The school library media specialist organizes and facilitates
a physical environment designed specifically to meet the learning and information
needs of students, teachers, and others with a variety of educational and
informational resources that provide access to information both within the
school and in the local, regional and global communities. (as taken
from the Media Center Handbook for Columbia County)
The media center operates on a flexible schedule at all times.
A calendar is available on the county server for teachers to use when
signing up their class to work in the media center.
The physical media center is open from 7:00 am - 3:00pm.
When the entire class visits the media center, the teacher maintains
responsibility for the class.
Students may leave class and visit the media center as long as the teacher
gives permission and writes the student a pass. The student must
sign in and sign out of the media center on the log located at the circulation
desk.
Students may visit the media center during their lunch as long as the
student's 4th period teacher has written a pass. The student
must sign in and sign out of the media center on the log located at the
circulation desk.
Students are able to checkout 3books at a time for a 2 week period.
Late fees are $.05 per day. References materials may be checked
out for 1 night only. Students will pay for lost or damaged books.
Students may print their work in the media center. Color printing
costs $.50 per page while black and white print is free as long as what
you are printing is school work.
The students have access to the internet as long as an Internet Usage
Agreement has been signed by the student's parents. This will be kept
on file in the media center.
It is school policy that book bags are not allowed in the media center.