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Teachers

Quick Ways We Can Help You

  • We will visit your class for stories, book talks, and/or information about the library.
  • Bring your class for a tour, stories, book talks, or explanation of the online catalog.
  • Provide a large Parent/Teacher Collection. There is an annotated booklist of many of the titles you can print. Call us if you would like us to hold any of these books at the front desk for pick up.
  • Give you a PIN number for access to your own library account and to reserve materials—at a library OPAC terminal or even from school or home via your modem.
  • Hold books on in-house reserve for student use. With the public school textbooks in our reference section, your kids have one less reason to say "I couldn't do my homework because I forgot to take the book home!"

Just for Teachers...

  • You may get a library card even if you live outside Guilford Twp.
  • We will pull subject collections for you to pick up for classroom use.
  • Longer loan of library materials – ask at the check-out desk.
  • We can set aside subject collections for your students to use in the library only.
  • Please let us know if you're going to create a huge demand for one subject!

Bring Your Class

We'd love to see your class at the library. Call a week or more ahead to schedule your visit. That way, we'll be ready for you, and your visit won't conflict with a library program or another class visit. When you visit, we can offer:

  • Tours and orientation to the Children's Room.
  • Group project reference help.
  • "How to find a book"/ Using OPAC (Online Public Access Computer)
  • Theme or general book talks (also available in your classroom).
  • Browsing and checking out books by students, mix and match with the above.

Services for Children

  • Help finding books by author, title, subject, series or keyword.
  • "Reader's advisory," which often starts with, "I'm looking for a good book."
  • Story Line - a phone story which changes weekly. 839-6602, then press 6.
  • Kid Kits for children who are ill or taking a trip. A staff member chooses a bag of library materials based on the child's reading level and interests. Each kit may include books, tapes, puzzles, magazines and paper-and-pencil activities.
  • Educational/computer literacy software on CD-ROM for children to use at the library.
  • Reserves on checked out materials.
  • "Interlibrary Loans" if our library doesn't have the book you need.
  • Children's Activities. These are usually free, but pre registration is usually required. They include family programs, topic-based programs for the school aged, Tot Tales (ages 2 & 3), Story Stars for Fours and Fives, Tickle Tales (one-year-olds), Amigo Spanish playtime (various ages), Little Wonders Lapsits (birth until 11 months), special summer activities, Summer Reading Program.

Children's Materials Available to Check Out

  • Books
  • Cassette tapes with stories or music
  • Encyclopedias
  • Read-along kits
  • Magazines
  • Books on CD, and music CDs
  • Videos
  • DVDs
  • Computer CD-ROMs to check out

Assignments and Assignment Alerts

It's frustrating for kids when they come to the library to do research and find all the material already checked out. Often the first student who gets here checks out everything on the subject. Call us (839-6602, ext.128), stop by, or fax us the information at 838-3804 about the assignment, so we can set aside a few books for in-house use until the assignment is due.

You can help students be successful here by ...

  • Choosing broad research topics when possible. The library owns just one book on some specific subjects.
  • Drop by or call us to make sure we have what they will be looking for.
  • Reminding students they may need pencil and paper and money for the copy machines, since some materials may not be checked out.