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Library Information
"The
mission of the library program is to ensure that students and
staff are effective users of ideas and information."
Information
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The Pershing Middle
School Library serves over 1,700 students and is part of
the Houston
Independent School District. In January, 2007,
it was moved with the rest of the school from it's home
for the past fifty years to beautiful, spacious, state-of-the art facility. The library houses approximately sixteen-thousand books
and materials. It is fully automated with Alexandria software for
circulation and catalog use. Twenty-eight
workstations with Internet access, the library catalog,
and other software programs are available for student
use. Two stationary LCD projectors with
screens are available for the librarians' and teachers'
use as teaching aids.
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Hours/ Staff
The library is open
from 8:00 A.M. till 4:00.P.M. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On other days the hours are 8:35 A.M. till 4:00P.M.
The Pershing Library is staffed by
two certified librarians, Mary Burgert and Mary Ellen
Taylor. Ms. Taylor is at Pershing full time, while
Ms. Burgert is at the school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
1/2 the day on Thursdays. Both librarians have Learning
Resources Certification and hold Masters Degrees in
Library Science. The Library phone number
is 713-295-5240 Ext. 332.
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Circulation Policies
Students must have their Pershing ID cards with them to check out
books from the library. They are allowed to check out
three books at a time for two weeks. Materials may
be renewed once. Students are charged five cents a day
for overdue materials. If a book is lost or
damaged, the student is responsible for the
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Computer/Printing Policies
Computers are
available to students for educational use only.
Chat rooms and personal email are forbidden. To use the
Internet, students must check out a computer and have
the Acceptable Use Policy (page 19 in their Agenda)
signed and with them.
Students should obtain permission
before printing any Internet documents. They are
required to use "print preview" to select
pages to print. The fee for printing is ten cents
per page.
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