Jackson-Olin High School
Library Policy and Procedure Manual
Dr. Nichole Davis Williams/ Principal
Dr. Linda Hall/Librarian
April 2020
Table of Contents
Welcome……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Library Media Center Mission Statement………...………………………..……………………………………………………………3
Our Philosophy…………………………… ……………………….………………..………………………………..……………………………..3
School Mission Statement……..………………….……………….……………………………………………………………………………4
Intellectual Freedom….............................................................................………………………………………………….5
Library Bill of Rights…………………………..………………..…………………………………………………………………………………..5
Nine Information Literacy Standards………………………..………………………….………………………………………………….6
Copyrights…………………………………...……………………………………………………..……………………….…………………….7-10
Budgeting…………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10
Materials Procedures Selection…………………….……………….……………………………………………………………………..11
Materials Procedures Criteria……………………………..………………………………..……………………………………………..12
Challenged Material ….………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
Request Form for Reconsideration of Library Materials……………….….……………………………………………………14
Book Donation……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………….15
Storage and Equipment….. …………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………..…16
Material Procedure for Evaluation and Weeding……………………………………………………………………………...16-17
Library Rules………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………..18
Circulation Policy and Procedures……………………………………..……………………………………………………………..19-21
Services Offered…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….22
Planned Activities……………………….………………..……………………………………………………………………………………….23
Other Policy and Procedures……………….………….……….…………………………………………………………………………..24
Appendice………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25
AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner………………………….……………………………………………………………….
WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
The school librarian is the leader and administrator of the library media program. As the administrator of the school library media program, the library media specialist uses collaboration, leadership, and technology skills to manage a 21st Century library media program that is not only comprehensive but fully integrated into the school curriculum.
The library plays an important role in the school as most subjects and some extra class activities require the use of the library. The functions of the library are many but its primary aim is to meet the needs of the students and to contribute to their instruction and recreation.
The library belongs to all students. In order that all may derive the greatest possible benefits from the library media center and not infringe upon the rights of others, we would like to remind all of our patrons the following policies and procedures that regulate the library media center of Jackson- Olin High School.
The MISSION of a SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
To ensure the basic principles of the library media program aligns with the mission, goals and objectives of the school and that students and staff are information literate.
Our PHILOSOPHY
Jackson-Olin Library Media Center re-afirms the philosophy of the Birmingham City Schools System. The library media center is a learning center for the entire school. It is a place where students and teachers can find a multiplicity of well-organized resources to aid in whatever learning is in progress. The emphasis is on the individual and the learning situation rather than on materials. Our library media center provides materials in adequate quantities to stimulate the student to want to learn and grow to the fullest extent of his capabilities. The library media center provides areas for quiet reading, for exploring, for individual and group instruction, for reference work, for listening and viewing, individualized technology use, a well-equipped technology lab for classroom usage and for utilizing digital curriculum instruction, a conference room and a media production room dedicated for preparation of media needed by students, teachers, and librarian.
MISSION STATEMENT
P.D. Jackson-Olin High School is committed to preparing students to be college and career ready in a highly technical globalized society. This will be accomplished by offering a rigorous, relevant curriculum that promotes independent life-long learning. The Jackson-Olin Team, parents, and community are also committed to nurturing growth mindsets, character development, cultural diversity, and equity in a caring, safe, and productive environment.
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM
Intellectual freedom includes the selection of materials to meet the needs of its users. The librarians will collaborate with the classroom teachers to implement resources during instruction. The library media center will assist the user through the instruction of information skills. The library media committee will create policies, and when resources are challenged, the committee will support the interpretation of those policies. In addition to previous statements, the principle philosophy of intellectual freedom will be guided by the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, a copy of which is appended to this policy.
Library Bill of Rights
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
- Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
- Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
- Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
- A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
- Libraries that make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.
Adopted June 19, 1939.
Amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27,
1967; and January 23, 1980;
inclusion of “age” reaffirmed January 23, 1996, by the ALA Council.
THE NINE INFORMATION LITERACY STANDARDS
Information Literacy
Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.
Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.
Independent Learning
Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests.
Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.
Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.
Social Responsibility
Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.
Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.
WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States
(title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
- To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
- To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
- To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or
other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
- To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
Choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other
Audiovisual works;
- To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
Choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural
works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other
Audiovisual work; and
- In the case of sound recordings,* to perform the work publicly by means of
a digital audio transmission.
In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act. For further information, see Circular 40, Copyright Registration for Works of the Visual Arts.
It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright
law to the owner of copyright. These rights, however, are not unlimited in
scope. Sections 107 through 121 of the 1976 Copyright Act establish limitations on these rights. In some cases, these limitations are specified exemptions from copyright liability. One major limitation is the doctrine of “fair use,” which is given a statutory basis in section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act. In other instances, the limitation takes the form of a “compulsory license” under which certain limited uses of copyrighted works are permitted upon payment of specified royalties and compliance with statutory conditions. For further information about the limitations of any of these rights, consult the copyright law or write to the Copyright Office.
Copyright
Materials obtained or copied on the Internet may be subject to laws that govern making reproductions of copyrighted works. A work protected by copyright may not be copied without permission of the copyright owner unless the proposed use falls within the definition of “Fair Use.” Customers are responsible for compliance with all international, national and state laws governing copyrighted materials.
What Is Not Protected by Copyright?
Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others:
- Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for
example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or
improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or
recorded)
- Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere
variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere
listings of ingredients or contents
- Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles,
discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or
illustration
- Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and
containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height
and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from
public documents or other common sources)
How Long Copyright Protection Endures
Works Originally Created on or after January 1, 1978
A work that was created (fixed in tangible form for the first time) on or after January 1, 1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and is ordinarily given a term enduring for the author’s life plus an additional 70 years after the author’s death. In the case of “a joint work prepared by two or more authors who did not work for hire,” the term lasts for 70 years after the last surviving author’s death. For works made for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works (unless the author’s identity is revealed
in Copyright Office records), the duration of copyright will be 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.
Works Originally Created Before January 1, 1978,
But Not Published or Registered by That Date
These works have been automatically brought under the statute and are now given federal copyright protection. The duration of copyright in these works is generally computed in the same way as for works created on or after January 1, 1978: the life-plus-70 or 95/120-year terms apply to them as well. The law provides that in no case would the term of copyright for works in this category expire before December 31, 2002, and for works published on or before December 31, 2002, the term of copyright will not expire before December 31, 2047.
Works Originally Created and Published or Registered
before January 1, 1978
Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the date a work was published with a copyright notice or on the date of registration if the work was registered in unpublished form. In either case, the copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured. During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. The Copyright Act of 1976 extended the renewal term from 28 to 47 years for copyrights that were subsisting on January 1, 1978, or for pre-1978 copyrights restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), making these works eligible for a total term of protection of 75 years. Public Law 105-298, enacted on October 27, 1998, further extended the renewal term of copyrights still subsisting on that date by an additional 20 years, providing for a renewal term of 67 years and a total term of protection of 95 years.
Public Law 102-307, enacted on June 26, 1992, amended
the 1976 Copyright Act to provide for automatic renewal of the term of copyrights secured between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977. Although the renewal term is automatically provided, the Copyright Office does not issue a renewal certificate for these works unless a renewal application and fee are received and registered in the Copyright Office.
Public Law 102-307 makes renewal registration optional. Thus, filing for renewal registration is no longer required to extend the original 28-year copyright term to the full 95 years. However, some benefits accrue to renewal registrations that were made during the 28th year. For more detailed information on renewal of copyright and the copyright term, see Circular 15, Renewal of Copyright; Circular 15a, Duration of Copyright; and Circular 15t, Extension of Copyright Terms.
Retrieved April2015 from www.aiha.org/aihce03/handouts/rt238goch.pdf
BUDGETING PROCEDURES
In years past the library media program was funded through the State with Library Enhancement funds. However those funds has become obsolete in the school library. Currently, this library exist solely on the contributions from our local school budget which allocates funds. Budgeting is a collaborative effort of the entire faculty and staff. A budget needs the support of teachers, administrators, students, and the community. Acting in their leadership roles, the librarian seek the support of these groups and use school and community public relations strategies to:
- Ensure that budget requests are presented and considered within the appropriate context of program goals and objectives.
- Ensure that approximately 60% of the instructional budget is used to acquire materials of lasting value for the school library media center so that every student and teacher can use them.
- Heighten awareness of the need for a wide variety of up-to-date resources to extend and enrich learning opportunity
SELECTION POLICY
Objective
The main objective of our selection procedure is to provide the students with a wide range of educational materials on all levels of difficulty and in a variety of formats, with diversity of appeal, allowing for the presentation of many different points of view.
The objective of the library media center is to make available to faculty and students a collection of materials that will enrich and support the curriculum and meet the needs of the students and faculty served.
Responsibility for Selection
School library media resources shall be selected in accordance with the philosophy and objectives of the Birmingham Board of Education and the local school; and shall support the curriculum of the school. Teachers, parents and students are encouraged to suggest resources for the library collection, with due consideration given to financial limitations. The responsibility for coordinating the selection of materials and equipment rests with the professionally trained school library media personnel, under the supervision of the principal, with the final authority being vested in the Board of Education.
The librarian will work cooperatively with staff members to interpret and guide the application of the policy in making day-to-day selection; however, final responsibility for selection of materials for the library media center lies with the librarian.
This year the librarian with the assistance from each department, curriculum specialists, and instructors are responsible for the selection of material in the library.
Curriculum Coach
Ms. Emily Cook
English Teacher
Science Department
Ms. Linda Givan
Social Studies Department
Ms. Debra Ruffin
Career Tech Department
Special Education Department
Ms. Lauren Maddox
Mathematics Department
Janice Drake
Principal
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF MATERIAL
Staff members involved in selection of resource materials shall use the following criteria as a guide:
- Educational significance
- Contribution the subject matter makes to the curriculum and to the interests of the students
- Favorable reviews found in standard selection sources
- Favorable recommendations based on preview and examination of materials by professional personnel
- Reputation and significance of the author, producer and publisher
- Validity, currency, and appropriates of material
- Contribution the material makes to breath of representative viewpoints on controversial issues
- High degree of potential user appeal
- High artistic quality and/or literary style
- Quality and variety of format
- Value commensurate with cost and/or need
- Timeliness or permanence
- Integrity
The following recommended lists shall be consulted in the selection of materials, but selection is not limited to their listings.
- Bibliographies latest editions available, including supplements and Current reviewing media
- Reference Books for School Libraries
- School Library Journal
- Booklist
CHALLENGED MATERIALS POLICY
Although materials are carefully selected, there can develop differences of opinion regarding suitable materials. Students requesting that material be withdrawn from or restricted within the collection may complete a “Citizen’s Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials” form, which is available in the library. Challenged materials inquiries will be processed in accordance with the Library’s Challenged Materials Policy Guidelines.
- Be courteous, but make no commitments.
- Have the person fill out the questionnaire that follows and submit to the principal, the
media supervisor, and the media committee.
- Withdraw the material temporarily until the media committee makes a decision.
- The media committee will:
- Read and examine the questioned material.
- Check reviews that appear in professional publications.
- Weigh values and faults against each other, form opinions on the materials as a
whole and not on extracted portions.
- Prepare a report on the material.
- File a copy of the report in the school and administrative offices.
- The person making the complaint is given the following form to complete in full
“Citizen’s Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials.”
Request for Reconsideration of Library Media Center Resources
SCHOOL_______________________________________________________________________
TITLE_________________________________________________________________________
MEDIA FORMAT_________________________________________________________
AUTHOR OR PRODUCER__________________________________________________
REQUEST INITIATED BY
NAME_________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS________________________________________________________________
TELEPHONE______________________________________________________________
Does the person making this request represent a group or organization?
Yes/No
If so, please identify the name of the organization
______________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
- Have you read, viewed or listened to the material in its entirety? Yes/No
- Please cite the specific pages to which you objected. Explain your objections.
________________________________________________________________________
- What do you identify as the theme of this material? ________________________
- What good features do you identify ____________________________________
- For what age group would you recommend this material___________________
- In the place of this material, please recommend other material, which you consider to be of equal or superior quality for the educational purpose intended
___________________________________________________________________________
- Do you wish to make an oral presentation to the Library Media Committee?
Yes/No
Date____________________________Signature________________________________
BOOK DONATIONS
The Jackson-Olin High School Library accept gift books with the proviso that the library is free to decide whether to keep the book in the library's collection, place in a classroom library, put it in a book sale to raise funds for the library, or discard it.
If organizations wish to donate we ask:
- That they give books appropriate to the age level. There is no reason to donate books to a school library that are not age-appropriate for the students at the school. This refers to the reading level and the content of the books.
- Check the books' physical condition. Books in poor condition, despite the title or subject of the book, are not needed because they either fall apart quickly or receive little to no circulation because students judge the worthiness of the book based solely on its physical condition. Also, mold spreads easily and can quickly ruin unaffected books making your donation a bane, not a blessing.
- Ask if the library keeps a wish list of books. Your books may not be on the list, but if you still want to donate books this is another option.
- Ask the librarian if you would need to purchase the books to donate, or just donate money for the purchase.
STORAGE/MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT
Equipment includes copy machines, computers, printers, telephones, and fax machines, as well as any furniture in need of repairs. The Library Media Center will utilize the small AV room for storage of useful items that aids in the service of its patrons. The
Professional Collection room will house all material that is used to enrich the curriculum (i.e. professional books, test practice manuals, classroom sets of literature, etc.)
If issues arise with the Library computers or printer, etc. or with any technological equipment throughout the school the protocol is to report to the librarian in her role as technology coordinator. The librarian will attempt to troubleshoot the issue if unable to resolve the problem, she puts a ticket in through district’s help desk for a technician.
Relating to the copier in the media center and throughout the building, the staff will add paper and take care of straightforward paper jams. Do not attempt any other repairs. Request toner cartridge replacement and refer all other problems to media staff.
Weeding
Weeding is the removing of materials from a library collection
The following criteria should be considered in developing such a policy:
- Content: look for relevance to the needs and curriculum of the school.
- Physical condition: look for ease of repair. Is there sufficient time and staff to complete major repairs?
- Number of circulations including last circulation. If not circulated for 5-10 years determine why.
- Superseded: is there newer information available?
COPYRIGHT
Dewey Classifications
000 2-10 years
100 10 years 200 2-10 years 300 5-10 years 400 10 years
500 5-10 years 600 5-10 years
700 5-15 years
800 flexible
900 15 years
Biographies flexible
Fiction 10 years
Encyclopedia 5-7 years
Reference: evaluate on
Individual basis
Periodicals 5 years
Almanacs/Yearbooks 3 years in
Reference, 3
Additional years in Circulation http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/documents/weedingbrochure.pdf
Retrieved April 22, 2015
EVALUATION/ASSESSMENTS
- Determine how the information will be organized and analyzed
- Determine how information will be use and shared
- Is the library media collection and program responsive to changes in the school's program?
- Does the library media collection and program support curricular and instructional needs?
- Is the library media collection and program meeting the needs of users?
- Does the library media collection and program provide access to materials from outside the school?
- Does the library media collection and program include formats preferred by user?
- Does the library media collection hinder or facilitate the library media program?
PUBLIC RELATIONS
The school library media center uses a variety of public relations techniques to advertise its services to the school and community.
- Book Club for students
- Community Breakfast
- Academy Meetings for Parents
- P. T. S.O. Meetings
- Alumni Gatherings
- Holiday Cheer
- Embedded Professional Development Meetings
- Faculty Meeting
- Fairs (Science & History)
Jackson-Olin Library Media Center
Rules
Students are asked to:
- Abide by the CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE DRESS CODE OF THE SCHOOL
- Bring a PERMISSION SLIP FROM YOUR TEACHER (ENTER WILL A PASS)
- Reframe from EATING or DRINKING while in the media center
- Be POLITE at all times and RESPECT our teachers and fellow classmates
- WORK QUIETLY as not to disturb others (no conference rooms are provided)
- BE PREPARED (bring your own paper, pencil or pen)
- COOPERATE WITH OTHERS (if you have materials that are needed by someone else, please share)
- LISTEN COURTEOUSLY when others are speaking (this applies especially to groups and when entertaining guest speakers)
CIRCULATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES
Student Policy:
- All students are allowed to check out library books.
- Students may check out a maximum of three books at one time. Additional books may be checked out the library media specialist’s approval if needed.
- Library books may be checked out for a period of two weeks and renewed for an additional week if necessary, as long as the material is not in demand.
- Books may be returned anytime during the day from 7:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Books are to be placed on the book truck labeled “Book Returned or Book Return Drop” at the circulation desk or given to the library media specialist or library assistant. Books are not to be returned or placed on the shelves without properly being checked back in to the library media center.
- Reference books are only circulated within the media center. Only checked out with prior approval from LMS. If teacher request the checkout of a referenced books for classroom use, the books should be returned by 3:00 p.m. the same day.
- Students may read magazines in the library media center.
Faculty and Staff
- All faculty and staff members may check out materials for a period of two weeks or longer, unless materials are in heavy demand.
- When a teacher needs material for a unit of study, the teacher should notify the library media staff several days in advance, if possible. Please provide a list of the types of items needed.
- Faculty members wishing to have materials placed on reserve should notify the library media staff in advance of the date materials will be needed.
- Teachers may select books (Classroom Collection) for use in the classroom for a lengthy period of time. If you would like the librarian to select books for you, notification must be made at least two (2) days in advance.
- Multi-media materials may be checked out by faculty and staff members for a period of two (2) weeks or longer, unless the materials are in heavy demands.
- Any materials (print, non-print, equipment, etc.) that a teacher has checked out should be checked back in and accounted for before being given to another teacher or faculty member.
- All equipment belonging to the library should be returned to the library by the end of the first week of May, so an accurate inventory can be completed. You may check the equipment back out after the second week of school. Teachers are responsible for picking up and returning all equipment to the library media center. Students are not allowed to move equipment such as (computers, televisions, etc.) within the school.
- Internet will be available in the library and throughout the school. All students, staff and faculty members must have on file at the school, a signed TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE AGREEMENT FORM before using the Internet. All students must be supervised when using Internet.
- When materials are lost, the borrower will be charged the price of the item. All money collected will be turned into the office and records will be kept. Any monies received will be used for the library media center.
LIBRARY HOURS
Jackson-Olin High School’s librarian will open the library by 7:45 a.m. each morning and close at 4:00 p.m. If there is a program that will be held in the library we will open sooner. During open periods teachers may send individual students, small groups to the library media center for research, computer use, recreational reading, and check-out, or returning books. Teachers are welcomed to bring their class in for research. However the teacher must schedule his/her day and time with the librarian to make sure the library is free at the desired time.
Our library media center uses flexible scheduling. This means that teachers may bring students to the library as they feel students need help finding material to work on class projects that require information resources or material to read. Teachers always accompany their students when class time has been reserved.
ADMITTANCE TO THE LIBRARY
- Students will only be admitted to the library media center after they have stayed the first 15 minutes in their perspective classes. They should ask their teacher and receive a pass to come to the library.
- Students are admitted to the library with a permit issued by the teacher. The permit is enforced only for the class period that it is issued.
- On the permit should be the student’s name, the date, the class period, the teacher’s signature, and purpose for students’ visit.
- If a student decides to return to class before the period is over, the librarian will sign the slip admitting the student to pass in the hall and back to class.
- If the student remains in the library until the class period is over, the student will exit library to his/her next period class.
CONDUCT IN THE LIBRARY
- Enter and Exit quietly and orderly.
- Adhere to students Code of Conduct
- Students must be in uniform
- Students must have Shirt tails in (male)
- No sagging of pants (male)
- Loud or continuous talking or other disturbing noises are not allowed.
- Running and any form of rough housing are not allowed.
- No Food or drink allowed in the library media center.
PROCEDURES: CHECKING OUT BOOKS
- The Patron (borrower) will bring all materials to be checked out to the circulation desk. A member of the library staff will take materials and scan barcode number of the materials after they have located the patron in the Destiny Automation System.
- A date for returned is generated from the automation system. Staff will give that date to the patron and a book mark can be taken to record the due date information.
- An overdue list is generated quarterly for materials that have not been returned in a timely manner.
- Overdue notices are given to students not returning books.
PROCEDURES: CHECKING IN BOOKS
- Patrons may give materials for check-in to staff at circulation desk or place in designated place for “BOOK RETURN”
- Materials are scanned for check-in by their barcode numbers and placed on cart for shelving.
OVERDUE/LOST BOOKS
- When books are lost, the patron (borrower) will be charged the price of the book as recorded in Destiny catalog. All monies collected for lost books are receipted and turned into the office. Records will be kept.
- Money collected is used for the library media center.
- There is no cost to the patron for overdue or fines associated with book loans.
SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES OFFERED
The most important school supply is found in the school library media center--Information
- The school library media center provides free library media service to the entire school population.
- The school library media center is the hub that bridges the entire school
- The school library media center is open for an additional hour on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday after the school day in order to service students in the school.
- The school library media center provides access to a dedicated telephone line that students can use.
- We provide a FAX machine to facilitate resource sharing and interlibrary loan.
- Computers with Internet access connecting to information sources are also available.
- The school library media center maintains a circulation system for keeping track of all materials that are checked out.
- The school library media center provides community access to the existing school library media collection within the guidelines of the school district.
- The school library media staff actively promotes the use of new materials, equipment, and services.
- The school librarian assist teachers and staff with access to technology, teacher’s grade books, and new teachers orientation to Student-Teachers Information System ( STI)
- The school library media center troubleshoot and reports all issues related to technology
PLANNED ACTIVITIES
Library Orientation …………………………………………………………………......…. August
Alabama Virtual Library Orientation …………………………………………………. September
Book Club Kick-off ……………………………………………………………………… October
Martin Luther King, Jr. Activities.……………………….…………………..…………… January
Black History Month …………………………………………………………...……….. February
Women History Month ………………………………………………………….…………. March
National Library Week Activities …………………………………………….…………….. April
Plagiarism and Copyright Reminder Month ………………………….……………………… May
- OTHER POLICIES & PROCEDURES
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS:
Students who would like to work in the library media center are invited to direct their request to the librarian(s) and their counselor. Students need to have a strong work ethic, enjoy working with technology, and are well organized. Volunteer opportunities are designated to 11th and 12th grade students. Generally, the library can provide these opportunities for six (6) to eight (8) students, depending on their schedules.
RARE AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Rare and Archival materials may be used in the library media center only. These items are not available for checkout. Request these items at the Circulation Desk.
FOOD AND DRINK:
Food and drinks are not allowed in the library media center. Please help us keep the library clean and the library materials undamaged. Food and liquids are not good items to have around computers.
CELL PHONES IN THE LIBRARY
Cell phones are not allowed to be used during the school day at Jackson Olin High School, so please do not bring them to the library media center.
TITLE: LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST
REPORTS TO: School Principal & Director of Library
SUPERVISES: Assistant Librarian, Paraprofessionals and Student Assistants
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Masters Degree with library certification including a minimum of 18 semester hours in Library
Science.
- At least three (3) years of previous teaching experience.
JOB GOAL: To provide a wide variety and range of library media resources that will invite intellectual growth. To assist all users in acquiring the skills needed to make maximum use of resources.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Initiates, develops and implements policies and procedures for the operation of the school
library media center and manages the center in keeping with the objectives and philosophy of
the school.
- Provides leadership in assessing and evaluating the library program.
- Establishes and implements short-range and long-term goals for the library media program.
- Leads in the development and implementation of a continuous evaluation plan to identify
strengths and weaknesses of the library media program.
- Leads in the preparation and administration of the library budget.
- Evaluates, selects, requisitions, prepares for circulation, publicizes and distributes all library
resources.
- Participates at curriculum meetings and at faculty meetings.
- Works with teachers in planning assignments that will lead to increased use of the library.
- Helps students to develop habits of independent library use.
- Provides reading guidance to students who have special needs.
- Motivates and guides pupils in the development of reading, viewing, and listening skills,
attitudes and appreciation of literature.
- Establishes and maintains a professional atmosphere in which library staff, students and
others can work harmoniously at optimum levels.
- Provides an in-service program for the faculty in the use of resources and services of the
library media center.
- Joins and participates in professional associations.
- Engages in activities leading to continuous professional growth.
- Demonstrates emotional stability.
- Dresses and is groomed appropriately for the job.
- Works with Chapter I Teachers and students during summer school, when appropriate.
- Adheres to school system rules, administrative procedures, local board policies, and state &
federal rules & regulations.
- Engages in professional growth & demonstrates professional ethics & leadership.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Nine (9) Months / 187 Days
SALARY: Salary Schedule 16 (Actual salary will be determined upon verification of experience & education)
TITLE: LIBRARY MEDIA CLERK (Assistant)
LOCATION: School Site to be determined
REPORTS TO: School Principal and Librarian
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Knowledge of and ability to use automated circulation and cataloging systems. Must be
computer literate.
- Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, and equipment.
- Knowledge of library and cataloging procedures.
- Good keyboarding skills.
- Good public relations ability.
- Ability to work effectively with teachers and central office staff.
- Ability to perform duties with limited supervision.
- Such alternatives and additions to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find
appropriate and acceptable.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Receives and processes request by phone for books and recommends appropriate titles.
- Prepares materials for distribution by pony express.
- Responsible for the circulation of books and other materials.
- Prepares daily, monthly, and annual attendance and circulation reports.
- Responsible f or keeping a current record of all journals and, periodicals, and keeping traces
on – missing issues.
- Responsible for sending delinquent notices on books and materials.
- Responsible for examining copies of new library books, which are received, categorized and
placed under appropriate subject headings.
- Responsible for showing teachers how to use media equipment, and circulating equipment as
needed.
- Assigns subject headings and makes cross references for vertical file materials.
- Types and distributes selected bibliographies based on demand, and upon request.
- Types and distributes acquisition lists of new materials.
- Selects and compiles recommendations for library materials to be ordered.
- Adheres to school system rules, administrative procedures, local board policies, and state &
federal rules & regulations.
- Engages in professional growth & demonstrate professional ethics & leadership.
- Other duties as assigned by principal.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Nine (9) Months / 184 Days
SALARY: Salary Schedule 36-01 / $19,787.00 - $26,548.00 (Actual salary determined upon verification of experience & education)
