Adopted:          04/20/2009

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School District of Prairie Farm

IMC Policy

The libraries of Prairie Farm Schools offer access to information fro grades K - 12.  Students and staff are able to access information that is necessary to enhance education through books, magazines, Internet, newspapers, and audio-visual materials.  We feel it is important for all members of our school to have this access along with the studious atmosphere promoted by a library.

Our intentions are always to:

• Select and acquire materials in various forms to enhance our curriculum and enjoyment of staff and students
• Manage our resources efficiently and to promote their use
• To collaborate and assist with staff members to benefit students
• Sustain a comfortable and secure environment that lends to student and learning

Selection:

• will follow guidelines set by Prairie Farm School Board
• will be guided by curriculum needs when purchasing nonfiction and reference materials
• will benefit all grades
• will reflect choices made after surveying teachers or bearing in mind needs that arise during a year
• will be guided by the Common School Fund guidelines (since our money comes mostly from there for our materials)
• will reflect current trends in reading and a-v materials based on curriculum and well known lists

Challenged materials:

• will be handled according to school policy for this

Internet:

• will be policy used by the school district

Computer use:

• will be research and educational assignments or projects
• will be for word processing and forms
• will be for aiding in the learning of technology

Audio-visual:

• is checked out only by teachers or used in IMC
• bought with library funds must be housed in IMN

Copier:

• to be used by IMC staff only
• used for only school related items
• amount can be limited by staff members

Budget:

• majority is determined by Common School Fund
• items purchased through CSF must be housed in IMC
• a small budget determined by administration will purchase items not under the CSF listing
• donations will be handled according to school policy and donator's request
• budget for hardware will be done through a requisition as needed

IMC Behavior Plan:

• will coincide with school plan in effect at given time
• no liquids or foods allowed in with students unless under special circumstances
• generally 2 at a table to promote a studious atmosphere
• if students are not assigned to the IMC they can be sent back to study hall or class they came from at any time
• students should be reading, studying, or conversing quietly about school work
• (see attached sheet - this is posted in the IMC)

Staff:

• Coordinator will oversee all matters concerning the IMC
• Aides will fill in as possible due to budget
• No full time staff of any kind at the present, policy may be changed as deemed by budget
• Will assist students to the greatest ability possible
• Will collaborate with other teachers in areas where possible and as time allows
• Training will take place as time and budget allows for aides and coordinator

Elementary IMC:

• Students will have given time to access books
• They will also have a given time for library/media skills
• Use of computers will mainly be up to coordinator (as to what works with skills being presented)
• elementary teachers will have access to library to enhance their curriculum
• again the librarian will do as time allows to assist elementary teachers

Newspapers / Magazines:

• ordered at discretion of coordinator, teachers, and aides (input from these people)
• current daily, weekly, or monthly newspapers will be displayed on racks
• old newspapers will be kept for a minimal amount of time for later access then discarded
• current magazines will be displayed
• part issues of magazines will be kept if they are part of our stacks
• issues not put into the stacks will be held for a minimal amount of time for things such as collages
• there will be no checkout of current items, but old ones may be checked out
• today, much can be obtained for the Internet

Repairs:

• well circulated books will be repaired as long as feasible
• attaching of labels will be done in our own IMC
• repairs will be done as staff has time to do it

Overdue / lost books / damaged books:

• at the present a $.05 fine is assessed each school day a book is late in the MS/HS IMC
• a $.02 fine is assessed each day in the Elementary IMC
• fines are discarded if student is sick
• lost books will be paid for
• price of lost books will be determined by listed cost (if given or current buying cost) and age of book
• fines on damaged  books will be assessed according to amount and kind of damage
• money from fines and damages will be used to add to our collection
• overdue notices and fine notices will be sent our at least once a week by librarian

Discarding books:

• books will  be weeded every other year
• books looking aged, not in use, and having out of date information will be discarded
• discarded books will be put on sale at a minimal price to students and teachers
• money earned will be used to replace discards
• books not bought will be given or thrown away

Environment:

• will be studious and appealing
• bean bag chairs in each library
• comfy corner in Elementary library
• decorated seasonally and with appeal