DMS Library/Media Center

Mission Statement

Create a community of life-long learners

who effectively utilize multiple forms of information

and find enjoyment in the printed word.

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Pflugerville Reads One Book This February!

(click on the link below for more details)

Pflugerville Community Library

 

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More information about Rattler Readers can be found here:

Rattler Reader FAQs

How do I sign up?

RattlerReaderSignUp

Library Services:

• Follett Destiny / OPAC / Library Catalog
• Policies and Procedures
• Supplies & Services Available
• Checking Patron Status
  for books checked out, overdue books, and fines
• Links to Area Public Libraries
• Research and Reading Links
• Rattler Readers - Lunchtime Book Groups

General Information

Staff

• Librarian: Youens, DeborahYouens

Address & Direct Phone Line

• 12900 Dessau Road, Austin, TX 78754, 512/594-2671

Hours

• Monday - Thursday, 8:00 AM. - 4:00 PM
• Friday: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Open from 8:00-8:25 on most mornings, unless there is a Faculty Meeting or training in the library. This is a time for students to read quietly, check out books, or work on homework.
• Open during each lunch unless the library is already being used by a class. Students need to get an orange library pass from the pricipal on duty at lunch 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. Youens for Username and Passwords to access these resources from home (Hint: they are the same ones used to access the resources on campus).

• EBSCO

Full-text articles from magazines, education journals, newpapers, newswires, transcripts, reports, primary source documents, biographies, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, photos, maps and flags.

• Encyclopedia Britannica

Three encyclopedias for all levels of reading. 126,000 articles and 26,000 images and video clips.

• Enciclopedia Universal

Encyclopedia Britannica in Spanish

• Maps 101

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

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School Supplies and Services Available

Pens: 25¢

Mechanical Pencils: 50¢

Pencils: 25¢

Pads of notebook paper: 50¢

Erasers: 25¢

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DMS Librarian: Deborah Youens

512 594-2671

Last updated:5/26/09 md