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MEDIA
Telephone: 205-379-3800
Irondale Middle School’s Library Media Center
serves 575 students and strives to offer them intellectual access as
well as physical access to materials through the reference collection
and the Alabama Virtual Library among other resources. Our fiction and
biography collections offer students a selection of classical and
contemporary literature.
The library media center operates on a flexible
schedule and is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Books may be checked out for two-week periods with one renewal.
The media center is equipped with 12 computers
with Internet Access and various software programs. They are also
equipped with an automation system, Library World, which is accessible
to students.
Computer and Printing
Policies:
Students may print for educational use only at a
cost of 10 cents per page. The use of e-mail, chat rooms, or downloading
games/software is forbidden. Students must sign the Code of Conduct book
in order to have access to the computers.
Circulation Information:
Up to three books may be checked out at one time
for a period of two weeks. Late fees accrue at a rate of five cents per
day. Books may also be renewed one time. Lost books must paid for by the
registration of the next school year.
Elizabeth Hester, Library Media Specialist
E-mail:
ehester@jefcoed.com
Books
Over Breakfast
Books
over Breakfast features a monthly book talk and breakfast which
takes place at 7:25 a.m. in the library. The group typically meets the
last Thursday of the month. This program is available through a
grant from the Jefferson County Board of Education.
How does
it work?
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Students
check out one of five copies of a featured novel or
non-fiction books in the Media Center.
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Read the
book as quickly as possible and return it to the Media Center so
that other students can participate.
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Write a
one-page review of the novel/non-fiction book: A form is available from
Mrs. Hester.
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Turn in the
review to your English teacher or Mrs. Hester.
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Come enjoy
breakfast and discuss the book the day of the book talk
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