Longhorn Library
Mrs. Diane Combe
dcombe@dsdmail.net
801-402-6615
Library Hours: M, Tu, Thu, Fri
7:50 am-3:30 pm
Wed 9:45 am-3:30 pm
School Library Mission Statement
The mission of North Layton Jr. High Longhorn Library is to ensure learning in a diverse community, where students, staff, and community members can come and gain a love of reading and knowledge. It is a safe, stimulating place that supports the School Curriculum and provide students and staff with the opportunity to progress academically and socially. It provides opportunities for all patrons to find, understand and use information in any format.
Parental Restriction of Individual Student Access
The librarian and the School Committee strive to have a library collection that all students and parents consider appropriate. Nevertheless, the District recognizes the right of parents under state law and District Policy 11IR-107 Recognizing Constitutional Freedoms in Public Schools, to restrict their child’s access to materials the parent deems inappropriate. However, parents do not have the right to make that determination on behalf of other parents and students.
A parent desiring to restrict their own child’s access to specific library materials shall submit the request in writing (or via email) to the Librarian at the school their child is currently attending. If the material is a required part of classroom curriculum activities, the parent must follow the procedures for waiver contained in 11IR-107 Section 14.
4I-202 School Library Media Centers (Section 3.2)
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GUIDELINES
(Updated August 2023)
HOURS
Library hours: 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri.
9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday
CIRCULATION POLICY
Students will be allowed to check out 5 books at one time. If a student has one or more books that are overdue by one week or more, they will be allowed to check-out only one additional book. These books must either be returned or renewed by bringing the book to the library, upon renewal. Teachers will be allowed to check-out up to 50 items at one time.
LIBRARY FEES
North Layton Jr. High library DOES NOT have any daily overdue fees.
LIBRARY FINES
No. Layton Jr. High library DOES have Library fines. This includes any books that have been lost or damaged material, from the library. Students on a fee waiver will be assessed a library fine for lost/damaged items. Library materials are district property and therefore library fines for lost/damaged items are non-waivable.
RETURNING ITEMS
Patrons may return materials by placing them in the book drop located inside the library doors.
PARENTAL RESTRICTION OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ACCESS
The librarian and the School Committee strive to have a library collection that all students and parents consider appropriate. Nevertheless, the District recognizes the right of parents under state law and District Policy 11IR-107 Recognizing Constitutional Freedoms in Public Schools, to restrict their child’s access to materials the parent deems inappropriate. However, parents do not have the right to make that determination on behalf of other parents and students.
A parent desiring to restrict their own child’s access to specific library materials shall submit the request in writing (or via email) to the Librarian at the school their child is currently attending. If the material is a required part of classroom curriculum activities, the parent must follow the procedures for waiver contained in 11IR-107 Section 14.
4I-202 School Library Media Centers (Section 3.2)
SELECTION PROCESS
School Library Committee (School Committee)
Per 41-202 School Library Media Centers, Section 1, the School Committee works collaboratively with the librarian in selection and maintenance of school library materials. The committee shall include an odd number of members, not less than 5 people. If a larger School Committee is wanted, the school administrator must receive approval from the district Teaching and Learning Director via email. If a committee member ends their service, the chair or president of the designating organization will serve on the School Committee until a replacement is found.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The School Committee shall include:
a. The librarian who serves as chair of the School Committee
b. A school administrator; and
c. A minimum of three parents with standing:
i. One-Community Council member or designee
ii. The Community Council chair is responsible for designating a council member or another parent to serve on the School Committee. Parents may be selected by appointment, application, or lottery. School Committee members must be willing to spend several hours each month reviewing and approving books for purchase. If parents cannot be found who will serve on the committee, the chair will serve on the School Committee.
iii. One-PTA/PTO Board member or designee
The PTA/PTO president is responsible for designating a council member or another parent to serve on the School Committee. Parents may be selected by appointment, application, or lottery. School Committee members must be willing to spend several hours each month reviewing and approving books for purchase. If parents cannot be found who will serve on the committee, the president will serve on the School Committee.
iv. One-School Administrator designee.
The school administrator is responsible for designating a parent to serve on the School Committee. Parents may be selected by appointment, application, or lotter.
d. The School Committee works collaboratively with the librarian in selection and maintenance of school library materials. The School Committee shall:
i. Receive training in person at the beginning of each school year. Training shall include Davis School District 4I-202 School Library Media Centers policy, including all applicable laws, and School Library Media Centers Guidelines and Procedures, and basic library collection
development guidelines.
ii. Include parents who will serve on the committee for 2 years. (4I-202, Section 2.1.7)
iii. Spend time as necessary each month reviewing and approving books for purchase.
iv. Meet using district provided platforms and devices in a variety of ways including face-to-face, virtually, online communication, etc.
v. Use the Selection Process criteria in 4I-202, Section 2.2.4.
vi. Read a variety of reliable review sources when considering approval of library materials.
vii. Participate in discussions, ask questions, and share perspectives.
viii. Make recommendations for alternative or additional titles.
ix. Approve or deny proposed purchases within 5 school days or when a majority vote is reached within 5 school days.
x. Count a vote for approval when there is no response from a committee member(s) after 5 school days of materials selected by the school librarian, or when approval is needed before the 5th day. 
xi. Approve books in a foreign language that have not been previously acquired.
xii. Approve materials for pre-order/purchase such as new releases, popular titles in a series, books by popular authors, author-signed books, etc.
The Librarian may select the following without School Committee approval:
a. Materials in other languages that have been previously acquired in the English language.
b. Books on the DSD ELA approved list and their translations.
c. Materials which have already been reviewed by the district Sensitive Materials Review committee and approved for inclusion in library collections at the school’s level.
DESELECTION AND REPLACEMENT
The District Supervisor has the responsibility to implement deselection, replacement, and disposal guidelines for library resources and materials.
The librarian, in consultation with the School Committee, may deselect and/or replace books based on the following considerations:
a. Poor physical condition
b. Literary quality and availability of a replacement if a work remains appropriate for a collection should be considered.
c. Superseded by more current information, contain subject matter no longer needed to support the curriculum.
d. Receiving minimal or no circulation
e. Contains wrong, inaccurate, or dated information; or
f. Encouraging stereotypes or biases.
The librarian will seek committee approval for deselection if a book may not be compliant with Utah Code Ann. §53G-10-103 as described in Section 1 (sensitive materials law). The committee has 5- school days, or when a majority decision is reached within 5 school days, to approve or deny the deselection or replacement. No response from a committee member(s) after 5 school days will be considered a vote for the deselection of materials.
WEEDING GUIDELINES
Weeding is essential to maintain a current, relevant, up-to-date collection. NLJH Longhorn professional library staff should periodically review the collection to determine which materials should be removed or replaced. Materials to consider for weeding include:
a. Poor physical condition.
b Superseded by more current, up-to-date material.
c. Contain subject matter no longer needed to support the curriculum.
d Receiving little use.
e Providing wrong, inaccurate, or dated information.
f Encouraging stereotypes of biased opinion.
g. Pictures on the cover and inside the book are outdated.
GENERAL MATERIALS DIPSOSAL GUIDELINES
a. Remove or cover district markings such as barcodes, spine labels, and card pockets from materials being removed from the collection.
b. Books may be sold at a used book sale where proceeds will be deposited into the school library fund, made available for free, sent to the district warehouse for recycling, or disposed of through the school trash pick-up system.
c. Videos, filmstrips, or other materials may be given to another organization or disposed of through the school trash pick-up system.
d. Discarded equipment which is still functional will be shipped to the district warehouse.
REQUEST LIBRARY MATERIALS REVIEW
If a parent, student, staff member, or board member with standing feels that a specific library material contains sensitive material, they may request that the material be considered for removal. (41-202 School Library Media Centers, Section 3)
DONATIONS
The library professional must review potential library book donations using the criteria for selection of purchased material. In addition, the following criteria shall be considered:
a. Materials should be new or barely used (in good to excellent condition with no writing or other defacing marks), complete, clean, durable, and attractive.
b. Fiction books should be no more than five years old with the exception of books from well-known children's authors and classics.
c. All materials should have a reading level and an interest level of Pre-K through 12th grade.
d. Non-fiction books should not reflect outdated stereotypes of racial or cultural groups in either the text or the illustrations and should avoid oversimplification of complex issues and other distortions that would give readers erroneous or misleading information.
e. Materials that are not appropriate for library media center use, such as textbooks, consumable instructional materials such as workbooks, standardized tests, most periodicals, pamphlets, and catalogs will not be accepted.
f. Library media professionals are encouraged to post signage informing students and parents of the ability to donate materials through the Davis Education Foundation
COMPUTER AGREEMENT
All students must fill out an acceptable use agreement within the district, as per registration. All copyright rules apply.
WITHDRAWAL FROM SCHOOL
All students withdrawing from NLJH must bring a paper form to the Library Media Teacher to sign. The paper may be signed ONLY if the student has no materials checked out of the library and fines are NOT found, from the library.
FOOD & DRINK/RULES
The library is the Library Media Teacher's classroom. Food, gum, and drinks are not allowed in the library. Other rules and expectations are posted in the library.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES & DRESS CODE
All school policies regarding dress code and use of electronic devices apply in the library. The library is considered a classroom.
LIBRARY PERMIT
Library hours are 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri. (Including lunch). Wednesday hours are from 9:45 a.m-3:30 p.m. Individuals not with a scheduled class during class time must obtain a permit or School Hall Pass, from their specific teacher. The permit should be turned in at the circulation desk upon entering the library. When students leave the library, the permit must be signed by the Library Media Teacher, or a student designated as Library Assistant. The time leaving the library must be included on the permit, as the student leaves the library.
VOLUNTEERS
Parents of students enrolled at NLJH may sign up to help in the Library Media Center, at any time during the year. There is a form they may sign up on at the time of registration. They may also inquire in Library, any other time during the current school year.
LIBRARY ASSISTANTS
Students may register to serve as a Library Assistant, during their 8th or 9th grade year. They must have a 3.0 grade point average on their latest report card and citizenship below an S/G will not be acceptable. They also need to have a good attendance history. The students will receive a Pass/Fail grade for the class.
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