The Iroquois High School Library

Your Partner in Research and Instruction

Mission

• To help teachers teach by providing resources that support the curriculum.

• To work together with teachers to ensure that students are effective users of ideas and information.

• To foster a love for reading.• To inspire life long learning.

Check out Procedures and Policies for Students

• Students must have an orange pass signed by teacher in order to visit library during school hours.

• Students will be given a green pass back to class.• Students can check out two books for two weeks.• Students are charged five cents for each day their

book is overdue.• Students must be in good standing with library in

order to attend field trips, graduation week activities, purchase prom tickets, etc.

Fieldtrips

• Teachers must check with library staff to make sure students don’t have overdue books as soon as they submit their list to Mr. Crowder.

• Students who have overdue books must return their books or pay for them if lost in order to attend a field trip.

Check out Procedures and Policies for Teachers

• Books can be checked out for a month.

• Videos for one week.• Multimedia Carts for a week.• Laptop Carts as long as needed to

complete research/work.• Multimedia carts and laptop carts

must be reserved ahead of time of need.

Reservations

• You can reserve the library classroom area, the library computer lab or the laptops by calling the library or you can stop by.

• To help you plan, you can check the library’s webpage (media center resources) to view the calendar for openings.

Procedures and Policies for Teachers

• Digital camera can be checked out for a week.

• Camcorder can be checked out for a week • The library does not provide DVDs or

tapes. Teachers are asked to purchase their own.

• Please return materials when you are finished with them so others may use them.

Services

• Poster Making (one dollar per poster charged to department)

• Laminating ($ 0.15 per foot).• We will laminate on Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays.• Conference Room Reservation• Computer lab (29 computers -

reservation needed)

Collaboration

• Booktalking• Source Documentation• Plagiarism• Web Site Evaluation• PowerPoint• Photo Story• Bibliography• Webliography• Graphic organizers• MLA documentation sheets• KYVL• Nettrekker

Collection

• 8,000 books– Fiction– Nonfiction– Reference– Biography– Short Story Collection– Easy Books– Graphic Novels– Manga– Professional collection

Collection

• Audiovisual Materials videos (VHS and DVDs) Audio books

• Periodicals

Online Databases

• OPAC (online card catalog)click on Apple icon on your desktop

Teaching with bookswww.teachingwithbooks.com

Online Databases

• Encyclomediawww.unitedstreaming.com

• KYVLhttp://www.kyvl.org

EBSCONovelistTeacher Reference CenterProquest

JCPS Resources

• JCPS Homework Help• JCPSonline

Jcpsonline teacher pageshttp://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/employee

School’s Website

• 1. http://jcps.jefferson.k12.ky.us/iroquoishigh

• 2. www. jefferson.k12.ky.usSchoolsHigh schoolsIroquois high schoolVisit our Website

Miscellaneous

• Hours of operation: 7:00 to 3:00• Library staff:Areti Masero-Baldwin, LibrarianAreti.masero@jefferson.kyschools.us