The SJB Collection

 The St. John the Baptist Library Collection has more than 10,000 items including easy, fiction, nonfiction, reference, professional, periodical, and audio-visual materials. The reference section includes atlases, almanacs, thesauruses, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. The school has a full-time librarian and participates in the MDK12 Digital Library Project, a partnership of Maryland public school districts and participating nonpublic schools for the purpose of collective, cost-effective purchasing.



  • SJB’s ONLINE RESOURCES

    Below is the list of online services to which our school subscribes through the MDK12 Digital Library. These are managed by the library. There are other resources as well. You may connect to the services below by using the home access codes attached to Tuesday notes home at the beginning of the year. Please keep these instructions near your computer for easy access.


    BrainPOP

    http://www.brainpop.com


    CultureGrams:

    http://online.culturegrams.com


    Scholastic Go! (formerly Grolier Online):

    http://go.grolier.com


    SIRS: Knowledge Source; Discoverer; and Decades:

    http://sks.sirs.com


    World Book:

    https://www.worldbookonline.com


    SJB Online Reading Room


    SJB adheres to BrainPOP's Privacy Policy.

  • SCHOOL LIBRARY POLICIES


    Hours – The library schedule is determined at the beginning of each year and is posted outside the library door. The SJB library is generally open during regular school hours. 


     The Collection – The SJB Collection consists of more than 10,000 items, including easy, fiction, nonfiction and reference books, periodicals, professional, and audio-visual materials The reference section includes atlases, almanacs, thesauruses, dictionaries, and circulating and non-circulating encyclopedias. 


    Stories and poems written by SJB students are collected in a creative writing book, which is kept by the library.


    Coding – A color coding system is used to help identify certain reading levels. Students are not necessarily restricted to these levels. 

    • Green – Grades K-2 (easy picture books and non-fiction) 
    • Blue – Grade 3 (beginning grade 3 fiction and non-fiction) 
    • Yellow – Grades 5-8 (fiction and non-fiction) 
    • Red – Grades 7 & 8 (young-adult fiction and non-fiction) 
    • Gold Stars -- Caldecott and Newbery medal winners 
    • Red Stars – Honor Caldecott and Newberry winners  

    Checkout – The student who checks out the book is responsible for its return. Students should not lend or borrow checked-out books.


    Handling materials – SJB library books have the barcode and date due slip positioned on the lower left corner of the front cover. We ask students to treat library books with care.


    Courtesy – Students are expected to be quiet in the library so others may read and work. 

  • LIBRARY PROCEDURES

    Two categories can appear on weekly notices that are sent home from the library: 

    1. Library materials (indicates overdue)- This is a request to return the book(s) listed. [After a book is checked back into the library the automated system calculates a fine (see #2)]. 
    2. Unpaid fines (indicates fines)- This means the book(s) listed has/have been returned. This is a request to pay the amount listed based on the number of days the book was late. 

    Weekly Borrowing periods and limitations: 


    Kindergarten – some in-school borrowing at teacher’s discretion; maximum of one book at any given time 


    Grades 1 & 2 – maximum of one book at any given time for enjoyment


    Grades 3 & 4 – maximum of two* books at any given time for enjoyment


    Grade 5-8 – maximum of three* books at any given time for enjoyment 


    Books and Magazines – 2 weeks/renewable unless on reserve 


    Encyclopedias (circulating) – overnight/renewable daily unless on reserve 


    Parents – may borrow through their children’s library card(s) (kept in the library) except seasonal items at times of peak use in school. 


    Returns – drop slot at the circulation desk just inside the library is the only official return for all students; white classroom crates (in Grades K-4 only) help consolidate daily returns 


    Renewals – allowed, with a limit of three renewals 


    Reserves – as needed for popular items or for research projects 


    Fines – 10 cents per day/per book that school is in session. Fines are not excused for routine absences, but are excused for snow days or other all-school emergencies. 


    Replacement costs – also posted outside the library door and on the school website 


    Paperbacks - $9.00 


    Hardcover - $19.00 or cost of replacing the book 


    Refunds of replacement costs are made if a book is eventually found minus any accrued fines.