General
The library/media center is open daily for student use.
During school hours, students may use the library with a class accompanied
by a teacher, with a pass from study hall, or with a pass from any of their
subject-area teachers for work related to that teacher's class.
Students may use the library for reading, selection of books and materials,
study, writing, and research. QUIET is required.
Students are allowed to study together quietly, but should they become
loud, they will be required to move to separate tables or asked to leave
the library. Because students' time in the library is largely
unstructured, a great deal of self-discipline is required on the part of
each person in order to maintain the atmosphere that serves the library's
purpose. While in the library, students are expected
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to be there for a purpose and make appropriate use of the materials available.
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to speak, when necessary, in soft tones out of respect for others who might
be studying.
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to take care of materials and equipment so that they remain in good condition
for others to use.
The library/media center is overseen by a qualified librarian/media specialist.
Students are required to show the same respect to the librarian as to any
other teacher or staff member.
Students are expected to display proper manners and maturity while in
the library/media center. The following rules apply: no feet
on chairs, no sitting on tables, no sleeping or slouching, no roughhousing
or horseplay, no loud talking, no running, no destruction of library property.
Food, drink, and chewing gum are not allowed in the library because of
possible damage to furniture, materials, and equipment. The
librarian's office, the librarian's side of the circulation desk, and the
storage room are off-limits to all students without express permission
of the librarian.
Use of the school library/media center is a privilege. Abuse
of library rules, refusal to work, or any conduct considered improper or
inappropriate by the librarian will result in students being sent back
to their classroom. For extreme or repeated offenses students
may be asked to see the Dean of Students. Continual offenders
may lose the library privilege for a period of time.
Circulation Policies
All library materials are to be checked out before they are taken from
the library. The loan period for most materials is one month.
Back issues of magazines may be checked out for one week, while special
materials may have shorter loan periods. Materials may be renewed
unless another borrower has requested that item, but the librarian may
require return of an item during a renewal period if a subsequent request
is made for the item. Reference and vertical-file materials
are non-circulating and may not be used outside the library.
Materials that normally circulate may at times be put on reserve by a teacher
and held in the library in a non-circulating status for class use.
Fines for overdue regular items will accrue at the rate of $.10 per
item per day. The fine for overdue special items is $.25 per
item per day. If materials are overdue at the beginning of
holiday vacations, the fines will continue to accumulate unless arrangements
have been made before vacation. Fines will also accrue over
weekends.
Lost materials must be replaced or paid for. If a student
is caught stealing or deliberately destroying materials, he or she will
be required to pay for the material and will be disciplined accordingly.
Fines will be assessed for damaged or defaced materials.
Computers
A number of computers are available in the library/media center for
student use. Several of them provide special materials for
research--such as the Rolling Prairie Library System online catalog, CD-ROM
encyclopedias, and other reference CD-ROMs--as well as the services available
on the St. Teresa local area network (LAN). The library also
houses a mini-lab of computers connected to the LAN and available to students
and classes for research and writing.
Policies for use of these computers are set forth in St. Teresa High
School's Acceptable Use Policy. Violations will result in loss
of computer privileges. In addition, students are not allowed to play CDs or use their own headphones with library computers
