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Teachers' Handbook
 Introductions
- First, we would like to introduce ourselves. As the School Services Librarian and High School Liaison, we are
designated to help teachers and school librarians with their special educational needs. We will be glad to
answer any of your questions. The Library has materials and services available for you and your students.
Together we can help your students have positive experiences when using the Library; in this way they will
build the skills they need to become life-long learners. We look forward to working with you.
- Teacher Borrowing Privileges
- Every teacher in the Elmhurst school system is entitled to teacher borrowing privileges. Teacher's borrowing privileges are automatically renewed each year when we receive the current school rosters. If you are a new teacher or never had teacher borrowing privileges you need to come in to apply at the Checkout Desk. Please introduce yourself when you come in so we can put a face with your name. If you don't know whether or not you have teacher borrowing privileges, just ask.
- For your convenience, your teacher borrowing privilege information will be kept at the Checkout Desk.
- Library Visits
- Classes are welcome to visit the Library for an orientation and tour or to do research for a special project.
Librarians from the Kids' Library and Adult Services Departments can give instruction on resources available
in the Library for particular assignments, either for individual teachers or class groups.
- To enable the School Services Librarian to plan a tour or program that meets your needs, it is important to call
to arrange your visit at least two weeks in advance. As an alternative, we are available to visit the schools to
do book-talks as our other duties allow.
- Special Services and Collections
- An extensive database collection
- Informational Videocassettes (e.g. the BBC Shakespeare set of all 37 plays, Conceptual Physics (a
34 tape video series), Lincoln: the Making of a President, etc.) may be checked out for three weeks to
supplement classroom studies. Feature videos (including many classics like Red Badge of Courage,
Scarlet Letter, 1984, as well as a good selection of foreign films) may be borrowed for one week.
Feature and informational videos may be reserved for instructional use on a specific date. There is no
charge to teachers for videos for instructional use. Videos are available from both the Kids' Library and Adult Services Departments.
- Magazines of interest to teachers and students are available to be checked out from the Periodicals
Department in Adult Services and from the Kids' Library.
- Personal Computers (PC)
- Personal Computers (PC) are available for use in the Kids' Library. The computers provide access to the Internet, Word, Excel, library databases and more than 20
software programs that provide educational support. While any public library cardholder may use the
Library microcomputers, we accept reservations up to one week in advance for Elmhurst card holders. Read "Using Computers at the Elmhurst Public Library" and the Library's Internet and Computer Use Agreement .
- Assignment Alerts
- ONLINE Assignment Alert Form
- As committed as we are to our role as an Education Support Center for the students of Elmhurst, there is a
limit to the amount of material we can provide. We urge teachers to consult with us about the availability of
materials and information on a topic before making an assignment, to avoid frustration for your students. Even
if we have many books on a given subject, these books can easily be taken by the first three or four students
doing a report before the library staff is aware of the assignment.
- Assignment Alerts help remedy this situation. When you notify us of an assignment you've made, we can pull
the appropriate materials and set up a reserve shelf for the students. By restricting these materials to in-library
use or shorter loans, the materials will be available so all students can complete the assignment.
- Use the online assignment alert form. You may also call us and we'll fill one out for you over the phone. Again,
whenever you have any questions, please call us at 630-279-8696.
- Science Fair Resources
- Preschool Teacher's Handbook
Last Modified: 1/14/2006 sk
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