POLICIES AND PROCEDURE FOR USING LIBRARY BOOKS

·        If the tutor has selected a library book, the coordinator reserves and collects as many books as there are students signed up for the reading club, plus two extras – one for the tutor, and one extra to be used for in class use only (for students who might join the reading club later on.) 

 ·        The coordinator checks these books out to the tutor’s library card.  

·        On the first day of the reading club class, the tutor distributes books to the students, and makes time at the end of class to take students up to the check-out counter and have them re-check the book out to the student’s library card.  There is no need to use the book sign out sheet to keep track of who has what library book now.  ·        Students and tutor are responsible for renewing their books when necessary.   

·        If a student joins a class mid-session, the tutor lends them the in-class copy of the book for that class meeting.  For “homework,” the new student is responsible for checking out a copy of the book from the library, or requesting a book from another library if necessary.  The tutor can help students with this if necessary at the end of the class. (*If a tutor is not sure how to do this, a librarian will be happy to show them and the student.) 

·        If a tutor has any extra copies of the book after the first day, the tutor should simply return them to the library. That way the books will be in the system for anyone who needs one later on.  

·        The Book Sign-out sheets will only be needed for books that are NOT library books—books that are “Program Copies.” The sign out sheet is a way for tutors and staff to keep track of who has these books and who returns them. At the end of a session, staff will collect those forms in order to contact any students who are still holding on to program copies of books.