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Emergency Drills
The emergency/disaster response plan shall contain a means for evaluating its effectiveness, including provisions for carrying out emergency drills. The Superintendent shall ensure all required emergency and disaster drills are
Directory of Professional Services and Organizations
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Annual Report
CirculationAnnual ReportCirculation Statistics:
Collection Size - 30,000
Annual Circulation - 4,296 transactions
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The Annual Report should be presented to the Superintendent of the Oakes Public School District as well as to the Oakes Public School Board.
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Compliance: Each library should maintain copies of federal Fair Use Copying Guidelines and federal Fair Use Standards for off-air taping of copyrighted audio and audiovisual works. Legal counsel shall review any proposed usage beyond the guidelines.The Director of Media Services will issue memorandums regarding this policy and federal Fair Use Guidelines to employees as needed; post notices of copyright law and this policy in appropriate locations; install filtering software on district networks to prevent illegal downloading and file sharing; and notify students of this policy through the use of student handbooks.
Intellectual Property: Any copyrightable work produced by a district employee within the scope of his/her duties is considered “work made for hire.” The
or commercial firms. firms.
Violations: AdministrationAdministr ation shall investigate
acting outside the scope of employment.
Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians - Read this document for information from the United States Copyright Office
Copyright Website - Visit this site for more information on copyright "Do's and Don't's"!
Copyright Questions Answered - Visit this website for more information on copyright. This website is a terrific tool for teaching students about copyright.
Reports and Evaluations
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Participates in alliances with other organizations with common goals
Develops and maintains effective relations with government
Use of Materials Policy
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Advocacy is a planned, deliberate, sustained effort to raise awareness of an issue or issues. Advocacy is thus an ongoing process whereby support and understanding are built incrementally. Advocacy uses many of the tools of marketing and public relations, but it is not solely one or the other.

Library Floor Plan
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The Oakes Public School library will not discriminate against individuals with disabilities and shall ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to library resources. To ensure such access, our library will provide individuals with disabilities with services such as extended loan periods, waived late fines, extended reserve periods, books by mail, reference services by fax or email, remote access to the OPAC, remote electronic access to library resources,and volunteer technology assistants in the library.
This library will provide accessible parking, clear paths of travel to and throughout the facility, entrances with adequate, clear openings or automatic doors, elevators, and accessible public conveniences such as restrooms and drinking fountains. We will make print materials available in alternative formats such as large type, audio recording, and electronic formats.
Public Relations
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Budget Summaries
{OakesPublicSchoolBudget2012.pdf} OPS 2012 Budget Summary Here {OakesLibraryBudgetSummary2012.pdf} Oakes 2012 Library Budget Here
Facilities
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Procedures and Policies
Selection Policy
Philosophy:
MaterialsPhilosophy:Materials purchased for
Objectives:
1. To provide materials to meet varied interests, ability levels and research needs of Oakes Library patrons.
3. Reliability - accuracy and current.
4. Treatment of material.
Intent
Evidence of theoretical, sexual, racial, or religious bias or prejudice are not present.
5. Subject interest - to logically and intelligently attempt to meet the needs of the patrons.
6. Format
Print
Print materials
Non print material
Electronic material
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1. Paperbacks which are mainly fiction
fiction and nonfiction3.nonfiction
3. Periodicals including
4. Technological equipment and materials
Computers and software
Procedure: 1. Complainant must file a request for removal of materials with the Media Specialist who will acknowledge receipt by dating and signing Request for Removal Form. 2. A committee will be set up to review the item in question. The committee will consist of the following: a. The Media Specialist b. The president of the Oakes Public Library Board c. A member of the Oakes Public Library Board d. A member of the Oakes School Faculty 3. Within 30 days of the filing date the material in question should be brought to the committee for evaluation. The committee has 90 days to make their recommendation. The initiator must be informed of the meeting(s) and shall have the right to participate in those meetings. The initiator will be notified of the decision through a letter from the committee. All information and records must be kept and filed.
{OakesLibraryRequestforReconsiderationofMaterial.rtf} Download Request for Reconsideration of Materials Form here.
Budget
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North Dakota State Library Resources
The ND State Library contains a wealth of resources for media specialists, teachers, students, and anyone seeking access to information in the state of ND.
Collection Development
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Circulation Policies
Library Loans
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1.Patrons may check up to five items out of the library at one time during library operating hours.
2. Items may be checked out from the library for a period of 2 weeks. At the end of the two weeks, items must be returned or the loan renewed.
the library.
If an item is on a reserve list, patrons may only renew check out for that item once.
is renewed.
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4. If books the item.
5. Patrons may request the placement of an item on the reserve list when the item they seek is already in circulation. Patrons will be contacted when the item is available for check out.
E-Reader Policies
1. E-readers may only be checked out of the library for a period of 2 weeks. No renewals will be given unless there is no one on the reserve for the e-reader. If no one is on the reserve list, patrons may check out the e-reader for an additional 2 weeks.
for e-books.
E-books may be checked out from Library-2-Go for up to 3 weeks.
3. If a patron loses, damages, or destroys an Oakes Library e-reader, the patron will pay the cost of repair or replacement for the e-reader.
the e-reader.
Computer
Computer UseStudents may are available.
Programs and Planning
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