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Media Center

Media Center Office: 770.650.4240, ext. 189
Department Chair: Marie Yelvington
Hours: 7:00am – 4:00pm

Mission Statement

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Understanding that individuals differ in their attitudes, abilities, needs, and interests, the mission of the Centennial High School Media Center is to empower students to engage in learning that supports their becoming active, independent, and creative locators, evaluators, and ethical users of leading-edge instructional and information technology in an information-driven society.

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Online Resources

(* - A password must be used when used off campus. Passwords are available in the Media Center.)

General Resources Galileo* Student Resource Center* Grolier* Opposing Viewpoints* Social Issues* Visual Thesarus* Atlanta Journal-Constitution USA Today	Literary Resources Twayne* Contemporary Literary Criticism* Literature Criticism	Writing and Citing APA Style MLA Style Easy Bib Noodle Tools Evaluating Internet Sources Copyright Guidelines
Recommended Reading Atlanta Fulton Library Georgia Peach Awards Teens’ Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults Great Graphic Novels for Teens Outstanding Books for the College Bound Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Novelist	World Countries Country Reports* Maps 101* Nation Master Eduplace	CHS Favorites DMV First Gov Weather USA Today Atlanta Journal-Constitution College Board Library of Congress
Careers GCIS Careers*

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Media Center Policies | Teacher Resources | Acceptable Use Policy

MEDIA CENTER POLICIES

Media Center Policies for Students

Rules

The Media Center is a place to study, check out books, and do research.

1. Passes are required during school hours including lunch.
2. No food, drinks, backpacks, cell phones or listening devices are allowed in the media center at any time.
3. Disruption or failure to follow instructions in the media center may result in loss of privileges to use the media center for a specified number of days.
4. Media center materials should not be taken out of the media center for any reason without proper checkout procedures.

Student Use and Visitation of the Media Center During Lunch Periods

1. Students who have academic work, academic research, homework/classwork, or reading (for fun or required) may visit the media center during their lunch.  Students who just want to “hang out” should remain in the cafeteria.  Students who do not have reading or academic work to do will be asked to leave.
2. Students should sign in at the desk as they enter the media center.
3. Students may visit the media center at any point within the first 45 minutes of the lunch period; we will not take any new visitors during the last five minutes of lunch.
4. Students should not bring any book bags, tote bags, oversized purses, water bottles, drinks, or food to the library---you will be asked to leave or to secure the items outside of the media center before you can enter.  These cannot be piled outside the media center entrance.  Please put these items away before you come to see us.
5. Students need to know that if they leave the media center during lunch, they cannot return.
6. Scheduled classes, however, have priority on media center resources and seating.

Materials Circulation Period

Material	Time Period	Other Guidelines
Books	2 weeks plus 3 renewals	5 books, only 2 per topic
Reference Books	overnight (from end of day to beginning of 1st period)	Only 2 at a time
Videos/Audios	reserved for teacher checkout

Fines

1. Students receive overdue/fine notices every 2 weeks.
2. Book fines are 10¢ per school day.
3. Reference book fines are 25¢ per school day.
4. Students are not allowed to check-out if they have overdue books or unpaid fines.

Services

1. Copier - 10¢ per page
2. Printing data from internet or other databases - 10¢ per page
3. Color printing or copying - $1.00 per page
4. Printing your own work – Free
   
5. Printing for non school purposes .25 per page
6. Laminating - 35¢ per foot
   
7. Pencils - 25¢
8. Mechanical Pencils - 50¢
   
9. Notebook filler pad - 75¢
10. Transparencies - 35¢
    
11. Binding - 35¢
12. Pens - 50¢
    
13. Research packet (manila envelope with note cards, pen, pencil, highlighter, paper clips, rubber bands, post-its, MLA citation guideline, CD-R, remote database passwords) - $1.00

Media Center Policies & Procedures for Teachers

The Media Center Handbook is a compilation of policies, procedures, and guidelines prepared by the media specialists to facilitate the use of educational media.We have developed this handbook to make teachers more aware of the services and materials available and the procedures used, thereby creating a more comfortable atmosphere for you and your classes. 

Philosophy

The Library staff is committed to helping every student at Centennial High School gain a quality education. The library collection reflects the understanding that individuals differ in their mental and physical abilities, attitudes, needs, and interests. 

Mission

The mission of the library media program of Centennial High School is to promote literacy and the effective use of ideas and information for students and staff. To this end, we have the responsibility for the following:

1. To develop a media center collection with print/non-print resources and technology in a variety of formats that support the adopted Fulton County School curriculum
2. To advocate the integration of learning activities across all content areas
3. To encourage collaboration between the media center staff and the instructional staff for the development, implementation and evaluation of quality learning activities which increase student achievement.

Hours of Operation for Faculty

The Library is open from: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Circulation

Teachers may check out as many books, magazines, and audio visual materials as needed unless someone has asked that these materials be placed on reserve or if a large number of students need materials on the same subject.

Scheduling Classes

The sign up book for the Media Center is located on the circulation desk. Since resource-based teaching is one of the most effective teaching strategies, we encourage teachers to plan lessons with the media specialists throughout the year.

1. Teachers MUST schedule their classes for the library at least one day in advance and furnish a copy of your assignment before arriving with students. Do not sign up for bringing your classes without consulting one of the media specialists first.
2. Since joint planning is required by state standards, class research projects should be scheduled only after consulting with a librarian.
3. When your students are working on research projects in the library, state standards require the teacher to be available to render assistance and see that students are on task. Please do not make lesson plans that require a substitute to work with a class in the library. Substitute teachers are NOT allowed to bring classes to the library. Research projects are much more effective if the assigned teacher, who knows the students, is present to guide and help to supervise the students.

Reference Check-Out

Teachers may check out reference materials for one school day or overnight. The current magazines and newspapers are to remain in the library. Old newspapers will be given to any teacher or student who asks for them. Old magazines are kept for research.

Students Leaving Classroom to Use Library

Teachers may send up to five students to the library without signing up for a time. During instructional hours, students MUST have a readable, signed agenda/paper pass to come to the Media Center. Passes should include time, date, student(s) name and teacher signature. Students who wish to come to the media center during their lunchtime must get a lunch pass from the media center before their lunch period.

Services/Instruction

One of the primary tasks of media specialists is to instruct classes in library retrieval skills. This is most effective at the beginning of a research project, as we are able to tailor the instruction to each specific assignment.

*Research packets are available for students to purchase for $1.00

Computers

There are 30 computers available for student use in the media center. Teachers may sign up for the number of computers needed when reserving space in the media center. This will be first come/first serve.

Internet

Computers are for instructional use only and are frequently monitored from the circulation desk.

Items Available for Teacher Use

Binding machine	Digital video and still cameras
Large laminator	Bulletin board paper (various colors)
LCD projectors	Laptop computers in a portable lab
Label makers	DVD/video players
Opaque projector	CD players
Video tapes and DVDs	Document camera
Computer speakers and headphones	Heavy duty stapler
Paper cutters	Listening stations
Audio card readers	Overhead projectors
Tabletop podiums	Tripod screens
Various sweet treats!

TEACHER RESOURCES

FCBOE Email	Video Streaming	MYPDC	CASE	GPS
Copyright Guidelines	Fulton County Media Services	Georgia Learning Connection	Galileo	Marco Polo

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Fulton County Schools Acceptable Use for Local/Wide Area Network and Internet Access

Supervising

Control of the technology will be the responsibility of the entire administration and faculty of each department. Immediate control will be the responsibility of the teacher supervising students using the materials and equipment.

Violations

The computer user is responsible for his/her actions and activities within his/her account. Unacceptable uses of computer systems and technology equipment will result in the suspension or revocation of privileges.

The following is not a complete list of unacceptable uses, but are some examples of unacceptable use:

1. Access, create, download or display offensive or obscene messages or pictures
2. Use obscene or defamatory language
3. Participate in unauthorized Internet "chat" rooms, blogs and email
4. Install, download or play games or programs of any kind without permission of the school personnel(Computers are for academic use only.)
5. Give out personal information about themselves or another student such as their name, address,phone number or location
6. Harass, insult, defame or attack others
7. Damage computers altering computer systems or computer networks
8. Violate copyright laws, such as illegally installing or copying of software
9. Try to obtain or use another person's password
10. Trespass in another's folders, work or files, vandalizing the data of another user
11. Posting anonymous messages or attributing one's communications to another individual
12. Intentionally waste limited resources such as paper, data storage space, time online
13. Employ the network for financial gain
14. Gaining unauthorized access to resources
15. Neglecting to log out all programs and the network when users leave the computer station

All Fulton County computers are monitored electronically.

Failure to follow these guidelines can also violate the Official Code of Georgia, OCGA, Codes 16-9-90, 16-9-91, 16-9-92, 16-9-93, and 16-9-93.1 as well as United States Public Law 106-554, known as the Children's Internet Protection Act.