Policies

The atmosphere is to be quiet and orderly. Students are to handle materials and equipment with care and return them to their proper places. Equipment must be used at its assigned workstation. The Librarian and Library Assistants are available to assist students making use of the Media Center. When borrowing materials, students are required to use their student I.D. cards. Checking out materials for other people is not allowed. Books are charged for a period of no less than two weeks and may be renewed at the discretion of the librarian. For renewals, the students must have both their I.D. cards and the books to be renewed. Students may have no more than FIVE books charged to their account at one time. The due date is always a MONDAY or the first school day of the week. It is the student’s responsibility to check the due
date slip at the front of the book.

All materials are to be returned to the Circulation Desk and given to the Library Assistant or placed in the book drop. Students are responsible for the return of materials on or before the due date. A grace period of two days after the due date is allowed for books. The grace period does not apply to other materials from the Media Center. All fines are charged beginning with the due date, not the end of the grace period. The  fine for books is 10 cents per day per book. (For example, a book due on Monday and returned or renewed by Wednesday - no fine; returned or renewed on Thursday - 30 cents.)  For reserve books, back issues of magazines, and vertical file materials the fine is 10 cents per period per item. The student who is sick on the due date and grace period (three days total) will be exempted from payment after the librarian checks with the class coordinator. Illness on one or two days only during a longer overdue period does not excuse a student from fines. Fines are to be paid at the same time that overdue materials are returned. Regardless of age or condition, lost or damaged materials must be paid for by the borrower at the cost of replacement. This is a cash transaction; substitute materials will not be accepted.