Bryan County High School

Media Center Handbook

2016 – 2017

Hours

The Media Center is open Monday through Friday from 7:15 am until 3:45 pm when school is in session. The media center operates on a flexible schedule that allows students to use the media center, with teacher permission, throughout the day.

Media Center Use

Teachers who wish to send small groups of students to the media center for research should notify the media specialist in advance. This enables the media specialist to be prepared to help students accomplish the teacher’s purpose and to have materials assembled if needed.

Teachers who want to bring classes to the media center for research, book check-out and/or use chromebooks should complete the online “Schedule the Redskin Hub” form located on the media center web page at least a week in advance. There is also a calendar on the media center page to check availabiltity.

Media Committee

The school media committee is composed of the principal, media specialist, and one faculty member from each content area. The committee meets two or three times each school year. Its purpose is to identify school needs and set priorities for the purchase of media materials and equipment based on short-range and long-range goals.

Media Committee2016-2017

Christy Dyson, Media Specialist

Dana Mattos, Technology Resource Teacher

David Tucker, Assistant Principal

Paula Kitchings, Mathematics

Pam Crawford, Science

Justin Covington, Social Studies

Joe Holloway, ELA

Inga Cashon, CTAE

Deedra Long, SPED

Circulation Policy

A library card is required to check out books. Every new student is given a library card. If a student loses a library card, a replacement card must be purchased for $1.00. Students are responsible for the care and return of books that they check out.

Books are checked out for a two week period. Books may be returned or renewed at any time prior to the due date. Books that are not returned or renewed by the end of two weeks become overdue. A fine accumulates for each school day that the book is late.

Students may not check out another book until an overdue book is returned and the fine is paid.

Teachers may check out as many items as are needed for an unspecified amount of time. This includes reference materials.

Newspapers, magazines and reference books may not be checked out by students.

Overdue books/Materials

A fine of $0.05 per school day will be charged for overdue books and materials.

Overdue and fine notices are printed on advisement days. They are put in the advisement teacher’s mailbox to be distributed during advisement.

Fines and overdue materials need to be resolved as soon as possible.

Lost/Damaged Materials

When books are lost or damaged beyond repair, the purchase price of the book is charged. If the lost book is found, the price paid for the book will be refunded less the daily fine amount.

Media Center Passes

Students who come to the media center during the school day must bring a media center pass from the teacher. Media center passes are issued to teachers at the beginning of the school year. Upon entering the media center, the student must present the pass at the circulation desk. Students will sign in on the chromebookwhen they arrive and leave.

Students without a pass will be sent back to the classroom for a pass.

Additional Media Services

Meetings in the Library

Contact the media specialist to reserve use of the media center for meetings.

Magazines

Students may only have in-house access to current issues of the magazines in the media center. Teachers may borrow magazines for on–campus use.

Newspapers

The media center subscribes to two newspapers. The Savannah Morning Newspaper is delivered daily. Bryan County News is delivered once a week on Thursday.

Laminator

Teachers may submit classroom materials to be laminated on the 27” roll laminator. Place materials with your name on the circulation desk or in the production (laminator) room. Materials will be laminated daily and returned to you.

Channel One News

A twelve minute news program from Channel One is available online can be seen anytime. Instructions are available if you need assistance.

Channel One News online:

Channel One News is your source for breaking national news for teens, music, sports, homework help, and fun games and quizzes, all with a student focus.

Announcements

Send in your announcements by email to Ms. Dyson by 10:00 a.m. for showing that same day.Announcements can be found on the Bryan County High School website and on the Bryan County High School Facebook page.

Equipment

Thirty Chromebooks are available for use IN the media center. Students and teachers will check them in and out at the circulation desk when they need to use one. Chromebooks should be carried with two hands while closed. Do not hold it with one hand by the screen. You break it, you buy it!! Chromebooks should be placed neatly in the Chrome cart and plugged in to charge. Chromebook privileges may be revoked if they are not cared for and handled properly.

Send any media center equipment that does not work properly to the media center. (Only equipment that was checked out in the media center.) Attach a note stating the problem. Media Center personnel will try to get the equipment repaired as soon as possible.

The following audio-visual equipment is available from the media center:

Audio-visual carts
Camcorders
Cassette recorder/player
Compact disk players
Overhead projectors (1)
Video cassette recorders
VCR/DVD players
Televisions

Circulation of AV Equipment

Equipment that is checked out for the entire school year includes televisions and VCR/DVD players. Other equipment is checked out for as long as the teacher needs it.

Teachers must obtain and transport equipment. Do not send students to get equipment from the media center.

Inventory of Equipment

The media specialist will inventory the equipment in the classrooms at the end of the school year.

On-Line Catalog

The on-line catalog is a computerized replacement for the traditional card catalog. Through this option, you can search for materials by subject, title, author, and other indexes.

You can view the complete bibliographic record of any material and see that information in a catalog card format. You can also print a bibliographic list of materials you find.

The on-line catalog can be accessed from any computer at

Fines and debts from the media center can be viewed from the online catalog. Students can click on the login at the upper right hand corner, usetheir lunch number as the username and password to access their account. The information tab will show materials checked out as well as overdue material and fines. Teachers will use their first initial and last name to log in.

On-line Information Services

The media center currently has 30 chrome books. We have a 1 desktop computer and will add more during the year

Galileo is a web-based server that provides access to on-line bibliographic databases as well as other database resources. Galileo databases index several thousand periodicals, scholarly journals, business directories and other electronic and print media sources. Several hundred of these are full-text versions.

The Galileo password is changed quarterly. The password is available in the media center.

Access Galileo at (See Redskin Hub – Links)

Teacher Information

Classroom Use of Videos, DVDs, and Multimedia Procedures

1.Any video, DVD, movie, or other audiovisual material that does not include “public performance rights” must comply with the “Educational Exemption (Fair Use)” or “Face-to-Face Teaching Exemption” of copyright law. This requires that such material:

Be a legitimate copy, not taped from a legitimate copy or taped from television;
Be shown in the course of “face-to-face” teaching activities;
Be an essential part of the core, current curriculum being taught;
Be directly related and of material assistance to the curriculum and lesson objectives’
Be shown in a classroom setting with only the enrolled students attending (not in large group settings such as in an auditorium or assembly hall);
Not be shown for entertainment, fund raising, or charging of admission, which is a violation of copyright law;
Not be shown as a reward without the permission and approval of the building principal;
Not be privately owned videos, DVDs, or movies. Privately owned videos, DVDs or movies should not be shown unless approved by the media specialist and the building principal. A form is located on the “shares” network drive in the “BCHS Forms folder.” The MSWord document that is required is entitled, “Integration of Classroom Content Form.” Submit this completed form and the videotape or DVD to the media specialist before showing the material to the students. For the sake of the school’s copyright law compliance, please adhere to this rule. If you have any questions, see the media specialist for any necessary clarifications.
No videotapes or DVDs from movie rental establishments can be shown in the classroom. This also applies to online movie downloads via sources such as Netflix and the like.

2.Effective Classroom use of videos, DVDs, movies, and other audiovisual material is extremely important in a teacher’s endeavor to provide supplemental instruction and tools in order to reach students of all learning modalities. The following are some good tips on using audiovisual materials effectively:

Videos, DVDs and movies should not be used as an incentive for completing classroom work.
Videos, DVDs, movies or other audio visual material shown in the classroom should be directly related to a state standard for that class.
Principles that maximize instructional time should always be employed when using video, DVD, or movie clips in the classroom. Such as,
Placing emphasis on the relevant clips or segments that are pertinent to the lesson.
Inform students of the instructional purpose before activating the sample of multimedia
Discuss the concepts students will be learning.
Integrate other helpful and related instructional activities with the performance.
Use pre/post questions, discussions, and assessment.

Here is a link to more copyright information:

Professional Library

The media center has a collection of professional materials. These materials are located in the production room in the media center. The materials may be accessed from the card catalog.

Procedures for Selecting and Maintaining the Library Media Collection

The school library media specialist, in conjunction with the principal, is responsible for the selection of materials in the collection. Teachers are encouraged to request that specific materials be purchased for the collection. All requests will be kept in a consideration file and purchased when approved and funds are available.

In selecting materials for purchase, the media specialist evaluates the existing collection and consults reputable, professional selection aids (e.g. journals), the media committee and faculty and students.

Materials considered for purchase are judged by the following criteria:

Purpose – Overall purpose to the collection and the relationship to instructional objectives and/or the curriculum.
Treatment – Clear, comprehensive, well-organized, and durable
Authority – Valid, reliable, up-to-date and objective
Scope – Purpose and coverage
Special features – Useful illustrations, photographs, maps, charts, graphs
Format – Book, DVD, video
Cost
Series – Is it a part of a series?

The media specialist will:

Accept gift items. Gift items are judged by standard selection criteria. If they meet the criteria, the items are incorporated into the collection.
Purchase duplicates of extensively used materials
Weed (i.e. remove) worn, damaged and obsolete items from the collection.
Purchase replacements for worn, damaged, or missing materials that are integral to the collection.
Select books in order to maintain a balanced collection.
Select magazines based on their contribution as a source of current information.
Select software, DVDs and videos to complement the print collection as well as to offer an adequate amount of materials, particularly those of special interest.

Inventory

An inventory of materials is conducted during the last two weeks of the school year to identify missing materials and deficiencies in the collection.

All library materials are due from students two weeks before the last day of school for students.

Teachers are provided a list of materials checked out to them. Teachers are encouraged to return materials as soon as possible before the last day of school. Materials checked out to teachers are inventoried by the last day of post planning.

Any student who does not return books by the time that report cards are printed will not receive a report card until the book is returned or paid for if lost.

Students and staff may continue to visit the media center following the last book due date.

Weeding

Weeding is the systematic removal of worn, damaged and obsolete items from the collection. This process allows assessment of the collection and ensures that the collection is current and relevant to curricula and to users.

Assessment criteria:

Poor physical shape (torn, binding falling apart)
Poor format (small print, poor quality of print/pictures)
Poor content (out-of-date, inaccurate information)
Inappropriate for the collection (inappropriate reading level/content for the users)

Exempt items:

The classics
Local interest
Georgia history
Items published by the school

Challenged Materials and Reconsideration of Materials

Challenged materials and reconsideration of material will be handled as outlined in the Bryan County Board of Education Policy Manual.

IFBD Procedure #1

PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING CHALLENGED MATERIALS

1.The person receiving the complaint should be courteous but should make no commitments as to the disposition of the challenged material.

2.The complainant should be asked to complete the Citizen Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Media form within ten (10) school days.

3.Upon receipt of the completed form, the Media Specialist should withdraw the challenged material from circulation while it is being reviewed by the Building Level Media Committee.

4.The Principal and the System Media Consultant should be informed in writing of the reconsideration request.

5.The Building Level Media Committee should:

A. Read, view, or listen to the challenged material.

B .Check the general acceptance of the material by reading reviews.

C. Weigh its values and faults against each other and form opinions based on the material as a whole and not on passages pulled out of context.

D. Meet to discuss the material and make decisions as to its disposition.

E. Prepare a written report of its decision and file copies of the report with the Principal, the System Media Consultant, and the Superintendent of Schools.

F. Inform the complainant in writing of it decision.

6.If the decision of the Building Level Media Committee is not satisfactory to the complainant, he or she may appeal to the System Level Media Committee for reconsideration of the material. The appeal must be made within ten (10) school days after receipt of the Committee decision.

7.Upon receipt of the request, the System Level Media Committee should follow the same procedures taken by the Building Level Media Committee.

8.If still dissatisfied with the Committee’s decision, the complainant may appeal to the Superintendent of School, who should also follow the above procedures. The appeal must be made within ten (10) school days of the system committee decision.

9.A final appeal may be made to the Board of Education, which will review all prior decision, review the challenged material, and make a decision as to its disposition. The appeal must be made within ten (10) school days after the Superintendent’s decision

IFBD Procedure #1

CITIZENS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

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School

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Type of Media Title Copyright Date

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Author/Producer Distributor/Publisher

What brought this material to your attention? ______

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Have you read, viewed, or listened to the entire item? ______

State specific objections to the material. (Use extra sheet if needed)

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What do you consider to be the theme of this material? ______

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What do you consider useful about this material in terms of the school curriculum?

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What alternative material would you suggest? ______

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What would you like the school to do about this material?

( ) Do not require it of students

( ) Withdraw it from students under the age of ___

( ) Place it on reserve status to be used only with written parental permission

( ) Withdraw it from all students

Other comments:

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Name Date

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Address

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Address Telephone

Complainant represents:

( ) Self

( ) Organization ______

Name of Organization

( ) Other Group ______

Name of Group

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Signature of Complainant

IFBD FORM #2

School Name: ______

Date: ______

Give the name of the person at your school who is responsible for the compliance notification of school’s faculty and staff regarding copyright law.

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The copyright law, which became effective in 1978, limits what copyrighted works may be copied, the conditions under which they may be copied, and the purposes for which they may be copied. Bryan County Faculty and Staffwill comply with all guidelines pertaining to the copyright law.