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Library Check-Out
Procedure and Philosophy
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"If
you had told people a decade ago that card catalogs would virtually
disappear within ten years and would be replaced by our current
information-management systems, they would not have believed you.
Librarians have been the real heroes of the digital revolution
in higher education. They are the ones who have seen the farthest, done the
most, accepted the hardest challenges, and demonstrated most clearly the benefits
of digital information. In the process, they have turned their own field upside
down and have revolutionized their professional training. It is testimony
to their success that we take their achievement and their information-management
systems for granted."
The Academic Culture and the It Culture: Their Effect on Teaching and Scholarship. Ayers, Edward
L., Educause Review, vol. 39, no. 6 (Nov/Dec 2004): 48-62.
(Edward L Ayers is Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
and is Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History at the University of Virginia)
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Library Check-Out Procedure
Students must have their
ID badge to check out.
Students must have their book with them to renew.
Students are not allowed to check out a book if they forget to bring their ID or
return their book from a previous week. Instead, the student is allowed to
select a book that is placed on reserve/hold for them for up to one week.
Students may come in the library during any flex time to check out the book they
have reserved.
Library Check-Out
Philosophy
When checking out books
to students, we have encourage students to:
Check out books that they
can read on their own.
Check out books at an age
appropriate level.
We encourage books they can read alone because it builds confidence and skills in
comprehension, decoding, vocabulary, and spelling.
We encourage reading at an age appropriate level because even though the student
may be able to read at an advanced level, content may not be appropriate.
Also, each academic year students are encouraged to read certain types of fiction
and non-fiction. If students read above grade level, there will be gaps in their
literary eduation.
If we do not allow a student to check out a book from the Palmer Library, we do
not tell the child that they can't read that book. We simply tell them they
are not allowed to check it out from PCA because we encourage books they can read
and understand on their own. If a parent wishes the student to check out the
book, they may fill out a permission slip that is available at the circulation desk.
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