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AHS MEDIA CENTER RULES AND REGULATIONS 2010-2011


 * The media center is open each school day from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. **


 * __CIRCULATION PROCEDURES__**
 * __•BOOKS__** All circulating books may be checked out for a two-week loan period. The day stamped in the student’s day planner and on the date due slip is the date that the materials will be due back in the media center. Books may be renewed twice provided there is not a demand for that particular title or subject matter.


 * __•TABLE SEATING__** Unless assigned by Media Center staff or your study hall teacher, seating is one person per table. You need to have prior permission to study together or be seated together for any reason.


 * __•PERIODICALS__** Current issues of magazines are on display on the rack on the east bookshelves. Magazines at the front counter can be checked out for the period but must remain in the media center.


 * __•RESERVING A BOOK__** Books may be reserved and students will receive a notice when the book becomes available for checkout.


 * __•OVERDUE NOTICES__** Overdue notices will be sent out every week. A fine of 5¢ a day will be applied to the students account until the books is returned. Please notify us as soon as possible if a book is lost so that additional charges aren’t added to your account.


 * __•LOST OR DAMAGED BOOKS__** Lost materials or those damaged beyond reasonable wear must be paid for at the replacement price. If this information is not available, a mutually agreed upon fee will be charged. Students have the option of purchasing another copy of the material, in the same format [hardcover, periodical, paperback]. In lieu of replacement costs, students may replace a lost paperback book with another paperback title of the same quality. This trade must have the approval of the librarian.


 * __•COMPUTER USE__** -- **//__NO PLANNER, NO USE__//** The Media Center has computers for student use. Students are asked to have their assignment book laid beside the computer they are using. Students using the Internet should have a signed contract on file with Ms. Bechtold and their planner stamped and opened to the appropriate page.


 * __•LIBRARY BEHAVIOR__** **–** Students using the media center are expected to be engaged in individual study, homework, or recreational reading. The Media Center is not the place for socializing. Students who insist upon using inappropriate behavior will be cited with loss of privileges for one week. Students asked to leave the media center will have to sign an inappropriate behavior form. A copy of this form will be given to the study hall teacher/monitor.


 * __•LIBRARY ACCESS__** Once a student comes to the media center, they must sign in and may not leave without permission and/or signing out. No student will be allowed to go to the restroom. If a student leaves for any reason without prior permission, they must return to their class or study hall. There will be no going back and forth from the media center. Once a student leaves to go back to class or study hall they will not be allowed back into the media center.