The King’s Academy
LIBRARY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS
2007-2008
Library Hours: The library is open on school days to 6th through 12th grade students. The library opens 15 minutes before the first bell and is available to students before and after school, and during brunch, lunch, and pass-times between classes. The library closes 1½ hours after the last bell, Monday through Friday, and 30 minutes after the last bell on half-days. For junior high students, a written pass from After School Care is required beyond 30 minutes after the last bell. The library closes at the last bell approximately one Tuesday per month for a staff meeting, and may also close on rare occasions without advance notice, if need arises.
Library Resources: Library resources include over 12,500 volumes (books, videos, and audios), 35 print magazine subscriptions, 25 online subscription databases with home access (user name and password distributed by the library to current students), and 42 student computer workstations with filtered Internet access. The main library has table seating for 56 students and 10 student computers; the library lab has 32 student computers. Students are instructed in the use of library resources through lessons taught by the librarian. See Mrs. Emmenegger for questions regarding the library and its resources.
Library Accounts/Cards: All students have library accounts and are encouraged to use library resources. Student body cards are used as library cards. Parents are encouraged to use the parent section of the library and may borrow library materials from throughout the collection through their students’ accounts.
Library Etiquette: Library use is a privilege and not a right. Quiet library use and consideration for other library users are required at all times. Disruptive behavior will end the student’s library visit. A class is to wait quietly outside the main library door until the teacher leads the class into the library. Food and drink are not allowed in the library, with the exception of water in closed clear containers. The main library door is the only entrance/exit; the three other library doors are emergency exits only and are alarmed.
Library Loans: All library materials are to be checked out before leaving the library. Books are checked out for two weeks with overdue fines of 10 cents per school day. There is a three-day grace period for the return of books on a two-week loan; however, if the book is not returned until after the grace period, the overdue fine is counted from the original due date. Videos, audios, stack magazines, and vertical file materials are checked out for three days with overdue fines of 10 cents per school day (no grace period). Up to five items may be checked out at one time. Up to two renewals per item may be made online, with further renewals by request. Up to two holds may be placed online, with further holds by request. Selected reference materials, including closed-reserve and current-month magazines, are checked out for one period during the school day or overnight with overdue fines of $1.00 per school day. Most reference materials are for in-library use only. Overdue notices are issued weekly. Disregarding overdue materials or unpaid fines will result in disciplinary action. Payment is required for library materials lost or damaged.
Students on Library Passes: To be admitted to the library during a class period to use library resources for a school project or to take a make-up test in the library, a student is required to have teacher permission and a written library pass from the teacher. The library pass is to be written in ink and is to include the student’s first and last name, date, time, and the teacher’s signature or initials. The pass may be written by the student and then signed by the teacher. Students are to sign-out from the library and return to class no later than five minutes before the end of the period.
Reserved or Full Library: The library staff attempts to meet the needs of as many students as possible throughout the school day. Even when the library is reserved for classes, the library staff allows individual students to use the library as long as there is room and the resources needed (e.g., computers) are available. However, when the library is full to the point that additional student needs cannot be met, individual students are required to return to class via their passes. This may occur immediately upon a student’s arrival at the library if it is obvious that his/her needs cannot be met at that time.
Library Computers: Student computers in the main library and the library lab are for school project use only (no web surfing, emailing, IMing, games, etc.). These rules apply during all library hours, including all class periods, breaks between classes, and before/after school. Students in the library with a reserved class have priority use of the computers.
Library Copier: Up to twenty-four copies of one sheet may be made on the library copier. Twenty-five or more copies of one sheet are to be made in the school office. Students are charged 10 cents per copy. Payment is required at the time that the copies are made; students are not allowed to incur copy debts.
