LOOK AT THE LIBRARY PROCEDURES & EXPECTATIONS
FOR 2015 - 2016!
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FOR 2015 - 2016!
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We have developed an NCS Libraries Policies and Procedures Manual. Please feel free to click on the link below to browse the handbook.
You may click on the file to download the policy manual.
NEW FINE AND RETURN POLICY--effective May 2015:
The NCS JH/SPH Library is open throughout the school day except during lunch and is available for classes and meetings. Study hall use of the library is possible if classes are not scheduled. All books and materials are loaned for a period of two (2) weeks and can be renewed as many times as needed. Fines are $.10 per day. per item. There is no fine for weekends, holidays, illness, or days the library is closed. Replacement of lost or damaged materials will be charged at current prices. Computers are used for academic purposed only; no gaming is permitted. Student behavior is to be respectful of others using the Library.
OVERDUE POLICY: According to school policy, fines are $.10 per day per item. There is no fine for weekends, holidays, illness, or days the library is closed. Replacement of lost or damaged materials will be charged at current prices. Students will receive an overdue notice and are expected to return/renew items and pay their fine, if any, to clear their account.
When a student has has overdue items, we are unable to process any further loans until the overdue materials are accounted for. When items are two (2) weeks or more overdue, a detention will be issued.
Students will be given a few days to return the materials and pay their fine or replacement cost. If they do not, Power-School Access will be denied until the obligation is met.
You may click on the file to download the policy manual.
NEW FINE AND RETURN POLICY--effective May 2015:
The NCS JH/SPH Library is open throughout the school day except during lunch and is available for classes and meetings. Study hall use of the library is possible if classes are not scheduled. All books and materials are loaned for a period of two (2) weeks and can be renewed as many times as needed. Fines are $.10 per day. per item. There is no fine for weekends, holidays, illness, or days the library is closed. Replacement of lost or damaged materials will be charged at current prices. Computers are used for academic purposed only; no gaming is permitted. Student behavior is to be respectful of others using the Library.
OVERDUE POLICY: According to school policy, fines are $.10 per day per item. There is no fine for weekends, holidays, illness, or days the library is closed. Replacement of lost or damaged materials will be charged at current prices. Students will receive an overdue notice and are expected to return/renew items and pay their fine, if any, to clear their account.
When a student has has overdue items, we are unable to process any further loans until the overdue materials are accounted for. When items are two (2) weeks or more overdue, a detention will be issued.
Students will be given a few days to return the materials and pay their fine or replacement cost. If they do not, Power-School Access will be denied until the obligation is met.
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MISSION, GOALS AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE NORWALK CATHOLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAM
THE MISSION
The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished: -by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats -by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas -by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning: 1998, p.6
GOALS
1. To provide intellectual access to information through learning activities that are integrated into the curriculum and that help all students achieve information literacy by developing effective cognitive strategies for selecting, retrieving, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, creating, and communicating information in all formats and in all content areas of the curriculum.
2. To provide physical access to information through a. a carefully selected and systematically organized local collection of diverse learning resources that represent a wide range of subjects, levels of difficulty, and formats; b. a systematic procedure for acquring information and materials from outside the library media center and the school through such mechanisms as electronic networks, interlibrary loan, and cooperative agreements with other information agencies; and instruction in using a range of equipment for accessing local and remote information in any format.
3. To provide learning experiences that encourage students and others to become discriminating consumers and skilled creators of information through comprehensive instruction related to the full range of communications media and technology.
4. To provide leadership, collaboration, and assistance to teachers and others in applying principles of instructional design to the use of instructional and information technology for learning.
5. To provide resources and activities that contribute to lifelong learning while accommodating a wide range of differences in teaching and learning styles, methods, interests, and capacities.
6. To provide a program that functions as the information center of the school, both thorugh offering a locus for integrated and interdisciplinary learning activities within the school and through offering access to a full range of information for learning beyond this locus.
7. To provide resources and activities for learning that represent a diversity of experiences, opinions, and social and cultural perspectives and to support the concept that intellectual freedom and access to information are prerequisite to effective and responsible citizenship in a democracy. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning: 1998, p.6
PHILOSOPHY OF THE NORWALK CATHOLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The primary objective of the Norwalk Catholic School Libraries is to implement, enrich and support the educational program of the schools. To this end the Advisory Board of the Norwalk Catholic Schools reaffirms the Learning and Teaching Principles of School Library Media Programs prepared jointly by the American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communication and Technology.
1. The library media program is essential to learning and teaching and must be fully integrated into the curriculum to promote students' achievement of learning goals.
2. The information literacy standards for students learning are integral to the content and objectives of the schools' curriculum.
3. The library media program models and promotes collaborative planning and curriculum development.
4. The library media program models and promotes creative, effective, and collaborative teaching.
5. Access to the full range of information resources and services through the library media program is fundamental to learning.
6. The library media program encourages and engages students in reading, viewing, and listening for understanding and enjoyment.
7. The library media program supports the learning of all students and other members of the learning community who have diverse learning abilities, styles, and needs.
8. The library media program fosters individual and collaborative inquiry.
9. The library media program integrates the uses of technology for learning and teaching.
10. The library media program is an essential link to the larger learning community. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning: 1998, p.58
The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished: -by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats -by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas -by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning: 1998, p.6
GOALS
1. To provide intellectual access to information through learning activities that are integrated into the curriculum and that help all students achieve information literacy by developing effective cognitive strategies for selecting, retrieving, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, creating, and communicating information in all formats and in all content areas of the curriculum.
2. To provide physical access to information through a. a carefully selected and systematically organized local collection of diverse learning resources that represent a wide range of subjects, levels of difficulty, and formats; b. a systematic procedure for acquring information and materials from outside the library media center and the school through such mechanisms as electronic networks, interlibrary loan, and cooperative agreements with other information agencies; and instruction in using a range of equipment for accessing local and remote information in any format.
3. To provide learning experiences that encourage students and others to become discriminating consumers and skilled creators of information through comprehensive instruction related to the full range of communications media and technology.
4. To provide leadership, collaboration, and assistance to teachers and others in applying principles of instructional design to the use of instructional and information technology for learning.
5. To provide resources and activities that contribute to lifelong learning while accommodating a wide range of differences in teaching and learning styles, methods, interests, and capacities.
6. To provide a program that functions as the information center of the school, both thorugh offering a locus for integrated and interdisciplinary learning activities within the school and through offering access to a full range of information for learning beyond this locus.
7. To provide resources and activities for learning that represent a diversity of experiences, opinions, and social and cultural perspectives and to support the concept that intellectual freedom and access to information are prerequisite to effective and responsible citizenship in a democracy. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning: 1998, p.6
PHILOSOPHY OF THE NORWALK CATHOLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The primary objective of the Norwalk Catholic School Libraries is to implement, enrich and support the educational program of the schools. To this end the Advisory Board of the Norwalk Catholic Schools reaffirms the Learning and Teaching Principles of School Library Media Programs prepared jointly by the American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communication and Technology.
1. The library media program is essential to learning and teaching and must be fully integrated into the curriculum to promote students' achievement of learning goals.
2. The information literacy standards for students learning are integral to the content and objectives of the schools' curriculum.
3. The library media program models and promotes collaborative planning and curriculum development.
4. The library media program models and promotes creative, effective, and collaborative teaching.
5. Access to the full range of information resources and services through the library media program is fundamental to learning.
6. The library media program encourages and engages students in reading, viewing, and listening for understanding and enjoyment.
7. The library media program supports the learning of all students and other members of the learning community who have diverse learning abilities, styles, and needs.
8. The library media program fosters individual and collaborative inquiry.
9. The library media program integrates the uses of technology for learning and teaching.
10. The library media program is an essential link to the larger learning community. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning: 1998, p.58