St. Johns Country Day School Heinrich Learning Resource Center

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Welcome to the Heinrich Library Resource Center virtual library. Our SJCDS library is a vibrant space that fosters inquiry, collaborative learning, and technology tools for today's 21st-century learner.

St Johns Country Day School HLRC 3100 Doctors Lake Drive, Orange Park, FL 32073 (904) 264-9572 x4220

Vision:
Educating our diverse community to be effective users of information through comprehensive, quality materials, services, and instruction of the research process.

Mission:
SJCDS Heinrich Library Resource Center provides a necessary link in the dynamic education process by

supporting the curriculum through the collaboration of the information-seeking process and the content-based classroom
integrating technology as a process, not just a product, for learning and teaching
providing a stimulating, inviting, and accessible environment
building a community of life-long learners and readers

Policies:

Hours are from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. All students must sign in at the circulation desk for any use of the library.
Students may check out up to five books at a time provided there are no overdue books or fines. Students may check out more books if needed for a project with permission.
If a book is lost or damaged, the cost of $25.00 to replace that book will be due. Due to the special library binding, processing and cataloging of our books, we can not accept replacement books, only the fine to replace the book. All books must be returned by the end of the school year for inventory.
Students can take a make-up exam in the morning beginning at 7:30 A.M. before classes start. If they choose to do it after school they must report to the library before 3:30 P.M
We adhere to the American Library Association's policies on the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read. As Libraries: An American Value states, “We affirm the responsibility and the right of all parents and guardians to guide their own children's use of the library and its resources and services... Librarians and library governing bodies cannot assume the role of parents or the functions of parental authority in the private relationship between parent and child. Librarians and governing bodies should maintain that only parents and guardians have the right and the responsibility to determine their children's—and only their children’s—access to library resources. Parents and guardians who do not want their children to have access to specific library services, materials, or facilities should so advise their children." Books that are appropriate for YA and Teen readers have been labeled with a U for Upper School.

We adhere to all SJCDS media policies such as selection policy, book reconsideration, and collection development.
Computer Usage:
- Treat the computer like you’d treat your own - with respect.
- Respect other people’s files on the computer.
- Do not change, copy, delete, read, or otherwise access files that are not yours.
- Do not attempt to install or remove any software on the computers.
- All software installed on the computers are copyrighted. Do not copy, distribute, or alter it in any way.

History:
The Heinrich Learning Resource Center (HLRC) first opened its doors in the fall of the 2003-2004 school year. The center is a multi-function building enabling up to three classrooms, numerous individual students, and faculty members to engage in various educational and research tasks simultaneously. HLRC houses over 20,000 books, a variety of AV equipment, computers, periodicals, and a rotating student art display.

Birthday Book Club:
The HLRC Birthday Book Program is a great way to make a lasting impression at St. Johns Country Day School regardless of the student’s grade level. During the student’s birth month parents, grandparents or friends may recognize the student’s birthday by giving a book to the St. Johns library (with a minimum donation of $25.00). Though the books are acquired through the librarian, the donor may specify or request a certain book or type of book for purchase. Alternatively, the library staff will help the student select the book from a collection of new books available. A bookplate inscribed with the student’s name is placed inside the book, which then becomes available for checkout from the library’s permanent collection.

Staff:
Mrs. L. Miller: Librarian and Information Specialist (MLIS)

"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education." Harold Howe, former US Commissioner of Education