Welcome to your library!

Library Hours: 7:50 am – 2:25 pm

Library Safety

Fire Drill

Exit into B hallTurn right then left

Exit building out back door by trackWalk to the track starting line

Stay with your groupRemain quiet

Attendance will be taken

Tornado Drill

B2 – Audiovisual areaA17 – Periodical Storage area

Remain quietStay with your group

Attendance will be taken

Lock Down

B2 – Audiovisual areaA17 – Periodical Storage area

Remain quietAttendance will be taken

Visiting the library

You may sign out of study hall once per day to use the library.

If you enter the library with a teacher pass, you must work on an academic assignment from that teacher.

Once the assignment is finished, work quietly on another academic assignment.

Students entering the library are expected to be working quietly at all times. You may not use the library to sleep or to visit with friends.

You may sign out to the restroom or locker with permission from Mrs. O’Flaherty.

Library Rules

No food or drink is permitted.Please, no grooming. Brush your hair in the restroom.Take proper care of the equipment and furniture.Use of phones or personal electronic devices with permission only and only for academic use.Talking with permission only and only for academic purposes.

Discipline IssuesStudents are to be silent. Excessive talking will result in being sent back to study hall.

No reminders will be given for having food out in the library. This will result in being sent back to study hall immediately.

Student may use personal electronic devices with permission only. This includes phones. This will result in being sent back to study hall immediately.

More serious offences or repeated offences will result in loss of library privileges and principal notified.

Circulation Information

The standard load period is two weeks.

You may check out up to five items at a time.

Reference items and videos may be used only in the library.

Lost or damaged items must be paid for.

Long overdues will result in loss of library privileges, loss of Progress Book access and holding of grade card.

Building PrintersTo print: Click File and choose print. View your document in the print page to be sure it is exactly what you want. Choose the printer you wish to print to. Click on the down arrow under the heading printer.For black and white – Choose A1 4050 poolFor duplexing (front and back) – Choose A3 Ricoh. Under printer properties, choose open to left. For color – Choose A1 Color. 20 cents per page fee will apply. You must pay if you send to the color printer, even if you didn’t mean to print in color.

Library ExtrasSome extra items that can be borrowed

from the library include:Lexar USB Multi-Card Reader

Flash Drives

These items are available for in library use only and must be returned each period. You may not take them home.

HeadphonesColored Pencils

Markers

Other Extras

Pen/Pencil/Mechanical Pencil Machines (takes quarters)Notebook Dispenser (takes quarters)Laminating – 50 cents per footPoster Board – 25 cents per sheetEar Buds - $1.50 eachEllison Machine – Die Cuts, bring your own paperTo borrow - Scissors, Glue Stick, Hole Punch, Stapler, Tape – These items may be used in the library only.Games - Chess, Checkers, Apples to Apples – may be checked out for in library use only. Return the same period.

Library Webpage

Go to www.tvschools.orgChoose Tri-Valley High SchoolDown the left side, float the mouse over school departmentsChoose Library/Media Center

This is where you will find the online catalog

Other Websites

Follett Shelf – eBooks to be read online or downloaded to a device

– Research databases on many topics. User name: tvschools Password: scotties

OCIS – Ohio Career Information Services

Teacher Web Pages

P Drive – Not a website but useful to be aware of

Student helpers in library

Prepared to come during study hall every day for one semester.Willing to remain at circ desk, ready to assist teachers and students as needed.

Quick to help without being reminded or asked.Friendly and courteous to everyone.

Respects the privacy of others.

Common Duties

Put testing signs out and away as needed.Wipe tables and counters clean.

Straighten shelves by reshelving books that have been misplaced.Check books in and out.

Return books to proper place as they are checked in.Assist students with printing needs.

Final Reminders

Never come to school expecting to finish an assignment on the day it is due.Always finish the assignment at home or the day before.

You have no way of knowing if the library will be open or not.

If you come to the library on a teacher pass and are not working on an assignment for that teacher, you will be sent back to study hall.

If you come to the library as a student signing out of study hall, you must be working silently and productively. If not, you will be sent back to study hall.