Library Expectations: Rules and Procedures

School Days "School days, school days. Dear old golden rule days. Reading and writing and 'rithmetic. Taught to the tune of a hickory stick." Music by Gus Edwards, Lyrics by Will Cobb 1907		School Days, School days Oh, what are the rules these days Powerpoints and Smartboards and Ebook Time Daily updates of grades on line You were the girl whose jeans would drag I was the boy whose trousers sagged I’d text on my cell, replies would lag When we were a couple of kids 21st Century Educational Technology and Learning Michael Gorman
3Rs Respectful - Responsible - Resourceful

• Respect
  • for one another - positive statements!
    • Come in quietly, find seat and sit down - ready to listen and learn
    • Listen while librarian is talking
    • Raise your hand to ask questions
    • Wait your turn
    • Walk
    • Low talking - inside voices
  • for the library
    • chairs are for sitting - not on the tables
    • all four legs of the chairs on the floor - not safe to lean back
    • computer shelf is fragile - don't lean on it
  • for the books
    • take care of them
      • here - shelve them carefully, mark space on shelf or leave on the end
      • at home - keep them safe and clean - where you know where they are
      • to and from school - watch the weather - don't jam them into backpacks
• Responsible
  • for the books
    • return books on time - watch the due dates
    • return books on time - others may want them (Hold option)
    • return books on time - won't get lost and have to be paid for
  • for the computers - Internet Agreement signed
    • keep the screen as it is
    • no email (unless for homework), no games (unless Library), no downloading
  • for printing
    • no printing directly from internet
      • cut and copy web information into a Word or Works document
    • 1 page - click on 1 to 1
    • if it doesn't print the first time, it won't print the second time - get Mrs. Cutler to help
• Resourceful
  • Think first
  • Ask your fellow student
  • Become independent library users

Procedures

• come in quietly, find your seat and sit down, ready to listen and learn
• attendance and announcements
• author of the week presentation
• genre of the month
• lesson or activity of the day - (push chairs in when leaving tables)
• work in pairs - A and B - one pair to a numbered computer
  • A on keyboard and B with clipboard - then reverse next week
• return to seats to summarize
• push chairs in and then
• last 5-10 minutes to check out books - if time has been used efficiently and effectively
• bell rung to line up at south door (also if more quiet needed)

It's Your Choice - but

• #1 - warning
• #2 - time out at table instead of free time OR time out at yellow table
• #3 - stay in from recess, wash tables or study hall time here
• #4 - parent contact - letter/email
• #5 - office/referral

Goals

• learn about books, authors and literature
• learn about doing research both with books and on the internet
• become independent users of this library - and of any library