LIBRARY: 45,000 curriculum
related books!– 92 computers for students!
Quality online databases! Information literacy
instruction!
The RBHS Library -The Information
Hub of the School!
Check your Library/Textbook
Record Online! On
the Library webpage click, "Search the
Catalog." Click "Login." Your
username is your ID# Your password is your
lastname. Click My Info. (Teachers
login just as you would login to Novell.)View
your RBHS library and textbook record online
today!
RBHS
Friends of the Library and Amazon.com:
When you access Amazon by using
the link below and to the right, 4% of
the sale goes to into an account to buy books
for our Library and to help our students.
You can use this link for any purchase! It's
so easy!
Hours: Library
hours are 7:10-3:00 pm M T Th and F. On Wednesdays
we close at 1:51pm for professional time.
Our Mission: The mission
of the RBHS Library is to support the curriculum
of Rancho Bernardo High School, and as part
of that mission provide access to current,
adequate and appropriate information resources,
and to ensure that all students, teachers
and staff are effective users of ideas and
information.
Electronic Research: When
researching, students and teachers are encouraged
to use our extensive curriculum tailored book
collection and our online databases. (Links
are to the right.) Passwords for these databases
are on a "bookmark" and
can be obtained on the RBHS Library circulation
desk. Try our new the WORLD BOOK ONLINE
subscription database! It’s
a high quality alternative to Wikipedia and
much that can be found on the web! CQ
(Congressional Researcher) is also
now available! Gale has upgraded their search
capabilities.
Use it to access thousands of quality articles
in E-reference collections, online journals
and popular and academic magazines. Use United
Streaming to view or download educational
video clips and images. These resources have
been selected to help our students do even
better. Headphones are available at the circulation
desk.
Got a history paper? Try
our brand new History online databases. Click
on American
History Online
and Modern
World History Online
Computers: Use MS Office,
Inspiration and Movie Maker, Accelerated Reader,
STAR Reading and other applications.
All computers provide high speed Internet
access. Need help with research, a Powerpoint
or video editing, just ask library staff for
assistance.
LearningPoint: Search and
preview for course RBLib Click on Lectures
and Links for a list of library lectures and
notes.
Book Club: Meets every Tuesday
at lunch in the Textbook Room. Join us!
Library Policies: Students
may check out up to ten books at a time for
a period of up to 2 weeks. Students are held
responsible for returning the same book in
the same condition on time. Fines of 10 cents
per day are charged for library books returned
late. Students will be charged the replacement
cost for books lost. (Any refund is subject
to a $10 processing fee per board policy.)
Reference books may be checked out overnight.
Fines of 50 cents per day are charged for
late reference materials. Computers are to
be used for school purposes only. Holds have
priority over renewals. If the book has a
hold on it, it cannot be renewed.
PARENTS: Volunteers Needed!
Please consider being a RBHS Library volunteer
and/or Friend of the RBHS Library! To find
out more about the RBHS FOL click the link
to the right or contact FOL President Kristine
DeMatteo at 858-521-8211 or email kristinewalker@hotmail.com
EBOOKS ARE HERE! We now
have over 120 copies of electronic books that
can either be previewed or checked out 24/7
using the RBHS library catalog. (Click on
the button to the right, Search the Library
Catalog.) Many are core literature titles
such as The Alchemist, A Tale of Two Cities,
Brave New World, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Frankenstein, The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, The Joy Luck Club, The Scarlett Letter,
Hamlet and MacBeth. We also have available
several fiction books such as Meg Cabot’s,
Princess series books. We have SAT prep ebooks
and US history related ebooks. For a complete
list of ebooks, type ebook into the library
catalog and search by “keyword”.
To check out an ebook you must enter your
barcode # and your password which is your
last name. Only one person can check out a
copy of a particular ebook at a time. Ebooks
can be viewed and/or printed on computers
that have Adobe Reader 6.0 or better. Files
of ebooks can be transferred to your PDA.
Ebooks have built in dictionaries and can
be searched, highlighted and manipulated.
They can be checked out for 24 hours and then
are automatically checked in. Give it a try!
Let us know what you think!
Regular Textbook Window Hours are:
• Before school, at break and after
school from 2:30 until 2:40 pm (Not during
Lunch)
• English teachers may bring their classes
to exchange text books on Monday and Friday.
Tuesday is a teacher self-service checkout
day. (See Frances for training.)
• The textbook room will be closed to
classes on Wednesday and Thursday, but open
on those days to individuals before and after
school (2:25 pm) and during break.
Due to the state's budget crisis, the School
and Library Improvement Program allocation
for library books ($20,000) and for supplementary
library staffing ($30,000) for increased service
to classes, and for extended hours was cancelled
in June 2008.
As a result of the funding crisis, library
hours before and after school have had to
be reduced compared to last spring. Thanks
to an allocation from the RBHS Friends
of the Library for staffing, we will
be able to serve 3 classes at a time rather
than 2 on Monday and Tuesdays. The Library
will continue to serve two classes at a time
Wednesdays through Fridays. Thank you for
your continued support as we strive to provide
the best service we can during these most
challenging times of fiscal restraint..
LIBRARY CONTACTS:
Benn von Wistinghausen, Library Media
Teacher bvonwistinghausen@powayusd.com
(858) 485-4820
Frances French, Textbook Specialist
ffrench@powayusd.com, Phone (858)
485-4520 or 858 485-4820
Cheryle Haygood, Library Assistant,
Circulation chaygood@powayusd.com (858) 485-4521
or 858 485-4820.
Come in and say “Hello!”
Web Page Updated Novemeber 20, 2008
