Dessau Middle School Library Media Center
Rattler Readers will meet on
Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Food For Fines
Students can "pay" library fines by bringing in canned goods and other nonperishable food items.
1 food item = $1.00 off your fine*
* Opened, damaged, and expired items will not be accepted. No change will be given.
(Food For Fines ends November 25, 2008) |
Click on the video below to see our Pumpkin Contest Winners from last month!
Mission Statement:
Create a community of life-long learners who effectively utilize multiple forms of information and find enjoyment in the printed word.
General Information
Staff
Address & Direct Phone Line
- 12900 Dessau Road, Austin, TX 78754, 512/594-2671
Hours
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 8:33 a.m. - 3:35pm
- Wednesday & Friday: 8:10-3:35pm
- Open from 7:45-8:06 on most mornings, unless there is a Faculty Meeting or training in the library (students will need a Morning Library Pass, available for check out at the Circulation Desk).
- Open during lunches (students need a signed agenda to leave the cafeteria).
Checking Patron Status for books checked out, overdue books, and fines
- Click here for Follett Destiny (library catalog) Home
- Follow instructions for logging in.
Policies and Procedures
- Students may check out a maximum of two books or one book and one magazine.
- Books are checked out for 2 weeks; magazines are checked out for 3 school days.
- A book drop is located outside the library in B-Hall for returning books in a hurry.
- A fine of 10¢ per day is charged on an item turned in after its due date. Weekends and school holidays are not counted. There is a 3 day grace period (books that are 1,2 or 3 days late are not charged, but on the 4th day, the computer calculates a 40 cent fine).
- A student with an overdue item or who owes a fine will not be allowed to check out additional items.
- A student must pay for damaged or lost items checked out in his/her name.
- Items with a yellow "library use only" sticker are not checked out to students, but students may use them in the library.
Research Links
Search for magazine, newspaper, encyclopdia articles and more in EBSCO, Newsbank, and Encyclopedia Britannica. See Ms. Dominguez for Username and Passwords to access these resources from home (Hint: they are the same ones used to access the resources on campus).
Full-text articles from magazines, education journals, newpapers, newswires, transcripts, reports, primary source documents, biographies, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, photos, maps and flags.
Three encyclopedias for all levels of reading. 126,000 articles and 26,000 images and video clips.
Encyclopedia Britannica in Spanish
This is an online database, which provides access to more than 4,000 maps and current event articles.
Reading Links
Series and Sequels
This website allows students to look up the names of each title in a series or the sequel to a book. Courtesy of the Mid-Continent Public Library in Missouri.
Lone Star Reading List
The Texas Lone Star Reading List is designed to encourage students in grades 6, 7, and 8 to explore a variety of current books. Each year school and public youth librarians recommend 20 books published in the past two years. Students who read books from this list may become a Lone Star Reader by completing book reviews to be shared with fellow students. Talk to Ms. Randolph about the book review forms and the prizes offered to participants.
Newbery Award Winners
Each year a committee of the American Library Association honors one book as the most outstanding written and published for children and youth in the United States during the previous year.
Area Public Libraries
Pflugerville Community Library
Austin Public Library
Wells Branch Community Library
School Supplies and Services Available
- Pens: 25¢
- Mechanical Pencils: 50¢
- Pencils: 25¢ (ask for these at the Circulation Desk)
- Pads of notebook paper: 50¢
Last updated:11/13/08 md
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