Services Available from Your Library

AV Equipment - The following equipment: overhead projector, cassette player, headphones for cassette players, or a film strip projector; may be checked out for use for the entire year in your classroom, or may be checked out on as need basis.

Additional AV Equipment: The following equipment: slide projector, TV/VCR/DVD, LCD projectors, digital camera, and digital video camera can be scheduled for use in your classroom by contacting the library staff. A dual-deck VCR and a VHS to DVD recorder are also both available for use in the library.

Binding:  a binding machine is available for the binding of booklets, special projects, etc.

Interlibrary Loan: We process loan requests for materials that you need, but that we do not have available in our library.  Books, videos, and other materials are available for loan from all over Southern Illinois. Most requests are filled with 7-10 days.

Laminating: a heat laminator is available and library staff will laminate materials for staff at the K-12 building.

Mini-lessons on library related topics: the library staff would like to share its expertise by helping in the planning of mini-lessons for your students on a variety of topics.

Minor Book Repairs: If you find a text book that is in need of minor repairs, we will do our best to repair it.

Professional Magazines: a variety of professional magazines are available from the library. Teachers may sign up to have magazines routed to them.

Recording of videos from Channel One:  A Channel One newsletter will be distributed (6^th-12^th), simply mark the programs you would like to have recorded, return your list to the library, and we will record the programs for you.

Scheduled library classes for Pre-K - 8^th grade - with media instruction for K - 5^th grades.

Science Grant: During the 2005-2006 school year, the district received a $12,000 grant for updating the science and technology sections of the 3 libraries.  Bibliographies for each chapter of the science series for grades 1-8 will be available.

Special State Reading Programs:

The Monarch Award: For grades K-3, students evaluate the books on the list and vote in February.

The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Program for 4^th - 8^th graders in which students who read 3 titles from the list are eligible to vote for the state award.

The Abraham Lincoln Award: High School reading program in which students reading at least 3 titles from the list are eligible to vote. Reading for a Lifetime: a program for high school students to promote reading for enjoyment.

Support of the Accelerated Reading Program, as well as the reading series for K-5. For anyone needing materials to support a theme, project, or classroom activity, please let us know and we will pull the resources together.

Used Book Sale: the library sponsors a sale of discarded materials during open house.