ACMS
Library Media Center

Hours: Mon. – Fri.
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m

Library Employees:

Heather Hawkins,
Library Media Specialist

June Brown,
Library Clerk

With special help from 8^th grade proctors

Podcast

The ACMS Library Media Center has its own podcast.  Check it out here!

Reading Corner

    Tips from your library media teacher:

Read everyday
Find books of interest
Read aloud
Read for pleasure
Discuss books
Give books as gifts
Create reading space at home
Take books everywhere

Policies

Passes
A pass is required to visit the library during study halls and lunch. Passes can be obtained from academic teachers.

Circulation
Materials can be borrowed for 2 weeks and are renewable.
Overdue book fines are .05 a day.

Computer Use
When classes are doing research in the library the computers are reserved for their use.
At other times, the computers are available for independent use as long as it is school related.
The Acceptable Use Policy applies to computer use throughout the school.

Services Include
●District Interlibrary Loan
●Internet Access
●Electronic card catalog
●Newspaper and Magazines

Links
Sites for homework and fun

Links to awards, classics
and college bound.

Library Class

Students will come to the library once every two weeks to learn a variety of library skills. Students will also check-out and renew books during this time.

The following are a few of the topics students will learn:
●Web-site evaluation
●Citing pictures and sources
●Research skills
●PowerPoint
●Dewey Decimal System
●Kan-ed backpack

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”

                                                                          -Mark Twain