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Using the Library

Using the Vista Library

We all share the Vista Library. It is important to treat it respectfully. It is a privilege for you to use the library independently, without your teacher.
 
 
The library is open before and after school and at nutrition and lunch.To gain entry into the library at those times, students must have attended an instructional session on proper use of the library.
 
 
Sessions will be offered periodically throughout the school year.
  • Students who attend a session will receive a sticker that will go on the student ID.
  • The ID with the sticker must be presented to the librarian in order to enter the library during nutrition and lunch. For computer use your ID with sticker & (AUP on file) must be placed in specific computer pocket #.
  • For library use before and after school, only the ID with the sticker needs to be shown.
  • Students who behave inappropriately in the library will lose their stickers. They must attend another instructional session (offered after school once a month) on proper library use to get another sticker.
All students may visit the library during class time with their teachers, whether they have the sticker or not.
 
 

What Does Proper Use of the Library Look Like?

 
The following are appropriate activities in the library:
  • Checking out something to read
  • Returning reading material
  • Reading
  • Listening to audio books
  • Reading on a eReader device
  • Working on classwork or homework (you may work quietly with a partner)
  • Using a computer for classwork or homework (Achieve3000, readtheory, commonlit, poptartica, brainpop, funbrain, coolmath, raz-kids and other teacher-assigned educational websites are OK)
  • Resting
It is not OK to:
  • Talk loudly
  • Hang out with friends in the book stacks
  • Mess up the shelves
  • Eat or drink
  • Interfere with students who are trying to work or read
  • Hang out watching someone use a computer
  • Play with handheld devices (like Nintendo DS)
  • Use iphones
  • Hovering over computer when in use by another.....one computer used by one student at a time
If you do any of the above or create any kind of disturbance, your sticker will be removed from your ID. You will have to attend another instructional session on library behavior to earn another sticker.