The following policies are designed to encourage library patrons to make use of the Library Media Center holdings and then to return them in a timely manner so that materials are available and accessible for the most users, most of the time. Materials must be checked out before leaving the library. A member of the Library Media Center staff will check out materials and stamp the date due on the item borrowed. If there is no Library Media Center staff available, users may check out their own materials using the "Library Sign-Out for Books and Magazines" form on the circulation desk counter. Entries on the sign-out form must be complete and legible. Users may stamp the date due on the slip provided in items they are borrowing.
Students may borrow no more than six items at a time from the general collection. The Library Media Center staff reserves the right to limit further the borrowing of materials in a specific topic area when those items are in demand to support classroom instruction. There is no limit to materials that may be borrowed by faculty and staff.
Loan periods are as follows:
Students: 14 days. Material may be renewed twice if there are no holds on the items.
Faculty and staff: 30 days. Material may be renewed as needed until the end of the school year.
With special permission from the Library Media Center staff, students may borrow material from the reference collection. Borrowed reference material must be returned to the Library Media Center by 8:00 am the following day.
Patrons must place items they are returning in the book drop located at the end of the Library Media Center circulation desk in order for those items to be checked in and cleared from their records. Students are expected to return or renew items borrowed by the date due. Students with overdue material will not be allowed to borrow additional items until those overdue have been returned. Although overdue notices will be issued periodically by the Library Media Center staff and distributed by the homeroom teachers, borrowers are expected to keep track of their own transactions.
All patrons of the Hanover Middle School Library Media Center are expected to respect the shared ownership of the collection that they enjoy along with other students and staff of the school. Materials should be handled carefully and any damage discovered should be brought to the attention of the Library Media Center staff for repair. Patrons who lose or severely damage items from the Hanover Middle School Library Media Center will be expected to pay for the replacement of those items.
In order to create and maintain an environment that is conducive to learning, the following patron conduct is expected:
All school handbook policies of the Hanover Middle School will be enforced.
Students should have an academic purpose for being in the library and will not disturb students and staff who are working.
Because of potentially damaging effects on costly print materials, computers, furniture, and carpeting, eating and drinking (except water) are not permitted in the Library Media Center. Food or beverages brought into the Library Media Center must remain in lunch sacks or backpacks, or will be held by the library staff until the student leaves the Library Media Center.
Use of the Internet in the Library Media Center will be in accordance with the Hanover Public Schools Acceptable Use Policy.
Erin Foley Digital Literacy Specialist Hanover Middle School 45 Whiting Street Hanover, MA 02339 [email protected]