About Our Library
 

Important Information

Technology

The Collection

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Library Staff
 
Virginia Bartlett -- Library  Media Specialist  BA, MLIS


 
 

 


 


 

 

 Mission Statement
The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.  The services provided are designed to empower students to become independent, life-long learners able to function in a changing world.  The collection includes a variety of materials to promote and encourage reading for pleasure as well as for information.

Expectations

The library media center program will:

  • Provide an active instructional role in teaching library and information skills as they relate to the curriculum
  • Provide open access to a variety of materials representing various points of view allowing students to become informed users of information
  • Provide availability and access to information for all students and staff
  • Provide assistance with computer use and multimedia production
  • Provide reading guidance
  • Work to build a sense of community where all are learners
  • Maintain an atmosphere of trust, respect, and caring
  • Promote continued growth through lifelong learning
  • Encourage independent thinking and reading
  • Provide a collection which support the curriculum of the school
  • Provide a safe, clean facility with adequate physical resources
  • Maintain a qualified staff
  • Use technology as a vehicle for increasing productivity and  access to information
  • Provide a "print rich" collection
  • Maintain a useful and informative library portal on the school's website

Important Information

 

  1. Hours – 6:45 AM – 4:00 PM (unless I have a meeting)
  2. No food or drinks (except water)
  3. Library cards
    1. Every student has a unique library account
    2. You MUST check out every book or magazine before taking it out of the library
    3. Books can be checked out for a 3 week period and can be renewed if not on reserve for another patron
    4. Magazines can be checked out for a 2 week period
    5. You are responsible for returning all materials on time and in the same condition
    6. Do not check out books for someone else – The person who checks material out is the responsible party

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Technology
The library has fifteen networked computers.  Computer access is available for those who have a signed Acceptable Use Policy form (AUP) on file in the library. Students have individual  accounts and passwords.

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, and Publisher),  Inspiration, and Choices (career software) are available on every computer.

From the library Web site, students may access online subscriptions including EBSCO, a database of full-text  articles from periodicals and other reference sources.  A subscription to Grolier Online provides access to full-text articles from Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
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The Collection
The Sanborn Regional High School Library offers a wide range of resources in a variety of formats. The collection consists of approximately 10,000 volumes including books, DVDs, audio and video tapes.  We also subscribe to a variety of periodicals.

Patrons may search the collection by keyword, title, author, or subject from any school computer using the library catalog. 

Fiction books are arranged on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.  Non-fiction books are assigned a Dewey Decimal catalog number and arranged in numerical order in the non-fiction area. 


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