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Meadowview Library: Policies

Visiting the Library

Students are welcome in the library throughout the day to check out, renew, or exchange books. 

Students will be told checkout limits based upon grade level;

  • Kindergarten and first grade students can check out up to 3 books.
  • Second, third, fourth, and fifth grade students can check out up to 4 books.

They are encouraged to return and check out new books as often as they need. The loan period for books is two weeks. Students are responsible for taking care of and returning the materials they check out. The library does not maintain records of student checkout history.

Students have free choice of materials in the library to make selections of interest to them. We make efforts to support students in learning what books are a good fit for them while not discouraging their excitement about reading. If you feel your student is checking out books that don’t match what you see/prefer at home, please contact the school librarian to discuss and have your student exchange their books.

Book Responsibility

When a student has either lost or damaged library materials the item(s) needs to be taken care of before the end of the school year.

This can be done in one of two ways.

  1. Preferred method: Replace lost or damaged item(s) in the same format/binding (usually hardcover). Before purchasing a replacement, please discuss the specific book requirements with the school librarian. 

  2. Pay for lost or damaged item(s). If the price of the lost/damaged item(s) is not on the overdue notice please contact the school librarian. Payment can be made through MySchoolBucks or with cash or a check made out to Eau Claire Area School District. 

Circulation Policies

  • All books, technology, and textbooks check in and out through the library. 
  • Books can be returned to the library desk or through the book drop in the hall. Technology must be returned to the desk.
  • Kindergarten students may check out up to 3 items. Second through fifth graders may check out up to 4 items. 
  • Books check out for 1 week. 
  • Students may stop in the library or log into their library account to renew books.
  • Overdue notices are sent out weekly via email to parents/guardians.
  • There are no fines for late materials. However, if a book or device is damaged or lost, a repair or replacement fee will be charged.
  • Ebooks and audiobooks are available through Sora. These return automatically off your account.

Collection Maintenance

The Meadowview school librarian is guided by the American Library Association school library selection criteria: 

  • Support and enrich the curriculum and/or students’ personal interests and learning
  • Meet high standards in literary, artistic, and aesthetic quality; technical aspects; and physical format
  • Be appropriate for the subject area and for the age, emotional development, ability level, learning styles, and social, emotional, and intellectual development of the students for whom the materials are selected
  • Incorporate accurate and authentic factual content from authoritative sources
  • Earn favorable reviews in standard reviewing sources and/or favorable recommendations based on preview and examination of materials by professional personnel
  • Exhibit a high degree of potential user appeal and interest
  • Represent differing viewpoints on controversial issues
  • Provide a global perspective and promote diversity by including materials by authors and illustrators of all cultures
  • Include a variety of resources in physical and virtual formats including print and non-print such as electronic and multimedia (including subscription databases and other online products, e-books, educational games, and other forms of emerging technologies)
  • Demonstrate physical format, appearance, and durability suitable to their intended use
  • Balance cost with need

Selection is an ongoing process that should include removing materials that are no longer accurate, relevant, used, or needed (weeding); adding materials; and replacing lost and worn materials that still have educational value. Library materials will be weeded when (Some criteria may not apply in each situation and not all criteria need to be met in order to weed library materials):

  • They are in poor physical condition

  • They have low circulation statistics

  • They have become outdated, are no longer relevant, or contain inaccurate information

  • They have become outdated because of the graphic design or photography contained within the material

  • They are of poor quality

  • They are no longer needed to support the curriculum or student or faculty interests

When materials are weeded from the library collection they will be donated or discarded. The final decision as to what library materials will be discarded is up to the discretion of the school librarian.