Your Library Media Center

The mission of the Library Media Program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished:  

• By providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats

• By providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing and using information and ideas

• By working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students

• By promoting literacy and the enjoyment of reading, viewing and listening

Information Power  

Staff Development

OUR PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION

Through the School Library System of our Dutchess County BOCES, Arlington is taking part in the Cooperative Collection Development program. Our focus is professional development. This bibliography is a list of the books available to you. The books are housed in the Arlington High School Library Media Center, but may be acquired through Interlibrary Loan (contact your building Library Media Specialist) or by your personal visit to the library.

If you have titles or subject areas you would like added to this collection, please contact your building librarian or Pauline Herr. Your comments are appreciated.

Announcements & Events

• Get Ready for New York State's NYS Summer Reading Program:
    "Books: a Treasure!   Keeps Kids Reading "

• The News is Out! The latest Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners have been announced by the American Library Association!

  Go to the American Library Website to see reviews of all the ALSC Award Winning books:   http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/literaryrelated.htm

  Find out more about these Newbery Medal books at http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/
  awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm.

  Find out more about these Caldecott Medal books at http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=31914.

• Mid-Hudson Library System Online Entrance

  http://lifelines.midhudson.org/ is a website with homework resources selected for parents and librarians to help students in grades 5-12.
  
  School and public librarians and teachers identified the subject areas as being the ones most widely taught in New York State. Within each area there are links to magazine, newspaper and encyclopedia articles, related websites and local history, where applicable. All the articles and websites are age-appropriate, either for younger children or those in the upper grades.
  
  In addition, the public libraries serving our school district now have a new online catalog, located at http://gigcat.midhudson.org/ where anyone with a library card for the Mid-Hudson Library System can search for and order books to be delivered to the local library of their choice.

• Arlington's Kid-Safe Reference Shelf and Search Engines

• Arlington's Reading Lists for Every Grade

Write a Book Review and Publish it Online

See the individual Library Site for your school for more information.

Favorite Haunts

• Barnes & Noble: Poughkeepsie 297-8092

• Bookworm: 462-3873

• Borders: 297-3700

• Merrit Books: Millbrook 677-5857

• Recycled Reading Book Exchange: 452-HALF

• Three Arts: 471-3640