Media Center

 WELCOME TO THE SHMS IMC!

You may access the library collection at this site: SHMS LIBRARY.

COMING THURSDAY & FRIDAY

            April 19 & 20

BOOK WAREHOUSE BOOK FAIR!

The SHMS Library or Instructional Media Center (IMC) houses various types of educational equipment and materials. There are also over 14,500 books and magazines for educational and leisure reading. The media center has flexible scheduling which allows students and staff to use the library at any time.  The IMC is completely automated and can be accessed via the Internet by clicking on this link.  There are four student access computers, two circulation computers and one administration computer in the library. Seating capacity is about sixty.

The IMC serves more than 550 patrons and circulates, on the average, 45 items per patron during the school year. Each year the library handles over 25,000 transactions. All six-grade students come to the library at least once a week, usually on Thursdays, with their language arts teachers in order to check out books and for instruction and book talks. The library is also open each day right before school, during homeroom and after school for students to check out books.  Teachers often send students to the library to check out a book, to research topics, to work on projects in groups, to study, to take make up tests or to read.

Check out information

Students are allowed to have three books checked out at a time but are given special permission to check out more, if needed, for research. Reference materials and magazines may be checked out for three days and books may be checkout for three weeks. Students may renew items once, either online or in the library.

Library Media Specialists

Miss Sims is the librarian/media specialist and has been employed at SHMS for 24 years. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Education at Pittsburg State University and Master’s Degree in Library Science and Information Management from Emporia State University.

Mrs. Sobotka is the library aide and is a Spring Hill graduate. This is her 11th year as a library aide and her 19th year with the school district.

Book fairs

The SHMS IMC will host three book fairs for the 2011-2012 school year.  There will be two Scholastic Book Fairs, each  held during the week of Parent-Teacher Conferences, October 10 to 13 and February 13 to 16.  There will also be a Book Warehouse (formerly Foozles on the Great Mall) Book Fair on April 19 and 20. 

If you have any questions or concerns, the library phone number is (913) 592-7242.