The document provides details about the Loganville Middle School media center, including its mission, goals, policies, and floor plan. It aims to provide students and faculty with access to a variety of print and electronic resources to support learning. The media center serves over 1200 students and 150 faculty members. While it has many computers and sections for different materials, some areas for improvement noted are adding comfortable seating, lowering bookshelves, including book displays, and replacing the tall circulation desk. Suggestions are provided for addressing these issues.

1. Loganville Middle School
Media Center
Facility Plan
Created by: Katie Yancey
FRIT 7132
Dr. Green

2. Walton County’s
Media Center
Mission Statement
The media specialists in Walton
County will provide to the students of
WCPS access to all forms of
information both in print and
electronically, thus providing the
students with the necessary
information and materials to meet
the academic goals of the school
system. In addition to resources,
students will be provided with
instruction and guidance in
acquisition and utilization of these
materials.

3. WCPS Media Center Goals
• To provide services and materials in adequate
quantity and quality to meet the curriculum
standards of both the local and state BOE.
• To select media specialists who are
knowledgeable in both the utilization of the
materials and the methods.
• To encourage the media staff to become an
active part of the instructional team by
collaborating with the classroom teachers to
provide the media skills necessary for and
related to the instructional program.
• To continually evaluate the media program and
collection.
• To continually evaluate the media program in
terms of current technology trends.
• To provide age appropriate materials for
students to develop critical reading and thinking
skills.
• To provide materials which will help students
develop a greater appreciation for literature
• To aid students in acquiring skills for accessing
information and using the information across the
curriculum.

4. Walton County Media
Center Policies and
Procedures

5. • The media center is a resource for
EVERYONE! With flexible scheduling,
students have daily access to the
media center any time during
operational hours.
• The media center staff is available
to collaborate with teachers to
provide students with access to a
broad spectrum of information in
various formats. Collaborative
efforts are essential to provide
students with information that is
applicable to achieving classroom
objectives and to teach them how to
critically evaluate sources of
information.
Accessibility

6. • It is the responsibility of the media committee to respond through established
procedures to formal complaints regarding challenged materials. When
objections are raised to instructional materials used in the system's
educational program, the complainant and the school system must adhere to
the reconsideration procedures outlined below.
• School Level - (First Step)
• If there is a complaint about instructional materials, the complainant should
have a conference with the local school principal. The purposes of this
conference are to discuss the complaint and to inform the complainant of the
procedures for filing a request for review of the material. If the complainant
intends to proceed with the process, he/she will be given the "Request for
Reconsideration of Instructional Materials and Media" form to complete.
• When the completed form is returned to the principal, copies of the form will
be filed with the principal's office, with the Coordinator of Media Services,
and with the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction.
• The School Media Committee will be informed of the request and members
will read/review the material in question in its entirety. The committee will
meet to discuss the request and make a decision as to what action will be
taken. Minutes of the meeting will be recorded and kept on file in the
principal's office. When a vote is taken to determine the decision of the
committee, the results should be a part of the minutes. The vote will be taken
by secret ballot. The ballots should be kept on file with the minutes. The
decision of the committee will be made within twenty (20) working days from
the date of the formal written request.
• A letter stating the decision and its rationale will be written by the
chairperson of the School Media Committee and mailed to the complainant
within five (5) working days of the decision. Copies of the letter and minutes
of the meeting will be kept on file in the principal's office and the office of the
Coordinator of Media Services.
Reconsideration of Materials

7. • The most important prerequisite for someone to receive an
Internet account is that he or she take full responsibility for
his or her own actions. The Walton County Public Schools
will not be liable for the actions of anyone connecting to the
Internet through this hook-up. All users shall assume full
liability--legal, financial, or otherwise--for their actions.
• In addition, the Walton County Public Schools takes no
responsibility for any information or materials that are
transferred through the Internet.
• Because of the size of the Internet, many kinds of materials
eventually find their way onto the system. Should a user
happen to find materials that may be deemed inappropriate
while using his or her Walton County Public Schools Internet
account, he or she shall refrain from downloading this
material and shall not identify or share the location of this
material. Be aware that the transfer of certain kinds of
materials is illegal and punishable by fine or jail sentence.
• The primary purpose of the Internet connection in Walton
County schools is education. It is essential that everyone
who uses this connection understand that purpose. Failure
to abide by these regulations shall result in suspension of
the Internet account.
Internet Use/ Safety

8. • A good collection development plan must include weeding.
The process of weeding is a key part of assessing the
collection. It helps keep collections relevant, accurate, and
useful; and it facilitates more effective use of space in the
library media center.
• Library media materials should be weeded if they:
• Are in poor physical condition
• Have not been circulated in the last five years
• Are outdated in content, use, or accuracy (Copyright date
should be considered; however, do not make a decision to
weed based solely on the copyright date of the material.
Some older material may be considered classic or may be of
great historical value to your collection.)
• Are mediocre or poor in quality
• Are biased or portray stereotypes
• Are inappropriate in reading level
• Duplicate information which is no longer in heavy demand
• Are superseded by new or revised information
• Are outdated and unattractive in format, design, graphics,
and illustrations
• Contain information which is inaccessible because they lack
a table of contents, adequate indexing, and/or search
capabilities
• Are not selected in accordance with general selection
criteria
Collection & Weeding

9. School’s Mission Plan
The mission of Loganville
Middle School is to provide our
students with the opportunity
to learn and the challenge to
develop their talents and
abilities to full potential.

10. Welcome to the LMS Media Center!
Our mission in the media center is
to ensure that all students and staff
become effective users of ideas and
information. Our ultimate goal is
that all students will develop skills
to become lifelong learners.

11. Operational Procedures
Media Center Hours
Mon-Thurs: 6:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Fri: 6:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Students are expected to sign
in and sign out of the media
center when they are not with
a class.

12. LMS Media Center Summary
– Serves over 1200, 6th
-8th
grade
students
– Serves 150+ faculty members
– One full-time Media Specialist
– 12,000 printed books

13. It’s all about location, location,
location!
• Media Center is centrally located
within school building.
• High traffic area
• Handicap friendly

14. LMS Current Media
Center Floor Plan

15. Snap Shots of LMS’
Media Center Facility
• The Media
Center has two
separate doors
in order to enter
and exit.
• The outside
bulletin board
displays current
events going on
at LMS.
• The inside
bulletin
showcases
students’ work.

16. Circulation Desk and
Safari Look Up Station
• The circulation desk is
located in front of the
Media Specialist’s
office.
• The circulation desk is
centrally located
allowing the Media
Specialist an entire
view of the library with
the exception of a
couple of aisle in the
fiction section.
• Safari database allows
for students to search a
title, book, author, or
topic.

17. Sections in the Media
Center
• Periodicals are
magazines or
newspapers that
allow students
to keep up with
current events
and trends.
• Reference and
Encyclopedia
section is mainly
utilized for
research papers,
projects, and
presentations.

18. • Nonfiction section contains informational books such
as bibliographies, history, science, culture, and poetry.
• The most popular section in the media center is the
fiction section. Our fiction section includes a variety
of genres such as contemporary realistic fiction,
modern fantasy, mysteries, science fiction, comedies,
and historical fiction.

19. Seating and Work Areas
• LMS Media Center has plenty of tables
and chairs to accommodate two
classrooms. We have both rectangular
and round tables which can sit
between four to six students.

20. Computer Stations
• The media center
has 28 computer
separated into
three sections: Set
of 4, 8, and 16
• All the computers
are networked to
the Media Center
printer as well as
connected to the
internet.
• There are two
computer labs
which also contain
28 computers and 1
printer.

21. Work and Storage Area
• The storage room
contains teacher
resources, class
sets of required
reading, and
technological tools.
• The work room
contains a
laminator, rolls of
construction paper,
copier, die cut
machine, and
poster maker.

22. Positive Views of LMS
Media Center
Students
• There are enough
computers for every
student in a classroom.
• They can check out 2
books at a time and
renew the book as
often as they need.
• The Media Center is
open before and after
school.
• They can come to the
media center whenever
they want to.
• They can always ask the
Media Specialist for
help in locating a book
or for recommending a
good book.
Teachers
• The media center can
hold at least two
classes: one for the
media center and one
for the computers.
• There is plenty of work
space to spread out the
students so that they
are not on top on one
another.
• Weeding of old,
outdated books.
• The work room with
the various
technological tools is
essential to every
teacher.
• The Media Specialist
always assists and
collaborates with
teachers.

23. Areas That Need
Improvement
Students and Faculty Responses:
1. No comfortable area to read your
book.
2. The bookshelves are too tall.
3. No book displays.
4. The circulation desk is too tall and
does not have decent storage space.

24. Suggestions for Improving
LMS Media Center
Problem #1:
There is not any
comfortable reading
areas.
Suggestions:
Purchase bean bag
chairs, two sofas, and
four sitting chairs.
www.walmart.com
www.csnschool.com

25. Problem #2:
The bookshelves
are too tall.
Suggestions:
Purchase
shorter
bookshelves.
www.csnschool.com

26. Problem #3:
There are no
book displays.
Suggestions:
Purchase book
displays.
www.csnschool.com

27. Problem #3:
The circulation desk is too tall without
enough storage space.
Suggestion:
Purchase a shorter circulation desk
with storage compartments.
www.csnschool.com

28. New and Improved LMS
Facility Plan