The Aiken High School Media Center currently houses more than 20,200 books, more than 12 books per student. We have more than 3,640 Accelerated Reader titles, 15 computers for student and staff use, videos, vertical files, teacher resources, a network printer and a copy machine. With Ms. Young's help and a grant from Public Education Partners, we hope to soon add e-books to our collection, as well.

We are located in the center of the main building (at the end of the B Wing lockers).
Here are some photos to help you find us:
To get to the Media Center,

come in the front entrance

turn left and pass Guidance and the glass display case

see our wooden doors before the green lockers and brown water fountain


and open the first door on your right.  

PATRON SUPPLIES
On the left, across from the circulation desk, you will see black shelves with important news posted, sports calendars, the daily announcements, and supplies for your use: hand sanitizer, lotion, tissues, scissors, transparent tape, a stapler, rulers, a three hole punch, lined paper, scrap paper, plain white paper, colored paper, brown bags for use as book covers, newspapers to cut up for articles or projects, a dustpan for messes, and more. Electric pencil sharpeners sit between the banks of computers. Look toward the ceiling for the red pole streamers to help you find them.

BOOK AND RESOURCE CHECK OUT
You may check out items from the library if you have a school-issued temporary badge or your identification badge.

BOOK AND RESOURCE RETURN
To return books or other borrowed items, place them in the rectangular hole in the side of our wooden circulation desk (which we call the Book Return).

This library map may help you find books and resources.

IDENTIFICATION BADGES
for students, faculty and staff

                                                                       

You can also get your ID badge in the library. Replacement badges cost $5 and come with a lanyard. (Seniors get one free badge without a new lanyard). Lanyards are $1 for green or gold and $3 for Aiken High School lanyards (for seniors only). Please try to have exact change. If you pay by check, it must have two telephone numbers or a driver's license number and telephone number and should be made payable to "Aiken High School" with a note: ID badge.
            Temporary badges (those used for a day) are issued by a student's grade level assistant principal:
                                                    grade 9--Mr. Dugar, F Wing Office
                                                    grade 10--Mr. West, C Wing Office
                                                    grade 11--Ms. Aadland, Main Office Hall
                                                    grade 12--Ms. Bacon, Annex Office

We have some simple LIBRARY RULES:

• When you enter, please stop at the wooden Circulation Desk and tell us what you need or sign in (turn in your pass, or say that you are with a class).

• Take your book bag to the first table (or another seat) and leave it on the floor, so that you do not block the entrance.
  

• If you sit at the tables, leave the chairs facing front, four to a table.

• If you want to use the computer, check out a red flag (and return it to the circulation desk when you are finished).

•  If you need to leave for some reason and expect to return, tell us at the Circulation Desk.

• Ask before printing!

• If you want to take an Accelerated Reader test, ask a library worker to enter the password.

• Please leave your work area clean AND stop at the Circulation Desk to check out when you are finished.

• Ask us if you need something; we are happy to help!
  

                                 We welcome your visit!!!            

LIBRARY EVENTS

Important dates and upcoming events are listed here.  If you have ideas or suggestions, let one of us know.
Congratulations to the winners of our contests and programs!  Other news and birthday listings can be found on our bulletin board in the main hallway. Look for weekly updates:

                                                                   


OUR LIBRARY CATALOG

Our Sagebrush library catalog is not yet available online. To access our library catalog, you must be logged into a school computer and click on the Novell taskbar. Then, click on the InfoCentre icon. When the catalog search box comes up, you can proceed or select an Advanced Search. An "advanced search" allows you to look for specific titles, vertical files of collected research, videos and more.

OUR ACCELERATED READER SELECTIONS

If you are logged on to a school computer, you can follow this link to our Accelerated Reader tests list. This allows you to see if a title is an Accelerated Reader book and how many points the book is worth. To find a particular title, use the Edit-->Find feature on your browser. Once you open the A R Quiz document, go to Edit and down to Find. Put in a word, name or number. The Find feature will highlight each word or partial word you ask to be identified.

If you are not on a school computer and would like to see our list of A R titles, follow this link to the school web site and:

1. Click on the Moodle link at the top of the page
2. Under the blue list of Course Categories, select Media Center
3. Again select Media Center
4. Click the "Login as a guest" button
5. Click the "Yes" button to agree to the use policy
6. Scroll down below the book parachute image to the Accelerated Reader Quiz List Jan. 08
7. You're there!

OUR LIBRARY PERIODICALS

Here is our list of available periodicals.
South Carolina also provides us with a subscription to Discus. Ask a media specialist for your log on password.

OUR LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

Bulletin board paper is located in the room behind the library. Students must be accompanied by a teacher to get paper. The storage cart is no longer mobile. Measure first and then come to take what you need.  Colors available are: black, white, orange, green, yellow, and blue.

If your classes are doing a project, you can borrow our art supplies instead of buying your own, if you promise to return them safely.

If you want to read with students in small groups or as a class, we have some sets of novels available for teacher check out. If you don't find what you are looking for on this list, ask and we'll try to help you locate it.

OUR LIBRARY VIDEO FORM FOR TEACHERS

Teachers need permission from an administrator to show a video in the classroom to students.  The form is in our teacher handbook, but you can also access one here.

OUR TOP FICTION SELECTIONS TO DATE

If you are curious which titles are most popular this year, check out the current list.  If you like cartoon books or graphic novels, this list is for you.

OUR TOP TESTS COMPLETED TO DATE FOR ACCELERATED READER

So far, these are the Accelerated Reader test titles students have chosen most often.

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