Library Quick Facts

Basic Services

BUCHSER LIBRARY MEDIA  CENTER SERVICES
FOR STUDENTS
  • Hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday are, 7:45a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday hours are 7:45a.m. – 1:30 p.m
  • Five items may be checked out from the library by each student.
  • Items checked out may be kept for three weeks.
  • Any item may be renewed for an extra three weeks, unless someone has requested it.
  • Reference books may be checked out overnight.
  • Students are encouraged to request help finding materials, using library computers and other equipment, selecting recreational reading, or researching assignments.
  • Students are encouraged to request help using the Internet.
  • The Buchser Library Media Center maintains a web page on the school’s web site for quick access to the best Internet sites for information about curriculum content areas.
FOR PARENTS
  • Parents are welcome to visit our library and check out materials.
  • Parents must submit a permission slip before students are allowed to use the Internet on campus. 
  • The Buchser Library Media Center’s web page is accessible on the Internet from your home computer.
  • http://buchser.ca.campusgrid.net/home/Library
  • The Buchser Library Media Center Catalog may be accessed from home via the district’s web page at:
  • http://www.scusd.net
  • Call the Buchser Homework Hotline, (408) 492-6100, for current information about the library media center.
  • Call 423-3048 for further information.

LIBRARY CURRICULUM

  • All sixth graders receive an orientation to the library and its services.
  • All students are expected to be responsible and return borrowed books on time. Twenty cents per day is charged for overdue library materials.
  • As students engage in a variety of research projects in their classes, the librarian demonstrates the use of appropriate reference tools.  These tools include encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, library catalog, Internet search engines, online databases, etc.
  • The library subscribes to the ‘Gale Junior Reference Collection,’ the online database is available via the Internet free of charge when using the school login “buchser” and password “bobcats.”
  • http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/buchser
  • The librarian teaches the use of the “Big Six” skills, for information problem solving, designed by Michael Eisenberg and Robert Berkowitz, as a method for research.

SPECIAL SERVICES

  • Textbooks for all classes, including class sets of novels, are available.  Students who wish to check out extra copies of textbooks may do so, but they must deposit a check in the amount of the replacement cost of the books with the librarian.
  • A copy machine is available for the use of all patrons.  This is for personal, single copy use, only for classroom projects.
  • Students may print information they find on the Internet with the library printer.  However, information printed must be for a classroom assignment.
  • Access to Web Lockers is available for students to save their original work until they are ready to print it out.
  • When library materials are determined to be obsolete, the library discards them.  Students and teachers are encouraged to take any discarded items they wish to have.  Limit is five items per person per day.

FOR TEACHERS

  • Teachers may check out or reserve books for a unit or a semester.
  • Teachers may check out audio-visual equipment for use in the classroom.
  • Teachers should send broken audio-visual equipment to the library.  Replacement equipment will be provided while repairs are done.
  • Teachers are encouraged to make appointments with the librarian to plan for cooperative, cross-curricular research lessons.
  • Teachers are encouraged to invite the librarian to attend team-planning meetings prior to assigning research projects to plan for the most efficient use of library materials and services.
  • Teachers may send small groups of up to six students to the library for research or special assignments as needed.
  • Curriculum related videotapes, CD-ROM’s, and other audio-visual media are available for teachers to check out. Students may use these items in the library.
  • A 24” lamination machine is available for teacher use in the library workroom. Please ask for help if you don’t know how to use it.