Middle School Library & Technology

Middle School Library

Located in the Governor's Center for Innovation, the Middle School Library serves Middle School students along with the faculty and staff of Webb School. The Library supports the philosophy and educational goals of Webb School to nurture the potential of each individual and prepare students to serve as leaders in tomorrow’s world by focusing on information literacy, diverse collections, and curricular support and collaboration.

Through the library, students have access to over 20,000 books, e-books, and over 60 online databases of journals and articles, newspapers, magazines, images, videos, and audiobook streaming content.

More information about the Middle School Library and access to resources can be found at the Library’s website: https://webbschool.libguides.com. The Middle School librarian is available to help students with research questions, projects, and book recommendations.

Library Policies

The Middle School Library is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and offers space for individual and group study, learning, and collaboration. Students are encouraged to come to the library anytime. All school and classroom rules apply in the library. Water bottles are allowed, but food is to be kept outside the library.

Students should always be respectful of other students and classes in the library.

Library Privileges

Any student may check out up to five books, audiobooks, and e-books for two weeks, and these materials can be renewed. Books being used for class will be placed on a reserve cart and may only be checked out for short periods of time.

Students have access to Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for research materials. ILL is a service that provides books and research articles that are not already in the Webb collection.

OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS TO ONLINE RESOURCES

E-books, digital audiobooks, and online databases can be accessed 24/7 from any location with an internet connection and student login credentials. Students can ask the library or a teacher if they do not know their student I.D.

OVERDUE & LOST BOOKS

Students will receive email reminders for soon-to-be-due and overdue books, and students may reply to these emails to renew a book twice. If a student believes they have lost a book, they should notify the library. Students are responsible for replacing the book that they have misplaced, and may do so in one of two ways:

• Pay the library for the cost of the book.

• Bring in a copy of the book in the same format and condition as the original copy.

Technology

Any student’s use of technology on campus must be for educational purposes only. Using a device without teacher approval to play games, watch videos, listen to music, surf the internet, or communicate with others is not allowed during the school day.

In addition to sponsoring a one-to-one iPad program, Webb has a limited number of laptops available for student use.

• The computers are provided for academic use only. System-altering software and games are not permitted.

• Food, drink, gum, or magnets are not allowed near any school technology.

• Software may not be installed on, copied from, or removed from any hard disk by anyone other than the lab supervisors. No changes may be made on the computers’ control panels.

• Data files must be stored on students’ personal storage. Because of frequent student use, files stored on a hard drive may not remain when the student returns.

• Several classrooms have computers to be used at teacher discretion.

Violations of these rules may be considered vandalism or honor offenses.

Webb School Information Network

Using school technology comes with a great deal of responsibility. Ethical questions surrounding the use of computers and other related technologies are changing and evolving, but at Webb School, the Honor Code applies to computer use, as well as to any other aspect of life. To help ensure responsible use, each student must pledge to support the following code of ethics:

• Respect for Others and the Law

I will use computers, software, and related technologies only for purposes that are beneficial to others, that are not harmful to others in any way, and that are within the law. I will not use email to harass others verbally. I will not write e-mail messages masquerading as another. I accept the responsibility of keeping all pornographic material, inappropriate text files, or files that are potentially dangerous to Webb School’s computer hardware or software systems from entering the school in any way.

• Respect for Privacy

I will respect others’ right to privacy. I will access or use other individuals’ or organizations’ information only if I have the permission of the individual or organization that owns the information. I will not access another’s email account.

• Respect for Property

I will respect others’ property. I will make changes to or delete computer programs, information, or files that belong to others only if I have been given permission to do so by the person or organization that owns the program, information, or files.

• Respect of Ownership

I will respect others’ rights to ownership and to earn a living for their work. I will use only computer software, files, or information that I own or that I have been given permission to use. I accept the responsibility of keeping copyrighted software of any kind from entering the school via the internet.

Any violation of this code of ethics is an honor offense or a disciplinary offense.

Webb School has the right and responsibility to monitor student e-mail accounts and to monitor all material downloaded from the internet. In addition, students who are found to have openly disparaged Webb School or members of its community in a libelous or harassing manner in a public internet forum may face disciplinary action, comparable to if the offense occurred in school.