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Lake Region High School
Library Media Center
1877 Roosevelt Trail
Naples, Maine 04055

Hours:
Daily 7:15-3:15 except Thursday 7:15-2:30

Telephone: (207) 693-6221 or (207) 647-3581 ext. 234

Debbie Gahm                                                         Eileen Russo
Library Media Specialist                                       Library Clerk
K-12 Library Media Services Coordinator

Public Relations Chair,
Maine Association of
School Libraries (MASL)

Website last modified 4 December 2009

About the Library Media Center

    The LMC is located on the first floor of Lake Region High School, just north of the main lobby. It is open before and after school each day, giving students and staff ample opportunity to access the LMC services and resources.

    Teachers are encouraged to bring their classes to the LMC. Please sign up in the library or click here and we will do it for you!

    There are 6 Internet accessible computers in the LMC.   The LMC has access to many online databases for research needs.

    Search our web-based catalog to find LMC resources. If we don’t have what you want, search the libraries in Maine and we’ll get it for you via inter-library loan, Once you find your book on Infonet, print the page, put your name on it and give it to library staff. It will arrive in approximately one week.

    The LMC offers a fully integrated Library Media Skills program. It is aligned with the Maine Learning Results in all content areas, To view the K-12 curriculum and a sampling of lessons, click here.

Policies

All Library Media Center materials and web links are carefully chosen for curriculum and pleasure use. A variety of professional journals and reviews are used when making the choices. The Materials Selection Policy governs the purchase and elimination of LMC materials.

Occasionally, someone may object to a resource in the LMC. There is a School Board approved process if you find a material objectionable.
Request for Reconsideration of Library Material.

The LMC adheres to the

Freedom to Read Statement

and the

Library Bill of Rights

of the American Library Association.

Handbook

As a component of an English common assessment, all freshmen must take part in a LMC orientation. This involves successfully answering questions regarding the LMC resources and rules. The rules are outlined in the

LMC Handbook

This is best viewed with Acrobat Reader.
Download here.

Resources

Search the Library Catalog for the book you need.

From home, use this link.

Need a book we don't have? Search the catalog in other schools

    Lake Region Middle School             from school      from home
    Crooked River Elementary School   from school      from home
    Stevens Brook Elementary School   from school      from home
    Sebago Elementary School         from school      from home
    Songo Locks Elementary School      from school      from home

Find it in another library in Maine and we'll get it!

Once you find the book you need, see Miss Gahm or Mrs. Lougee for help.

Marvel! Information databases, literary criticism, magazine articles and lots more!

Online subscriptions

For use away from school, please see Library Media Center staff for the login names and passwords.

World Book Online - This online encyclopedia is updated daily! Great for all research projects!

ProQuest Direct - Magazine abstracts, full text articles, "New York Times Current
Events" and "USA Today articles.

NewsBank - Full text wire service and newspaper articles from around the world.

Issues & Controversies - Over 800 "hot topics" in business, politics, government, education and popular culture. Perfect for the Public Policy unit!

Life After High School

Colleges

College Searches

     Petersons
     College View
     College Board
     TGSLC
U.S. Department of Education

Enter the qualities of college life that you are looking for - location, programs, cost, sports, etc. and let the websites narrow your choices for you!

Financial Aid

$$$$$$

     Check out these sites. Each offers slightly different information

     FAFSA - Free Aid Federal Scholarships Assistance - fill in the online form!
     Financial Aid links
     FAME of Maine
     U.S. Department of Education
     Fastweb - sign up to be notified of scholarships for which you qualify!
     Sallie Mae
     Scholarships of all sorts
     More scholarships for you

LRHS Guidance Departmen t

      For additional information, visit your Guidance Counselor.

Life after High School

Careers

This site is still under construction

Resume creator
**This is for PC's only with Microsoft Office loaded.

Resumes on the Internet

Career Searches

Interviewing Skills

LRHS Guidance Departmen t

For additional information, visit your Guidance Counselor.

Video Collection

We have many VHS and DVD movies to support the curriculum.

This requires Acrobat Reader to view.
Download here.

Research Projects

The Research Process: Helpful Handouts

    Overview/Timeline
    Pathfinder
    Bibliography Cards
    Notecards
    Outlines
    Rough & Final Drafts
    Bibliography/works cited rubric
    When to cite
    Research process rubric - Check your progress!
    Research product rubric - What do you think your grade will be?

Bibliographies/Works Cited

Determine from your teacher which format is preferred.

MLA format: The Modern Language Association is one format used. See these samples for help. (Most English research projects use MLA.)

APA format: The American Psychological Association created this format. See these samples for help. (Most science and social studies research projects use APA.)

Use these useful sites to build your bibliography. Fill in the blanks and the computer will do it!

Easy Bib

Noodle tools (MLA version only)

One more site

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Classroom links

Ms. Chag's Biology Online is the class website. Find assignments, required reading, grades, etc.

Author's project
This site will give you information about your author (biography an criticisms) that might not be included in the print resources in the LMC.

U.S. History
The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress will give you access to images and documents that will be useful for all your U.S. history projects.

Need information about a particular country? Check out these two websites for quick info.
CIA's World Factbook Or Background Notes (U.S. State Dept.)

Resources for Teachers
If you're enrolled in a course or are just looking for some educational research information, check this site out! Academic Search Premier and ERIC Datases could help you ace the class!

Create rubrics
Use this interactive site to create rubrics for your assessments. Save them, edit them, see what others have created and are willing to share.

Clip art is a great way to spice up your classroom presentations. Here are a few FREE sites!

www.theteachersguide.com
www.teachnet.com
www.school-clip-art.com
www.clipsahoy.com
webclipart.about.com
www.clipartforteachers.com
www.coolarchive.com

OCTOBER NEW BOOKS LIST

174.2 FRI   Is stem cell research necessary?   Friedman, Lauri S.
303.6 VIO   Violence in the media
325.73 ALL   Immigration policy   Allport, Alan,
363.4 RUS   Legalized gambling   Ruschmann, Paul.
363.738 FRI   What if the polar ice caps melted?   Friedman, Katherine.
363.738 KAL   How should the world respond to global warming?   Kallen, Stuart A.,
364.1 BAR   Does illegal immigration harm society?   Barbour, William,
364.66 PAR   Does the death penalty deter crime?   Parks, Peggy J.,
371.7 STU   Student drug testing
391.6 JOH   Tattoo machine : tall tales, true stories, and my life in ink   Johnson, Jeff.
578.6 FLE   Parasites : latching on to a free lunch   Fleisher, Paul.
610.72 MOR   An odyssey with animals : a veterinarian's reflections on
   the animal rights & welfare debate   Morrison, Adrian R.
770 HOY   The Book of Photography: the history, the technique,
   the art, the future   Hoy, Anne H.
794.8 MAR   Video games   Marcovitz, Hal.
796.357 BAS   Baseball As America: seeing ourselves through our
   national game
813 KUR   Kurt Vonnegut
914.604 DUN   National Geographic Traveler: Spain   Dunlop, Fiona
917.204 ONS   National Geographic Traveler: Mexico   Onstott, Jane
917.304 NAT   National Geographic guide to the national parks of the
   United States
956.7044 SMI   Ghosts of war : the true story of a 19-year-old GI   Smithson, Ryan.
973.7 KEE   The American Civil War : a military history   Keegan, John,
979.4 OLL   Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival   Ollestad, Norman.
985.019 REI   The Ice Maiden - Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods,
   and Sacred Sites in the Andes   Reinhard, Johan
B COLVIN   Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice   Hoose, Phillip M.,
B CUMMINGS   E. E. Cummings   Reef, Catherine.
B PELZER   A Child called "it" : one child's courage to survive c. 3   Pelzer, David J.
B TAMMET   Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of
   an autistic savant   Tammet, Daniel,
F ANO   Go ask Alice c. 17
F BLU   What I saw and how I lied   Blundell, Judy.
F BRO   The lost symbol : a novel   Brown, Dan,
F COL   Catching Fire   Collins, Suzanne
F DAN   A voice of her own : becoming Emily Dickinson : a novel   Dana, Barbara.
F GAR   Annie on my mind   Garden, Nancy.
F GER   Bloodstream   Gerritsen, Tess.
F HAR   The Lost Conspiracy   Hardinge, Frances
F HIN   The outsiders   Hinton, S. E.
F HOR   Groosham Grange   Horowitz, Anthony,
F KIZ   Meridian   Kizer, Amber.
F MCC   Purple Heart   McCormick, Patricia.
F NAY   Another Faust   Nayeri, Daniel.
F PET   Rampant   Peterfreund, Diana.
F PIC   Mercy   Picoult, Jodi,
F PIE   Bloodhound   Pierce, Tamora.
F RAN   The fountainhead   Rand, Ayn.
F SPA   The notebook : a novel   Sparks, Nicholas.
F THA   The spectacular now   Tharp, Tim,
F WHI   The pricker boy   Whinnem, Reade Scott.
F YAN   Alfred Kropp : the thirteenth skull   Yancey, Richard.
SS CRU   Angry Management   Crutcher, Chris.
SS VON   Welcome to the monkey house : a collection of
   Short stories   Vonnegut, Kurt

OUR FOUR COMMUNITIES

The four communities that comprise the Lake Region have a vast array of resources for our students and staff. Please visit these links for each town.

Bridgton

    Town of Bridgton                                            Bridgton Historical Society

    Bridgton Public Library                                   North Bridgton Public Library
                                                                             (There is no website at this time)

                                                            Casco

Town of Casco Casco Public Library

                                                            Naples

    Town of Naples                                           Naples Public Library

                                                            Sebago

    Town of Sebago                                           Spaulding Memorial Library

REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF A LIBRARY MATERIAL

School: ____________________________________________

Author _____________________________ Title ______________________________

Publisher ___________________________________ Date ______________________

Request initiated by _______________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________ Telephone _________

1.    To what in this material do you specifically object? Please cite pages, location.

2.    Please give your reasons for your objection:

3.    Did you examine this material in its entirety? ____________ What parts?

4.    How does the section to which you object relate to the entire work?

5.    What do you feel would be the result of using this material?

6.    For what age group would you recommend this material?

7.    Is there anything good about this material?

8.    Are you aware of the judgment of this material by professionals?

9.    How did this material come to your attention?

10.   What do you believe is the theme of this material?

11.   What you like your school to do about this material:

_____ Do not give it to my child

_____ Withdraw it from all students as well as from my child

12.    In its place, what material would you recommend for student use?

_______________________________
Signature of person requesting
reconsideration of material

Please return the completed form to the building principal.

Student name:__________________

PATHFINDER FOR RESEARCH PROJECT

SUBJECT:________________________________________________

WHAT I ALREADY KNOW: (Use a separate sheet of paper if necessary.)

WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT: (write at least three questions that you would like answered about your topic.)

SUBJECT HEADING STATEMENT: (under which subject headings in the card catalog, the periodical indexes, etc., will you find your topic.) CIRCLE THE KEY WORDS IN THE TWO SECTIONS ABOVE. WRITE THESE KEY WORDS IN THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT. FILL IN SIMILAR TERMS AND DEWEY DECIMAL NUMBERS IN THE COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT.

SUBJECT               SYNONYM       BROADER TERM AND/OR NARROWER TERM            LOCATION (DEWEY#)


How many magazine articles did you find? ____________

How many newspaper articles did you find? ___________

Do you have enough materials? Yes________ Write bibliography cards!

                                                           No__________Define more search terms

Do you have too many materials? Yes__________ Narrow your scope

                                                             No___________ Write bibliography cards!

BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS

A bibliography card should be made out for each source that you consult or look at for
your research project. It doesn’t matter if you used the Encyclopedia Americana for an overview
of “Edgar Allan Poe” and didn’t quote anything in the article. If you used the magazine,
encyclopedia, person, or book in any way for your research project, make a bibliography card
for each source.
There are several very important helpful hints that you should remember:

1. Number, on the bibliography cards, each source that you use. You will use this number later
for your note cards.

2. When you write down the information on a bibliography card, write it down in the format you
have been told to use for your Works Cited page. If you do this from the very beginning, it is much
easier to put your resources into the proper, alphabetical order when you have written this
information onto your bibliography cards first. This may seem to be a simple piece of advice when
you have a simple research project. BUT, if you look at many resources, life will be easier for you
when you type the final bibliography. When it’s late at night, on the night before the paper is due,
and the last thing that you have to do is to type the bibliography, you will be grateful forthe
organization. Then, all you have to do is to put the bibliography cards into alphabetical order and type!!

3. When you find a piece of information that you think you may use, write a bibliography card and
write down, in the lower left-hand corner of the card, where, specifically, you found that source.
For example, you may have found a book in the Bridgton Public Library on your topic of “Whales”.
Write “BPL” (Bridgton Public Library) and the call number (599 THA). This is especially important for periodical articles. You will find magazine and journal articles in many different sources. So, write notes for yourself, on your bibliography cards, that will tell you that you found the article on “Proquest”,
“Newsbank”, on “Marvel” or in the “Vertical file – Animals, Wild”. If you do this, you will save yourself
a lot of time later on in finding that actual article that you want to use for your research. You will just have
to consult your bibliography card to see that the article you want is in the vertical file under
“Animals, Wild”. You can walk right to that drawer and find the article you want without having to start
on your search all over again.

4. When your Works Cited/Consorted (MLA style) or References (APA style) page is typed, remember to double-space all lines and use the proper indentation (five spaces or one tab). Your bibliography should be single spaced with two spaces between each entry.

REMEMBER: You are the only one who is going to be using the bibliography cards for this project. Make them work for you and make your work easier.

Sample card

Little, Elbert L. National Audubon Society field guide to North American trees. New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.

LRHS
571.7
LIT

THE RESEARCH PROJECT

    The key to success in any research project is organization. Sometimes, a research assignment can be overwhelming when first given. With some simple organizational techniques, you can successfully complete almost any research project given to you. Instead of looking at the whole project, break it down into smaller pieces.
    We’ve composed this packet as a general approach to research projects. Once you have mastered these basic techniques, piece by piece, you may adapt this approach to your own needs. For the first few projects, please follow these guidelines. Don’t try to jump ahead too quickly before you master the techniques of organization.
    At each step in this process, keep in mind the familiar questions of “who, what where, when, why and how” that you should include in any research project.

TIMELINE
    In any research project, you have to keep in mind the time frame in which you have to hand in certain parts as well as the scope of the final project. A TIMELINE will help you to do this.
    Just fill in the blanks and check off each part as you have completed it to the teacher’s satisfaction. Fill in these blanks as you get instructions from the teacher.

TIMELINE

SCOPE OF FINAL PROJECT: (#of pages, diorama, oral presentation, etc.)

ACTIVITY                  DATE DUE        COMPLETED?

Topic choice/pathfinder        __________        __________

Bibliography cards                 __________        __________

Outline                                    __________        __________

Notecards                                 __________        __________

Rough draft                             __________        __________

Final project                            __________        __________

OUTLINE

Even if it is not required by the teacher, an outline for your research project is a way to help you organize your thoughts and organize how you want to present all the information you have gathered on your research topic. If you use an outline and refer to it on your note cards, your research paper will almost write itself!

The format for an outline is standard and should be a familiar one. Use Roman numerals (I, II, III, etc.) to represent major topics. Capital letters (A,B,C, etc.) should be used for subtopics. Arabic numerals (1,2,3, etc.) are used for major details of the subtopics and small letters (a,b,c, etc.) for minor details. Remember, you can't use “A” without having a “B”, a “1” without a “2”, etc.

Topic
I.    Introduction
    A. Hook
    B. 1st major topic (corresponds to II below)
    C. 2nd major topic (corresponds to III below)
    D. 3rd major topic (corresponds to IV below)
    E. Thesis
II.    First major topic
    A. 1st subtopic
    B. 2nd subtopic
            1. detail
            2. more detail
        C. 3rd subtopic
III. Second major topic
        A. 1st subtopic
            1. detail
            2. more detail
        B. 2nd subtopic
            1. detail
            2. more detail

And so on, and so on. Until you get to your

V.   Conclusion
    A. What we can do today to use solar heat
       B. What is the future of solar heat

How can I start my outline?

It's EASY! Take your note cards and sort them into piles based on what topic you wrote in the right column of your note card. These broad topics are your Roman numeral or major topics. Take each of those piles and see if you can break them down into more specific topics. Thesebecome your Capital letter topics. Break these down further, if you can. And so on, and so on....
Just as with your note cards, try not to use verbs in your outline. Use short phrases, not sentences.

Roman numerals

These are the equivalents for Roman numerals to use in your outline:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

If you need to go higher than this, please ask for help!

NOTECARDS

Again, a little organization will make life a lot easier for you in your research project if you follow a few simple guidelines for note cards.

1. Number your note card to correspond to the number of the source that you assigned to your bibliography cards. If you do this, you won’t have to copy down the title of each source over and over when you take notes.
2. Put the page number for your notes on the margin of the note cards. Whenever you go to a different page, note that on the note card. This is especially important when you have to show your documentation or when you have to use footnotes. You can easily fine, on your note cards, what page had the quotation, the graph, etc. that you are using in your paper.
3. In the right-hand column of the note card, write down the topic that is covered by these notes. If, for example, I take notes on page 37 of source #3 and this has to do with my section on the outline about solar heating making no noise, I would have a card that looks something like this.

p. 37

"Solar heat makes virtually no noise except for the fans that circulate the air around the system that holds the heated water. If insulation is used the noise wil be very hard to detect."

Noise

This is the page number in These are your notes Ties to source
your source                                                                                                                                Topic


4. Keep your notes simple. Just one topic per note card. If you start taking notes on another topic, get a new note card.

5. To prevent accidental plagiarism, don’t use any verbs unless you are quoting. By the time you have finished taking your notes, you will be so familiar with your topic that you will type your notes in your own words, not someone else’s.

If you use these helpful hints, your research will all but write itself!

When you have finished taking your notes, sort the note cards into piles according to the Topics that you put in the right-hand column. These general topics become the framework for your outline.

When you are ready to type your paper, simply take the cards that correspond to the section of the paper that you want to type and put the cards in a logical order.   Add some verbs, transitional sentences and phrases and type away! When you have finished with that section, put the note cards away and start on the next section.

ROUGH DRAFT/FINAL DRAFT

    Finally you are ready to write. If you have followed the helpful hints in this packet, the writing of the final paper should be easy. Follow the outline that you make. Use your notecards and organize them in the same format that you used in your outline.

    Use a word processor for your rough draft and save it. This way, when you decide to edit or move parts of your paper around, you can have the computer do most of the work for you. You should also use the spell check and grammar check. Don’t lose your chance for an “A” because of spelling mistakes.

    Once you have a rough draft typed, read it out loud to yourself, a friend or a parent to see if the sentences and ideas in your paper flow from one to another in a way that makes sense. Have this same friend read it again and check for obvious punctuation errors. If your teacher has you pass in a rough draft, use the corrections suggested to make your paper better.

GOOD LUCK!

TO CITE OR NOT TO CITE
THAT IS THE QUESTION!

When do you have to cite?

It doesn’t matter if you are writing a paper, making a poster, a Power Point presentation, or a webpage, when you use someone else’s expressions of ideas, you have to give them credit and you have to let the teacher know where you found it. It can be a direct quotation from a piece of writing, a graph from a newspaper, a chart from the Internet, lyrics from a song, etc. Sometimes, you might paraphrase (put in your own words) the expression of ideas by someone else. You should use in text-citations and include a bibliography or “Works Cited” page. If it is not your own idea…

CITE IT!

Did you notice the symbol after “Power Point”? This means that this is protected by certain Federal laws, just as any works by anyone, regardless of format. They worked hard for these ideas; many earn money from these ideas. We cannot just take from them without giving credit for their creations. We are allowed to use these works. We have to give the creators credit for them. So….

CITE IT!

Outside of a school setting, if you use someone else’s work, you must get written permission first before you can use it. As students or teachers, you are allowed to use others’ expressions in your projects with certain guidelines. This comes under one of the requirements of the “Fair use” section of the Federal copyright laws. However, you always have to…

CITE IT!

So, what if you get caught?

If you don’t cite sources, this is known as PLAGIARISM. In the LRHS "Parent and Student Handbook", plagiarism has serious consequences. Plagiarism is “Academic dishonesty”. The LRHS consequence for this is a zero on the assignment and detentions ranging from one day of in-school suspension to recommendation for expulsion. If in doubt……

CITE IT!

If you are not certain about the copyright laws and how they affect your projects, please visit this website:

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm

If in doubt…

CITE IT!

About the Library Media Center

Policies

LMC Handbook

Resources:
    Catalog
    Infonet
    Marvel!
    Printshop

Online subscriptions:

    WorldBook
    ProQuest
    Newsbank
Issues & Controversies

Life After High School
     Colleges
     Careers

New Books

Videos

Research Project links

Classroom links

LRHS Homepage

Our Four Communities

LAKE REGION SCHOOL DISTRICT
Policy: Library Media Collection Development File Code: IIAC
Date Adopted: April 5, 2007 Page: 1 of 3
The school Library Media Centers in M.S.A.D. #61 service all children in grades K-12. All schools within the District adhere to the common materials collection development policy. Materials referred to in this policy may be in either print, non-print form or computer-based.
The School Board of M.S.A.D. #61 is legally responsible for all matters relating to the operation of the schools. It has delegated the final responsibility for the selection, acquisition, and systematic evaluation of Library Media materials to the professionally trained Library Media Specialists (grades 7-12) and the Elementary Library Media Technicians (grades K-6) in the individual school Library Media Centers. The respective individuals will solicit and coordinate suggestions and recommendations from professional journals, the faculty, administration, students, and community members in the selection process. To this end, the School Board of M.S.A.D. #61 reaffirms the Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read Statement of the American Library Association (copies attached). In addition, the School Board recognizes that the ultimate responsibility regarding what materials students read and utilize rests with the student’s parent or guardian. At no time will the wishes of one child’s parents infringe on the rights of another student.
This Library Media Collection Development Policy will:
o establish the legal basis for selection and removing materials from the collection
o establish the objectives for the selection of materials
o identify responsibilities of personnel who participate in the selection policy
o state the criteria to be followed in evaluating materials
o define procedures for selection, for periodic re-evaluation of materials in existing collections, and for handling challenged materials
o be reviewed and revised on a periodic basis by Library Media personnel
Selection of materials at individual school levels is based upon the following objectives:
o to provide materials that will enrich and support the curriculum, taking into consideration the varied interests, abilities, and maturity levels of the students served
o to provide materials that will stimulate growth in factual knowledge and literacy appreciation as well as personal growth
o to provide materials based upon various criteria such as purpose, timeliness, importance of subject matter, plot, setting, style, quality of materials, authority, format and cost
o to provide materials based upon reliable, unbiased professional review tools such as professional journals
Policy: Library Media Collection Development File Code: IIAC
Date Adopted: April 5, 2007 Page: 2 of 3
Acquisition of Library Media Center materials is the responsibility of the professionally trained Library Media Specialist or the Elementary Library Media Technicians providing library services in the elementary schoolS. The acquisition of materials will include:
o obtaining Library Media Center materials in the most efficient and most cost effective way available
o obtaining materials which are "shelf ready"
o accepting a donation of Library Media materials based upon the criteria outlined in this policy. These gifts are considered the property of the Library Media Center and will be accepted only with the understanding that they will be utilized as determined by the Library Media personnel.
o utilize the inter-library loan system to acquire those materials that have not been purchased for the permanent collection.
Evaluation of the collection is an on-going process and closely tied to the acquisition process. The evaluation of materials will include:
o relating what exists in the collection to what is necessary for current curriculum and other informational needs
o using professionally accepted standards to determine what materials will be removed from the collection. These standards may include age and physical condition of the material, evaluation by subject experts, and inventory statistics and circulation statistics.
o offering discarded materials first to the local school population, then local public libraries. Remaining discarded materials would then be recycled.
Reconsideration of materials
It is recognized that occasional concerns may be raised by students, parents, school staff, or members of the community concerning certain Library Media Center materials. The following procedure shall be followed when such a concern arises:
1. The concern shall be discussed with the appropriate Library Media personnel and the building administrator.
2. The person expressing the concern will complete the "Request for Reconsideration of Library Material" form (attached).
3. The completed form will be returned to the building administrator. assistance in completing the form will be provided, if needed.
4. The building administrator shall appoint a review committee comprised of a Library Media Specialist, the Library Media personnel involved, a classroom teacher, a community member, and if deemed appropriate, a student. The building administrator shall serve as chair of this review committee.
Policy: Library Media Collection Development File Code: IIAC
Date Adopted: April 5, 2007 Page: 3 of 3
Reconsideration of materials (cont.’d)
5. This committee shall read and examine the challenged material in its entirety, examine reviews of the material, discuss the appropriateness of the material, and prepare a written report with recommendations.
6. The report will be forwarded to the Superintendent by the building administrator.
7. The building administrator will inform the person initiating the reconsideration of the findings of the review committee.
8. An appeal of the decision may be made directly to the School Board whose decision is final.
9. Ordinarily, no item will be reviewed more than once within a three year period.
First Reading: March 4, 1996
Second Reading: March 18, 1996
Revision Second Reading: March 7, 2005
Revision First Reading: April 5, 2007

About the Library Media Center

Policies

LMC Handbook

Resources:
   Catalog
    Infonet
    Marvel!
    Printshop

Online subscriptions:

    WorldBook
    ProQuest
    Newsbank
Issues & Controversies

Life After High School
     Colleges
     Careers

New Books

Videos

Research Project links

Classroom links

LRHS Homepage

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