Library
 | Mrs. Bernyce Christiansen | ||
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 | Sr. Sue Ann Cole | ||
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 | Mrs. Mary Salerno | ||
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Library Policies
Bernyce Christiansen, Librarian
Sister Sue Anne Cole, O.S.U., Library Assistant
Mary Salerno, Library Assistant
Sister Sue Anne Cole, O.S.U., Library Assistant
Mary Salerno, Library Assistant
You may come to the library before school and after school. During school hours, you may come to the library during study halls or at your lunch time.
Ursuline Academy’s Library is an automated, modern, well-equipped facility. The library has programs on computers which include the Ebscoe magazine databases, Geometry Sketch Pad, TI Interactive, TI Study Cards Creator, and Graphical Analysis. The Ursuline Library is a member of the St. Louis Regional Library Network which allows you the use of INFO-PASS, giving you the ability to check out books from some 90 other academic, special, and public libraries in the St. Louis area.
Ursuline’s library is for student use. Library personnel hope that you find it not only helpful in your studies, but also enjoyable. We trust that you will show a real concern for the rights of others and do what you can to enable the library to serve the total school population.
Ursuline’s library is for student use. Library personnel hope that you find it not only helpful in your studies, but also enjoyable. We trust that you will show a real concern for the rights of others and do what you can to enable the library to serve the total school population.
LIBRARY GOALS
The Ursuline Academy Library’s goal is to provide
- resources to meet your academic requirements
- great fiction and special interest books to meet your leisure needs and personal, spiritual, and social interests
- a quiet environment for independent and class research, study, leisure reading, and thoughtful reflection
- resources to assist your development as an independent learner in the information age
- an opportunity to enhance and expand the curriculum for faculty and students.
BORROWING PROCEDURES
Resources are to be borrowed from the circulation desk before being removed from the library. The loan period is two weeks from the day you borrow.
Reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, some atlases, and other books marked “R”) are not available for check-out but can be used in the library, or Xerox copies may be made of the pages of interest at 10¢ per page.
Some highly-used books may be checked out for a limited period: overnight, two days, three days, or seven days.
Reservations of books needed may be made. Then when the book is available, you will be notified by e-mail and your advisor. The book will be held at the desk for TWO DAYS but, if not taken out by that time, will be returned to the regular shelf.
Reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, some atlases, and other books marked “R”) are not available for check-out but can be used in the library, or Xerox copies may be made of the pages of interest at 10¢ per page.
Some highly-used books may be checked out for a limited period: overnight, two days, three days, or seven days.
Reservations of books needed may be made. Then when the book is available, you will be notified by e-mail and your advisor. The book will be held at the desk for TWO DAYS but, if not taken out by that time, will be returned to the regular shelf.
LOST BOOKS
Inform the librarian as soon as possible. We will allow time for an item to be found. If a book is not found, you will be expected to pay for the full replacement cost (and this can be very expensive) as well as a processing fee of $4.00. So take good care of books, always.
OVERDUE BOOKS
Prompt return of books helps keep material available for other library patrons and reflects your own sense of responsibility and respect for the needs of others. If you fail to return books on time, you communicate to the library staff that you are irresponsible in your use of the library, and the staff will question your privilege to borrow books in the future.
You may return books any time during the two week loan period. When your book is due back, be sure to hand it to a librarian—do not just leave the book on the counter or a library table.
If the book is not returned on the due date, you will be given an overdue notice on the next Thursday during advisement. If the book has not been returned by the following Thursday, you will receive another notice in advisement and you will lose your library privileges—you may not borrow any more books without returning the overdue book first. The same is true for the following week, another notice in advisement and no library loan privileges. If the book is still not returned by the fourth week, your name will appear in the announcements, asking you to please co-operate and bring back the book which others may be requesting and need. Persistent offenders will lose borrowing privileges completely. In this case, parents will be informed in writing, and you will be asked to use the public library for your class needs. A book not returned after three weeks will be charged 20¢ per day instead of the normal 5¢.
Books which are over-night loans, or three or seven day loans, are charged 50¢ per day from the first day overdue. These books are usually in high demand.
You may return books any time during the two week loan period. When your book is due back, be sure to hand it to a librarian—do not just leave the book on the counter or a library table.
If the book is not returned on the due date, you will be given an overdue notice on the next Thursday during advisement. If the book has not been returned by the following Thursday, you will receive another notice in advisement and you will lose your library privileges—you may not borrow any more books without returning the overdue book first. The same is true for the following week, another notice in advisement and no library loan privileges. If the book is still not returned by the fourth week, your name will appear in the announcements, asking you to please co-operate and bring back the book which others may be requesting and need. Persistent offenders will lose borrowing privileges completely. In this case, parents will be informed in writing, and you will be asked to use the public library for your class needs. A book not returned after three weeks will be charged 20¢ per day instead of the normal 5¢.
Books which are over-night loans, or three or seven day loans, are charged 50¢ per day from the first day overdue. These books are usually in high demand.
When books are returned late, money for fines should be brought to the library as well as the overdue books. If IOUs are entered into with the library, after one week 5¢ per day per book will be added to the already outstanding fine.
RENEWALS
If you need a book after the due date, you can renew the loan, but you must bring the book to the library to do so. You may renew the book only once, which normally gives you the book for a whole month.
RESHELVING BOOKS
Please leave this to the library staff. Wrongly shelved books cause great inconvenience and can lead to incorrect assumptions about books being lost.
When you sign out of the library, please return to the library circulation desk any books that you may have been using while in the library but do not need to check out.
When you sign out of the library, please return to the library circulation desk any books that you may have been using while in the library but do not need to check out.
DAMAGED BOOKS
Do not try to repair the book yourself. Report the damage to the library staff.
MAGAZINES
The library has subscribed to a number of magazines. Back issues are also stored in the library. We also have the daily newspaper on hand. These items are not able to be checked out, but Xeroxed copies may be made for 10¢ per copy.
COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER PRINTOUTS
There are 28 PCs and 30 laptops in the library. You have access to these machines whenever in the library. The librarian will assign you to a computer as you sign in at the front desk after entering the library. If the programs you need are not on the library PCs, you may use a laptop to access special programs found only there. However, sometimes the library is used by whole classes or the laptops are reserved for a teacher’s class. Computers are available to individual students then only after the class needs are fulfilled.
Computer printouts cost 5¢ per page and do not print out in color. If you are in the library from a class or your class is using the laptops in your classroom as a whole, printouts for the first 5 pages are free.
Everyone has her own log-in to the Ursuline server, her own documents, and her own school e-mail called First Class. Only First Class e-mail may be opened at school, never personal e-mail from home.
A parent/guardian permission form for your use of the Internet and e-mail at school must be on file before you can use the library computers.
Computer printouts cost 5¢ per page and do not print out in color. If you are in the library from a class or your class is using the laptops in your classroom as a whole, printouts for the first 5 pages are free.
Everyone has her own log-in to the Ursuline server, her own documents, and her own school e-mail called First Class. Only First Class e-mail may be opened at school, never personal e-mail from home.
A parent/guardian permission form for your use of the Internet and e-mail at school must be on file before you can use the library computers.
LIBRARY MANNERS
Because the library aims to give students maximum research and study facilities, it is expected that students will remain quiet at all times. If you fail to be quiet, the logical consequence is that you will be asked to leave so that the rights of other library users are safeguarded.
Gum chewing is against school policy and is definitely a hazard to library materials and surroundings.
Cell phones, according to school policy, may only be used by students before or after school.
Gum chewing is against school policy and is definitely a hazard to library materials and surroundings.
Cell phones, according to school policy, may only be used by students before or after school.