Hours
The library opens for students at 7 a.m. and closes at 3:00 p.m.For faculty, the copy center housed in the Media Center work room remains open until the last teacher leaves. Please see Media staff to ensure that you will be able to access the copy room after 3:00 p.m.
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Ms. Kravetz is the Media Specialist. She is Media Assistants: Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Hurd, and Mrs. Donnelly..
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Unlike the public library, a school Library Media Center is an instructional area especially tailored to your curriculum. For those students who become comfortably familiar with its resources and how to use them, the reward in terms of academic achievement can be considerable.
The
staff's instructional task is to teach users to best way to use resources.
In this way, the Library Media Staff plays an important role in your academic
success. In
addition to instruction, the Media Specialist, aided by her staff, develops
the library collection and facility, collaborates with teachers to
design the best learning experiences for students, and builds bridges
with the community through development of our website: http://
www.annapolishigh.org.
Whenever
you need help, please ask. We
are here to help you succeed in your learning.
Borrowing Materials [contents]
Borrowing Material
All material taken from the library must first be checked-out at the circulation desk.Since the AHS library uses a computerized check-out system, in most cases you have already been assigned a barcode number and are included in our system prior to your first visit to the media center. If there is a problem, see a media staff member and we will add your name to our user database.
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You may borrow up to three books at one time, but only two on the same topic at the same checkout time. Reference materials must be used in the Media Center only. They do not circulate. (But you may make free copies of up to five pages) |
Books
and magazines may be borrowed for 3 weeks. When you checkout
at the circulation desk, the return date is stamped on a
sticker on the back of the book.Overdue notices are sent
out every other week and are distributed through your first
period teacher/
Returns/Renewals |
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Return library
materials by the date due |
Book slots are found in the circulation desk.
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Material may be renewed (borrowed for another loan period) as long as it is not on reserve. See the media staff.
Overdues
No overdue fines are charged. However, you are responsible for the cost of lost materials.The due date stamped at time of checkout is your main reminder of when materials are due. Notices are sent to your first period teacher after your books are overdue. If materials continue to be overdue, you will receive an obligation slip and may not receive your report card until you return the book or pay for the obligation.
Students with overdues may not borrow other materials until the book is returned or obligation settled.
Long term problems with not returning library materials may be referred to an administrator for additional action.
Lost or Damaged Material
Library users are responsible for the library material they borrow and must pay for lost or damaged items. Report lost or damaged material as soon as possible.Found Books
If you find any Annapolis High School library material, please return it to the library as soon as possible.Visiting the Library Media Center [contents]
Passes
Students must have a pass to come to the library unless the teacher has made other arrangements in advance for a visit from class. Up to five students from each class can be accomodated during class periods for independent use. No pass is needed to come to the library before or after school..Up to fifteen students may reserve a space to come to the library from the cafeteria during each lunch shift. If leaving the cafeteria, students must have gotten a pass from Media staff before 1st period and have a task in mind which requires the use of the library. Visiting the Media Center simply to socialize is not supported by the Media staff. Because of the switch to the four period block schedule, we have established additional new procedures as explained below and we extend special privileges for deadlines and important assignments if requested.
Important
Information About Lunch Passes
Our
slogan
is -L before M. Take care of locker and lavatory
before coming to Media during lunch:
1. If you are
coming from class and staying for your entire lunch period,
sign in when you arrive.
2. If you are
coming to Media and then going to lunch, sign in and when
you are ready to leave, get a pass to go to the cafeteria.
Please present your pass and sign in at the circulation desk as soon as you enter the Media Center.
Everyone is expected to be courteous and to respect their fellow students, the school staff, the library facility, its furnishings and the library materials. The environment is to be peaceful, quiet, and orderly. There is no eating or drinking permitted in the Media Center.
Special Services [contents]
Computers and the Internet
The LMC has computers to search the collection, for Internet access, for access to magazine and newspaper online subscription databases. To tap into the list of database subscriptions go to the Annapolis High School Online Databases page, There you will find all of the databases provided for your use by the Maryland State Department of Education, AACPS Media Services and Annapolis High School Media Center. You have access to six reference databases with thousands of magazine and newspaper articles. Online encyclopedias include World Book Online and Grolier Multimedia which incorporates five sets of encyclopedias. You must pick up the passwords from the Media Center in order to gain access to these valuable resources from your home computer.
The Library Media Center also has computers available for independent word processing, and to develop our Annapolis High website and other multimedia presentations. We also have two scanners.
See the library media staff to reserve the use of a computer during your visit and then sign in the Computer Sign-In Log notebook. The staff will help you use the computer in the library. If you encounter problems, please report the problems immediately.
Bear in mind that student use of library computers is a privilege, not a right.You are expected to comply with Anne Arundel County Public Schools Board of Education policy with regard to use of computers. See the media staff to be assigned a computer for your use.
Student Copy Machine and Printers
The
student copy machine is for school related assignments only and is free
of charge for up to five pages and 10 cents per page
after that.
For the use of computer printers, if you do not know how to use "Print Preview" please ask the media staff for assistance since so many copies are wasted. Printouts are also free for up to five pages with a charge of 10 cents a page after that. If you create a school-related word processing document (type a report on the computer) while in the library, print-outs are free.