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NJHS LIbrary Mission Statement

The mission of Norwood library media center is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

Further, we:

Believe that every student can learn.

Deliver effective information skills instruction through library/teacher collaboration.

Support the aims and objectives of the curriculum.

Support reading and reading development.

Inform students, staff, parents, and the community of the library's programs.

Role of the Library & Media Center Program

The library media program is a center of instruction and inter-disciplinary curriculum support for NJHS.

The program will:

Ensure fair and equitable access.
Promote flexible scheduling.
Meet a variety of learning needs.
Present diverse points of view.
Promote intellectual freedom.
Demonstrate optimal professional standards.
Participate in professional development and training.

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Annual SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR at NJHS

Each year Scholastic Book Fairs, in partnership with schools across the country, hosts more than 120,000 book-sale events that give more than 35 million students and their families access to thousands of affordable and educational products, helping foster a lifelong love of reading.

School and parent volunteers work with Scholastic Book Fair representatives to organize these weeklong events at school, where children can peruse and purchase their favorite books. From its nationwide network of more than 60 warehouses and customer service facilities, Scholastic delivers its Fairs to schools, with the majority of books arranged in mobile, easy-to-access cases. Books are displayed face-front and grouped by age or grade-level, so it’s easy for kids to find characters and subjects they love and want to read about. Scholastic also provides planning materials, promotional tools, and merchandising displays to help the school create an exciting bookstore environment.

Scholastic Book Fairs’ team of book experts – former educators, booksellers, and Book Fair veterans – reviews thousands of titlesfrom hundreds of publishers each year, and every Scholastic Book Fair offers a new assortment of books for the fall and spring seasons and consistently includes the latest award-winners and most popular books, often in exclusive Book Fair-only editions

Library Procedures at NJHS

Students can use the library before, after school and during lunch. Library use during class time requires a written pass from that period’s teacher with the student's name, date, time and teacher’s signature. Sometimes the library will be closed for meetings or classes.
Students must show their student I.D. card to check out books so the barcode on the card can be scanned.
Students must use good manners & quiet voices so others can concentrate on their studies & reading. Inappropriate behavior will result in consequences set forth in the school’s behavior code & may result in loss of library privileges.
Students can check out 2 books at a time for 2 weeks. If a student needs the book longer, it may be renewed for another 2 weeks.
Fines are charged at 10 cents per school day for each overdue book. Fines increase after the first week each book is not returned. More books cannot be checked out until the overdue book(s) is returned & the fine is paid. However, students can still come into the library.
Newspapers & Magazines are available for reading in the library. They are not available to be taken out of the room.
The card catalog is available on computers from any District networked computer. Students must show their I.D. card to use the card catalog in the library.
Students will be charged replacement cost for lost books & materials.
No eating or drinking!!!

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

~Henry Ward Beecher

LIbrary Books and Text Books Policy

Library books and textbooks are the sole responsibility of the student after check-out. All textbooks have two ways of being identified. The first way is a barcode in the back of the book. The second way is an additional number placed in the book.

Any textbook that the barcode has been removed will be charged $5.00. If both places that identify the book have been removed or destroyed, the person that the book was checked out to will be charged for the cost of replacement.

Books that are lost, stolen, damaged or defaced must be paid in full for the cost of replacement by the student. Books range in value from $10.00 - $90.00.

Textbooks and library books not returned will incur fines. Students who do not return books or pay library fines on time may be prevented from participating in year-end activities and the 8th grade promotion ceremony and dance.

Library books are available to check out for a two week period. Students may use the library during lunch if they have a signed library pass from a school staff member. Students are responsible for returning the books on time and in the condition that they received them.

Students who continue to be late returning materials checked out, continually lose materials, or do not pay fines may be subject to loss of library use and privileges.