Mission

Banks County Middle School media center's mission is to enable students and staff to effectively locate and use information and to encourage lifelong learning.

Hours

The media center is open for students and staff from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.  Students should not be in the media center without a media specialist or media clerk present.  Students are allowed to stop by any time during the day to check in/out book.  Students may also come to the media center to work independently with a signed teacher note.  Teachers may send small groups of students (five or less) and larger groups should be accompanied by a teacher.  Students who do not have a clear assignment or are not on task will be sent back to the classroom.

Barcodes

Students are issued one free library barcode per year.  This barcode should be placed on the front cover of the student agenda.  It is necessary to have an agenda with a library barcode to check out materials.  Replacement barcodes are $1.  Replacement agendas can be purchased in the front office.

Facilities & Materials

The media center offers fiction, nonfiction and reference books for students use.  Students can also utilize computers for instruction and to access the online card catalog.  This catalog is available to all students and staff on all computers in the media center.  Magazines and newspapers are also available for use in the media center.  The media center can be reserved by teachers for small or large group instruction.  There are 13 computers available for students and teachers to use in the media center.  Teachers can also access videos, DVDs, novel sets and many other items in the media center collection.

Check Outs

Students may check out two books (one nonfiction and one fiction) at a time.  Library books are check out for two weeks.  Students with overdue materials will not be allowed to check out additional items.

Accelerated Reader

Students are able to take Accelerated Reader (AR) tests at any computer with an internet connection in the building.  AR awards re given both monthly and at the end of each nine week period.
Awards will be given out on the following dates:
Monthly
March 1, 2016
April 1, 2016
May 3, 2016
9 Weeks
March 14, 2016
May 9, 2016

Worldbook Online

The following is the link to Worldbook Online.  Students can access this at home if they stop by the media center for the user name and password.
http://worldbookonline.com/wb/login?id=800
Media Specialist:
Paula Bond

Media Clerk:
​Lindsey Eller