Policies & Procedures

Hours of Operation
The media center hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school days.

Library Etiquette

The following rules make everyone's visit to the media center more enjoyable and more productive:

• Students entering the media center during class time must have a school pass.
• Students must enter the Media Center quietly. 
• Students are not allowed to have food, drinks, or gum in the media center.
• Students must push all chairs in, pick up all materials, and place them in the proper area before leaving.

Schedule
Austin Road Middle features a “flexible" media center.  Students may come to the media center at any time, individually, in small groups, or with their entire class to check out and return materials, read for pleasure or information, or research topics for reports.
 

Checkout
The following are policies regarding checkout:  

• Students must have an ID number/lunch number to check out materials.
• Books are checked out for ten school days.
• Students may check out a maximum of two books.
• Reference materials may not be checked out.