when they are no longer in use so that the materials can be accessed by the student population. Teachers are expected to return all borrowed materials to the library media center in the condition they were originally checked out.
HOW LONG DO I GET TO KEEP MY BOOKS?
Materials are checked out to students for a period of two weeks. The titles may be renewed once before they must be returned. We allow only one renewel per item in order to accomodate other students waiting for chance to check these materials.
Audio books and DVDs or video cassettes from the everybody and fiction sections can be checked out by students in grades K through 5 as one of their book selections.
HOW DO YOU SELECT BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARY?
Our library media collection is a mixture of books and materials that support the reading interests of the students/teachers and those titles that best support the curricula taught in our building in all subject areas grades K-5.
CAN I DONATE BOOKS TO THE LIBRARY?
We would love your donations. Please understand, in an effort to maintain the best collection possible for the users of our library, that we have explicit guidelines when considering donated materials for our collection.
Responsible Reading
In a library that serves faculty and students ranging in ages from four to adults, a wide variety of materials are needed. Obviously, what is interesting and appropriate for four-year-olds may not be interesting and/or appropriate for eleven-year-olds and visa versa. When students first visit the library each year, Mrs. Jantzi issues her standard advice: “If you choose a book that makes you uncomfortable or that would make your parents uncomfortable, return it.” The beauty of libraries is that they are all about choice. Find a book you can completely “enjoy.” Parents can help students enjoy the library. Ask students what they are reading and talk to them about their choices.
Below are some frequently asked questions about our library media policies and procedures. If you cannot find the answer to your question, feel free to email Mrs. Jantzi with your question at [email protected]
WHEN CAN I VISIT THE LIBRARY?
We're open Monday through Friday from 7:45am - 3:30pm.
The library media center opens approximately 30 minutes prior to staff reporting time and closes approximately 30 minutes following staff dismissal time.
Students and staff are welcome to check out materials at any time within the library media center’s hours of operation. Students visiting the library media center outside of library media class are required to have a signed pass from their classroom teacher indicating his or her permission to visit the library media center. If the library media specialist is teaching a class and the library clerk is busy, the student will be asked to return at a later time. Likewise, if neither the library media specialist or the library clerk are available, the student must return to class to visit at a later time.
WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE AS A USER OF THE LIBRARY?
As users of our school library, your intellectual freedom and right to free access of materials are protected by a series of established rights known as the Library Bill of Rights.
The American Library Association (ALA) affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
I. 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.
II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
VI. 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.
Copyright 1995 The American Library Association
WHAT BOOKS AM I ALLOWED TO CHECK OUT?
Our school library media center hosts an abundance of materials available for students to read, enjoy, and check out. These materials include books in our fiction, nonfiction, and everybody book sections as well as board books, books on CD or cassette, and DVD and video cassettes from the everybody and fiction sections. Materials located in the reference, professional, and AV nonfiction section are for in-school use only and therefore cannot be checked out by students.
HOW MANY BOOKS CAN I CHECK OUT?
Students in PreK, Kindergarten through Grade 5 are permitted to check out two books at a time.
Teachers are permitted to check-out an unlimited number of items, as needed, and are expected to return all materials to the library media center when they are no longer in use so that the materials can be accessed by the student population. Teachers are expected to return all borrowed materials to the library media center in the condition they were originally checked out.
HOW LONG DO I GET TO KEEP MY BOOKS?
Materials are checked out to students for a period of two weeks. The titles may be renewed once before they must be returned. We allow only one renewel per item in order to accomodate other students waiting for chance to check these materials.
Audio books and DVDs or video cassettes from the everybody and fiction sections can be checked out by students in grades K through 5 as one of their book selections.
HOW DO YOU SELECT BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARY?
Our library media collection is a mixture of books and materials that support the reading interests of the students/teachers and those titles that best support the curricula taught in our building in all subject areas grades K-5.
CAN I DONATE BOOKS TO THE LIBRARY?
We would love your donations. Please understand, in an effort to maintain the best collection possible for the users of our library, that we have explicit guidelines when considering donated materials for our collection.
Responsible Reading
In a library that serves faculty and students ranging in ages from four to adults, a wide variety of materials are needed. Obviously, what is interesting and appropriate for four-year-olds may not be interesting and/or appropriate for eleven-year-olds and visa versa. When students first visit the library each year, Mrs. Jantzi issues her standard advice: “If you choose a book that makes you uncomfortable or that would make your parents uncomfortable, return it.” The beauty of libraries is that they are all about choice. Find a book you can completely “enjoy.” Parents can help students enjoy the library. Ask students what they are reading and talk to them about their choices.