Policies_Procedures

Mission Statement	The South Hall Middle School Media Center’s mission is to provide intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats; to provide instruction that fosters competence and stimulates interest in reading, viewing and using information and ideas; and to work with other educators to design learning strategies and opportunities to meet the needs of individual students.
Facilities and Materials	Over 13,000 books and other print materials An extensive reference collection of over 1,400 titles Student access to 14 computers, one laser jet printer, and one ink jet copier/printer Students use the InfoCentre computer catalog to locate books/web sites as well as various other programs such as Inspiration, World/State Search, Timeliner, Graph Master, Encarta, and Microsoft Office Professional -- including Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Access, and FrontPage. Over 1,800 audiovisual materials which include videos/DVDs, laser discs, and books-on-tape Over 40 periodicals and newspapers for professional use and student checkout
Media Center Hours	The media center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every school day. A group of eight or more sent from each class must be accompanied by the teacher. Those coming to the media center without a teacher must bring a signed agenda to serve as their pass.
Checking Out Materials	Students are provided with barcodes placed in the front of their agendas which are necessary for checking out materials. They may check out three items at any one time. Regular library books may be checked out for a two-week period. Reference books and magazines may only be kept overnight. Students are responsible for the safe return of all books and magazines. If damaged or lost, it is the responsibility of the student who checked it out to pay for it. No other books may be checked out until a lost item is paid for. Certain extracurricular privileges will be lost if books are not returned within a reasonable time.
Internet Usage Policy	Students will not be allowed to use the Internet in the media center without direct classroom teacher or media specialist supervision. Students are also not allowed to play games on the Internet in the media center. For those who are accompanied by their teacher, a signed Internet permission form must be on file.

Mission Statement

The South Hall Middle School Media Center’s mission is to provide intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats; to provide instruction that fosters competence and stimulates interest in reading, viewing and using information and ideas; and to work with other educators to design learning strategies and opportunities to meet the needs of individual students.

Facilities and Materials

Over 13,000 books and other print materials
An extensive reference collection of over 1,400 titles
Student access to 14 computers, one laser jet printer, and one ink jet copier/printer
Students use the InfoCentre computer catalog to locate books/web sites as well as various other programs such as Inspiration, World/State Search, Timeliner, Graph Master, Encarta, and Microsoft Office Professional -- including Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Access, and FrontPage.
Over 1,800 audiovisual materials which include videos/DVDs, laser discs, and books-on-tape
Over 40 periodicals and newspapers for professional use and student checkout

Media Center Hours

The media center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every school day. A group of eight or more sent from each class must be accompanied by the teacher. Those coming to the media center without a teacher must bring a signed agenda to serve as their pass.

Checking Out Materials

Students are provided with barcodes placed in the front of their agendas which are necessary for checking out materials. They may check out three items at any one time. Regular library books may be checked out for a two-week period. Reference books and magazines may only be kept overnight. Students are responsible for the safe return of all books and magazines. If damaged or lost, it is the responsibility of the student who checked it out to pay for it. No other books may be checked out until a lost item is paid for. Certain extracurricular privileges will be lost if books are not returned within a reasonable time.

Internet Usage Policy

Students will not be allowed to use the Internet in the media center without direct classroom teacher or media specialist supervision. Students are also not allowed to play games on the Internet in the media center. For those who are accompanied by their teacher, a signed Internet permission form must be on file.

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