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Hours:
The Media
Center opens at 7:30 am every school day. The Media Center closes at 3:00pm on
Mondays and is open until 4:00 pm Tuesday through Friday. Students
may visit the media center at any time during the school day, with a pass from
their teacher. Students may also visit the Media
Center before school, during activity period, and after school. Throughout the
school day, classes are scheduled for information skills instruction, book
selection, research, and computer use.
Mission:
The mission of the
Bernardsville Middle School Library Media Program is to ensure that students and
staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished
by:
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Providing
intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats |
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Providing instruction
to foster competence and stimulate interest in
reading, viewing, and using
information and ideas |
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Working with other
educators to design learning strategies to meet
the needs of individual
students |
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Source:
American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational
Communications and Technology. Information Power. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1988, p. 1-13. |
Research:
Use the district’s
Search page when researching information. Some of the linked databases
require a login and password. Please see Ms. Oswald for this information.
Helpful Periodicals:
The Associated Press
The Bernardsville News
The New
York Times
The Star Ledger
United Press International
USA TODAY
The Wall Street Journal
Yahoo! News – offers full
coverage of major news stories
Evaluating
Websites:
Visit the
Quality Information Checklist to learn how to evaluate a website for
accuracy and reliability.
Citing Sources:
Bernardsville Middle
School uses the MLA format for citing sources. Use this helpful link to view the
MLA Formatting and Style Guide.
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