The document outlines the policies and procedures of the Lansdowne High School library media center to help students learn and succeed academically. It provides information on library staff, hours of operation, circulation policies, fines, signing out materials, computer use, copy services, and prohibited behaviors. It also lists the different areas of the library including fiction, nonfiction, reference materials, magazines, and newspapers. The objective is for students to learn how to use the library by familiarizing themselves with its policies, locations of materials, and completing a scavenger hunt worksheet.

1. How can using a library help you learn?

2. Welcome To Lansdowne High School and the Viking Academy

3. OBJECTIVE You will become acquainted with the policies and procedures AND learn the location and arrangement of the materials found in the library media center IN ORDER TO successfully answer the scavenger hunt questions

4. LIBRARY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

5. LIBRARY STAFF Mrs. Dement - Library Media Specialist Introducing Mr. Mossman (pd.4 and 5)

6. LIBRARY HOURS Lunch Time Use of the Library - Get a pass before school from the librarian Class Time Use of the Library - Must have a pass signed by your teacher Monday through Friday 7:15am - 3:00pm

7. **ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO SIGN IN UPON ARRIVAL AT THE LIBRARY**

8. Web Access Library Catalog http://destiny.bcps.org

9. CIRCULATION POLICY Reference Books - overnight at 2:00 until 7:15am Magazines - overnight Pamphlets - overnight Books - 4 weeks ALL MATERIALS CAN BE RENEWED!!

10. FINES Reference Materials - $1.00 a day All Other Materials - $.10 a day

11. SIGNING OUT MATERIALS Your First and Last Name Your Grade and Homeroom Section EXAMPLE John Doe 9 - 04 Scanned into automated circulation system

12. COMPUTER USE Computers and the Internet are for educational purposes only!

13. COPY SERVICES and COSTS Printing From Computers $.05 Per Page

14. Copy Machine Use $.05 Per Page COPY SERVICES and COSTS The Library Staff Will Make the Copies for You!!

15. NO EATING OR DRINKING IN THE LIBRARY !

16. GOOD SAILING THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR!!

17. How do you intend to use the LHS library to help you succeed academically?

18. LIBRARY AREAS TO REMEMBER Fiction / Careers / Colleges Nonfiction / Biography Reference / Encyclopedias Magazines / Newspapers

19. OBJECTIVE You will become acquainted with library policies and procedures AND learn the location and arrangement of the materials found in the library media center IN ORDER TO successfully complete the scavenger hunt worksheet