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Welcome to the Brier Terrace Library

You may come to the library…

before school without a pass, but you must be here by 7:45 if you need to use a computer. 

after you eat lunch with a pass from an adult in the cafeteria;

during study club on Mondays and Wednesdays with a pass from the teacher whose work you are doing; on Thursdays or Fridays without a pass (but you must bring work to do). There is no bus on Thursdays or Fridays, so you'll have to have your own transportation home.

during class with a pass from your teacher
 
Due to staff meetings, the library will be closed after school on Tuesdays.

If you come to the library between classes, you will not be issued a hall pass if you are late to your next class.  Come before or after school, during lunch, and with a pass during your English class.

HOW DOES THE LIBRARY WORK?

BOOKS

When you come in, always lay your pass on the counter and tell the librarian or an assistant what you are here for.

If you are sent to the library from a classroom to check out a book, you will have fifteen minutes to do so before you are sent back to class.  It is a good idea to bring a list of books you might like to read.

Make good use of your time here. If you are visiting, wasting time, or being disruptive, you will be warned once, then sent back to class.
 

You may check out two books at a time unless you establish a pattern of losing books or returning them late, in which case you will only be allowed one book at a time.

The checkout period is two weeks with one renewal.  You are expected to return books as soon as you have finished reading them so that others can use them.

If you have an overdue book, you will not be allowed to check out another until that book is returned.

Books overdue by a month or more  will be considered lost, and a fine slip will be issued.

You are responsible for any book you check out, regardless of who else might damage it while it is checked out to you. Do not leave your book unattended on a cafeteria table, a desk, or on the floor outside a classroom.
 

If you have lost a book or damaged it so badly that it must be taken out of circulation, you will not be allowed to check out another book until you have paid for the lost/damaged book.

Fiction books are arranged by genre.  To find the correct section, look for the signs posted in the library, or ask the librarian or an assistant for help.
 

COMPUTERS

You must ask for permission to use library computers.  If you need a computer, ask at the front desk before you sit down to use the computer.   If you come in with your class, your teacher will assign you a computer.

Unless otherwise instructed, always log in using your digital locker log-in.
 

Do not print pictures from the Internet unless the image is required for your assignment and you have checked with the librarian first. Google image searches are NOT allowed!!  Copyright-free images are available online; ask the librarian to help you find an appropriate site.

You may NOT print websites.  A website has pictures, sidebars, ads, and other content that is not useful in printed form and that wastes paper and ink when printed. You may copy and paste information from a web page into a word document and print that document, but make sure you also paste the URL into the document so you can find the website again.
 

Save your work!  Save it first in your virtual locker, then back it up on a flash drive.  Files must be saved under your name and a word that indicates what the file is about.  For example: JohnSmithendspecies for John Smith’s endangered species report.  Files saved with inappropriate file names will be deleted.

Computers are to be used for school work only.  You may not check your e-mail, play games, or access any inappropriate or non-school-related content.  If you need to open your e-mail to retrieve a document you've sent to yourself, ask the librarian first.
 

Do not make changes to anyone else’s files.  Do not touch a computer someone else is using.

Failure to comply with the library’s computer use policy will result in an office referral and may prevent you from using any of the school’s computers for the rest of the trimester or the rest of the school year.

OTHER LIBRARY RULES AND PROCEDURES

Follow the directions of any adult in the library whether they are a staff member or volunteer.

Keep your voice down.

WALK!  The library is full of breakable furniture and computers.
 

Do not jump or play on the furniture in the reading room or treat the stuffed animals roughly.  If you do so, you may not be allowed to use the reading room again.

If you take a book off the shelf, put it back where it goes or put it on the book cart at the circulation desk.

Do not visit with other students who are in the library with their class or who are working independently.  The library is a classroom, and you may not disrupt the work going on in here.

Be polite and courteous, and leave the library as clean as or cleaner than it was when you came in.

If you expect to visit the library often during lunch, ask the librarian for a sticker for your ASB card.  This will act as a pass out of the cafeteria.

Do not enter the library if there is no adult in the room.