Media Center

About the Reed-Custer Middle School Media Center

Our mission in the media center is to teach students the skills they need to access, interpret, and manage their information needs not only today, but for their lifetimes.

Hours

Services

Policies

Circulation

Locating Materials

Staff

The Reed-Custer Middle School Library Media Center is open each day that school is in session during the regular school year. The hours are as follows:

On early dismissal days or staff development days, the Media Center closes at the end of the students' school day.

A wide variety of services are provided by the RCMS Media Center. For information about any of these services, contact the librarians. These services include:

• class presentations
• reference and research assistance
• reader's advisory
• book talks
• staff inservices
• graphics production services
• research pathfinders
• coin-operated copy machine

The following library and technology related Reed-Custer policies are available as text documents:

• Reed-Custer Authorization for Internet Access for Students
• Reed-Custer Authorization for Internet Access for Personnel
• Reed-Custer Library Materials Selection Policy

The Media Center's automated circulation system requires student ID numbers to check-out materials.

Items available for check-out

• books (fiction, non-fiction, reference)
• magazines
• vertical file items
• audio-visual materials (for classroom projects)

MEDIA TYPE	LOAN PERIOD
regular books	2 weeks
magazines (back issues)	overnight
magazines (current)	In library use only
reserve books	overnight
reference books	overnight
vertical file items	overnight
audio-visual items	overnight

Holds may be placed on items at the circulation desk. Ask the librarian.

The RCMS Media Center uses the Follett automation system which provides access to all materials in the middle school collection. The system allows the user to search for all types of materials which are cataloged in the system including print materials, audiovisual materials, videos, software, and periodical titles.

The Media Center has Macintosh computers for student use. The computers serve multiple functions allowing access to Internet, magazines in full-text and indexing, online database searching, word processing, and other functions. Accelerated Reading tests are taken on these computers also.

The Reed-Custer Middle School Media Center has two librarians on its staff.

Librarian

• Sandra Welsh - B.S. (Elementary Ed), M.S. (Reading), M.S. (Curriculum Instruction)

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