The Media Center @ AFHS

March Madness AND Reading?!

2012-03-13T08:24:00.002-06:00

Like basketball? What about reading? Checkout Robison Wells' (author of Variant) contest that combines the two.

All you have to do is join Mr. Wells March Madness group by creating a bracket. If your bracket wins you'll get an advance copy of the sequel to Variant called Feedback.

Check it out today!

http://www.robisonwells.com/2012/03/march-madness-win-an-arc-of-feedback/

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

2012-03-05T07:27:00.004-07:00

The March Book Club read is Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. A powerful novel about how little actions can make a big difference. There are ten copies available for checkout in the library. Check one out today!

Synopsis from http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com:
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

Read it. Discuss it. Love it!

Next Up for the Book Club...

2012-01-31T15:45:00.002-07:00

We have a double header this month!

You get to choose what to read.

Girl protagonist or boy? Dystopian or modern day setting?

Click on the book cover below to learn more about each.

You choose! Book Club will meet again on February 28 in the Library at 2:30 p.m.

Watership Down by Richard Adams

2011-12-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

Book Club will meet not meet again until January 31, 2012! Our next book is Watership Down by Richard Adams. Drop by the library today to pick up a copy or check it out from the local library over Winter Break.

Read it. Discuss it. Love it! :)

Book Club-- Tues, Nov 29!

2011-11-21T07:27:00.000-07:00

Book Club is coming! Tuesday, November 29 at 2:30 p.m. in the library! All members who want to be in the club photo must attend this meeting!

November Book Club!

2011-10-26T10:14:00.000-06:00

Join us this month by checking out November's Book Club read, Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. November Book Club will be held November 29 at 2:30pm in the library.

Read it. Discuss it. Love it!

Synopsis:

Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.

Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.

Book Club Read: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancy

2011-09-28T14:00:00.000-06:00

The Book Club has chosen Then Monstrumologist as their October read. Author Rick Yancey has written a gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does a man become the very thing he hunts?

Book Club meets the last Tuesday of the month in the library at 2:30 p.m.

From the author's website:
These are the secrets I have kept.
This is the trust I never betrayed.
But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets.
The one who saved me...and the one who cursed me.

So begins the journal of Will Henry, orphaned assistant to Dr. Pellinore War throp, a man with a most unusual specialty: monstrumology, the study of monsters. In his time with the doctor, Will has met many a mysterious late-night visitor, and seen things he never imagined were real. But when a grave robber comes calling in the middle of the night with a grueso me find, he brings with him their most deadly case yet.

Book Club!

2011-09-07T11:56:00.001-06:00

Book Club is back with our first meeting on September 27 at 2:30 in the Library! Come help us pick our first read of the year. Food, fun and friends... what more could you want?

Read it. Discuss it. Love it!

See you there!

Welcome Back!

2011-08-24T10:10:00.000-06:00

Things are in full swing in the library! We have a new reading corner, nice new chairs for playing (and watching) chess games, and the Book Club will be back next month!

Stop by and see what you can find @ your library!

Summer!

2011-06-24T10:46:00.001-06:00

The Library is closed for the summer but that doesn't mean you should stop reading! Check out the Library Book Blog for new book reviews all summer long!

Have a fabulous summer!

Book Club Party Tuesday!

2011-05-17T07:41:00.000-06:00

Final Book Club meeting will be Tuesday, May 24! Come watch "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" as we compare and contrast the movie with the book! Food, fun and friends... will you be there?

VOTE TODAY!

2011-04-29T11:01:00.001-06:00

AFHS Drama Department is at it again and they need our support! Click on the link below, login and vote for the AFHS video. Just a heads up, it's SUPPOSED to be scary!

http://connect2utah.com/contest/mary-poppins

BOOK CLUB MEETING 4.19!

2011-04-18T09:30:00.000-06:00

The Book Club will be meeting in the library at 2:30pm tomorrow to discuss the book "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner. Stop by for some great conversation, food, and fun!

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

2011-03-10T10:03:00.000-07:00

Next Book Club meeting will be April 19 at 2:30pm in the library! We're reading "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner. It's an awesome adventure! Check it out today!

Book Club Meeting on Wednesday!

2011-03-03T13:51:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, March 8

2:30-3:30 p.m.

In the library

Food. Fun. Friends. Read it. Be there.

March Book Club

2011-02-11T09:45:00.000-07:00

Historical fiction is the genera and Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is the next book. Come check it out and join us at our next club meeting on March 8 at 2:30pm in the library!

Something Wicked is coming to your library...

2011-01-31T08:27:00.000-07:00

The Book Club is reading Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. The Book Club meets next Tuesday (Feb 8) at 2:30pm in the library. We will be discussing the book, watching the movie, and picking what we will read next month! Come join us!

New Book Club Book

2011-01-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

This month the Book Club is reading Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Six copies will be available starting Wednesday, January 19. The next club meeting will be Tuesday, February 8 at 2:30 p.m. in the library. Come join us!

Skype!

2011-01-03T11:52:00.000-07:00

January 11 (next Tuesday) at 2:30 p.m. is the Book Club meeting for Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien. Did you know that Mrs. O'Brien will be Skyping us during our meeting? Pick up your book club forms in the Library today and we'll see you next week!

AWESOME!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Nicholes!

2010-12-16T07:40:00.000-07:00

Today is Mrs. Nicholes birthday! Be sure to stop by the library and wish her a happy one today!

An e-mail from an actual author!

2010-12-09T08:32:00.000-07:00

***Please note that the Book Club meeting will be moved to the second Tuesday in January (January 11) to allow students more time to read the book.***
Mark your calendar today!

Did you know that author's totally Google their own books? Isn't that rad? Mrs. O'Brien saw on this blog that we picked her book "Birthmarked" as our Book Club read for January and sent me a PERSONAL E-MAIL!

Ok... let's be honest here, you know you're a huge book nerd, on top of a librarian, when you let out a huge gasp (one so loud that it scares 10 high school students) and get chills from an e-mail just because it's from an author. But at the same time... that is SO COOL!

Here's her e-mail...

Join Book Club today (forms are available in the library, $5 to the finance office) and read the book of this awesome author!

New Book Club Pick

2010-12-08T09:15:00.000-07:00

Our next book club meeting will be January 11 (second Tuesday this time) at 2:30pm in the library. This months pick is Birthmarked by Caragh O'brien.

Synopsis courtesy of Amazon.com "In a dystopian world of the future, apprentice midwife Gaia, who has served the Enclave faithfully along with her parents, is thrust suddenly into a crisis. She delivers her first baby independently of her midwife mother and takes it to the Enclave inside the Wall as the first of her monthly quota of three newborns. Then her parents are arrested and she learns that they will soon be executed. Gaia springs into action and smuggles herself into the Enclave to rescue them. What follows is an exciting, almost breakneck adventure, as Gaia tries to discover what information the Enclave wants from her and her mother and tries to save both of them from prison."

Book Club Meeting THIS TUESDAY!

2010-12-01T18:00:00.000-07:00

Book Club will be meeting THIS TUESDAY (12.7) at 2:30 p.m. in the library.

Our book this month Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Even if you haven't read the book come, participate, and have a muffin.

We'd love to see you!

Book Club Book: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

2010-11-10T07:29:00.000-07:00

This month's book club read is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. "Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant." -Amazon Review It's ok if you missed the first meeting! Just grab yourself a copy of Blink, read it before our next meeting, come to the next meeting (December 6 at 2:30pm in the library), and share your experience with us. We'd love to have you join the club!

First Book Club Meeting!

2010-10-26T14:48:00.000-06:00

Tuesday, November 2 (first Tuesday of the month) at 2:30 p.m. in the library! Come check out this awesome new club and help us pick our first club read.

BOOK CLUB (finally)!

2010-10-21T10:22:00.000-06:00

AFHS is starting a Book Club this month! You can pick up a sign up sheet at Club Rush on Friday in the Commons or in the library. We'll be doing a room at Haunted Hallways on Friday, October 29 @5pm. First club meeting will be November 2 @ 2:30pm in the library. Sign up and read up with the AFHS Book Club!

BOO!

2010-10-05T14:46:00.000-06:00

Halloween will soon be haunting the library so drop by and see what ghosties and goulies are lurking about! While you're in be sure to pick a "spook"tacular book and get your read on!

If you want a frighteningly good read check out The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan... It's sure to keep you up at night!

It's Here...

2010-09-27T08:35:00.000-06:00

BANNED BOOKS WEEK!

Great minds think for themselves...

Come checkout which books are on the

top 100 most Banned & Challenged books...

We bet you'll be surprised!

Banned Books Week is Coming...

2010-09-20T07:32:00.001-06:00

Next week is Banned Books Week! Be sure and drop by next week and check out what's going on @ your library!

New Book Blogs!

2010-09-17T10:18:00.000-06:00

The library aides have been hitting the books already this year. See what they've been reading and find out if you should check it out at Four Red Chairs, the library's book blog.

Welcome Back!

2010-08-26T09:39:00.001-06:00

School has started and the library has hit the ground running with a wide selection of new books (including six copies of the Mockingjay) for you to checkout. Drop by today and see what the library has to offer you!

New Book Posts!

2010-04-16T07:37:00.000-06:00

Check out the librarians book blog for the latest reads and what we think about them.

Home of the Four Red Chairs

Today...

2010-03-18T07:57:00.000-06:00

Is the day you should check out a good book, find a spot in the sun, and read all afternoon. (After your homework is done, of course!)

We have some GREAT new books for you to check out! Just ask a librarian if you need help finding something to tantalize your palette.

LegallyBlondeContest.com

2010-03-03T09:45:00.000-07:00

Step 1: Go to the website and register. (CLICK HERE!)

Step 2: Check your e-mail and confirm your registration.

Step 3: Get your login and password from your e-mail.

Step 4: Login and VOTE! (AFHS is video #5!)

Step 5: Repeat with all your e-mails! ;)

Step 6: Vote again tomorrow!

GO AFHS DRAMA!

GO TEAM USA!

2010-02-16T12:13:00.000-07:00

The Olympics are in full swing in Vancouver and so we're celebrating in the library! Drop by and check out the latest medal count. Did you know that as of this morning, Team USA is in the lead with eight medals? WOOT!

GO TEAM USA!

HAPPY...

2010-02-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

VALENTINE'S DAY!

or... if you prefer...

SINGLE AWARENESS DAY!

With love,
Your Library

Fines

2010-01-27T15:58:00.001-07:00

Starting August 2010 late book fines will be increased by $0.05 a day...

Books: $0.10 per day

iPods / Audiobooks: $0.25 per day

Reference: $0.25 per day

NOTE: If you lose or damage library materials, you will be charged the cost to replace the materials plus the overdue fine. Let us know if you have lost materials so the fine does not continue to accumulate. The cost of the materials will be refunded if, and when, the item is returned. Fines at the end of the year will be raised to the nearest dollar amount. You will not receive your yearbook until library fines have been paid or cleared.

How to Check Out a Book

2010-01-27T15:53:00.000-07:00

Your student ID number is your library "card" number. Tell your student ID to the librarian so the number can be entered into the computer. The bar code of the item you are checking out is scanned into the computer. The due-date is stamped, the book is decoded and you are ready to go.

Checkout Dates:
Fiction/Non-fiction/Biographies/Picture Books/Graphic Novels - two weeks (renewable twice)
Reference - overnight (1 day)
Audio Books - one week

Up to five books and one audiobook may be checked out at one time.

How to find a book...

2010-01-27T15:49:00.000-07:00

You can find a book using any computer on the Alexandria Researcher. Once in Alexandria click on the BROWSE button. Put in the keyword and hit "All Words." Select the book you want, double click on it, and SCROLL down to see it's location in the library.

FICTION (FIC) - Middle of the library (look at book ends for call numbers)
NON-FICTION (Begins with a set of numbers and then three letters i.e. 324.6 AGH)- Outside walls of the library beginning on the south side (look at signs for call numbers)
BIOGRAPHY (BIO 92 or 920) - Second and third bookshelves from the north wall of non-fiction shelves (look at bookends for location)
REFERENCE (REF) - Last rows of bookshelves on the south end of the library
PICTURE BOOKS (PIC) & GRAPHIC NOVELS (GN) - South end of the library between the Fiction and Reference sections

Come in...

2010-01-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

We've got an entire bookshelf full of new books for you to check out! Drop by this week for a recommendation or check out the "What we're reading" blog for more suggestions!

Copyright

2010-01-25T19:54:00.000-07:00

For "scholarly research" a teacher may make a single copy of:

a chapter from a book
an article from a periodical
a short story, essay, or poem
a chart, graph, diagram, or picture

A teacher may make multiple copies of:

a poem of less than 250 words which is printed on no more than 2 pages
an excerpt from a long poem not to exceed 250 words
a complete article, story, or essay of less than 2,500 words or an excerpt of not more than 1,000 words or 10%, whichever is less
one chart, graph, diagram, or picture per book
up to 10% of a work which combines prose, poetry, and illustration
all of these must bear the copyright notice.

Restrictions to multiple copies

no more than 3 authors from a collective work
no more than 9 instances per term
the copying does not replace an anthology or collected work
copying of consumable works is prohibited
the same item may not be copied for more than one term
no charge beyond the cost of photocopying can be made to students
printed musical scores may be duplicated only if replacement copies have been ordered and the photocopies are destroyed when the purchased copies arrive

Copyrighted, syndicated cartoons may NOT be copied!

Audio-Visual Copyright Guidelines

A teacher may create:

a single overhead transparency from a single page of a consumable work
a series of transparencies or 35mm. slides from multiple sources, limited to one per source
a set of 35mm. slides (1/2 frame) from a damaged filmstrip as long as they are displayed in the original order minus the damaged frames
an enlarged map provided the color scheme, shading, and symbols of the original are not duplicated

Restrictions to audio-visual duplication

no duplication of audio cassettes for archival purposes
no conversion of recordings from one format to another
no photocopying of "ditto" masters
no reproduction of any audio-visual work in its entirety
no conversion of one media format to another

Television restrictions

any broadcast program may be videotaped and maintained for 45 calendar days (cable programs that are not available over broadcast TV may not be taped)
the program may be used once by an individual teacher in the 10 school days following the broadcast
the teacher using the videotape must request the taping
a program may not be taped more than once, regardless of how many times it is broadcast
the program must be recorded in its entirety, including the copyright notice, but not all of the program must be shown
programs must be shown in a location in the school which is normally used for instructional purposes
the program must be an integral part of the curriculum, not just entertainment

For Home Use Only

Teachers, or educational institutions, may purchase or rent a videotape which bears a "For Home Use Only" message and use it in an educational institution providing these two tests are met:

the program is shown in a room normally used for instruction
it is an integral part of the curriculum

Videotapes may not be shown for entertainment purposes without paying public performance fees.

Computer Software Copyright Guidelines

A teacher may:

make a copy of a computer program for archival purposes
load a software program onto a network if a network license is obtained for the number of machines used
load a software program onto two computers if there is no possibility both computers will be operated simultaneously.

Every software program has its own set of restrictions. In many cases the "purchase" of the disks represents a "leasing" of the software. Teachers should get in the habit of reading all of the small type that comes on the outside of computer programs before opening the package.

Multimedia Copyright Guidelines

Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia projects, with proper attribution and citations, and may retain these in their personal portfolios as examples of their academic work for later appropriate uses such as job and graduate school applications.
Educators may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in the course of face-to-face instruction or to demonstrate to students how to create multimedia projects.
Educators may perform or display their own multimedia works created for their own curriculum-based instructional activities, which use portions of copyrighted works lawfully acquired by the educational institution, at workshops of their peers or a conference where educators are presenting work they created for their students.
Educators may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in producing their own multimedia educational programs to be used for curriculum-based instructional activities provided over an educational institution's electronic network, provided there are technological limitations on access to the network and on the total number of students enrolled.

Limitations:

Educators may use their own multimedia programs, containing portions of copyrighted works for a period of two years.
Up to 10% or 3 minutes of a copyrighted motion media work may be reproduced.
Up to 10% or 30 seconds of a copyrighted musical composition may be reproduced.
Up to 5 images from a specific artists or photographer may be reproduced.
No more than 10% or 15 images may be reproduced from a single publication.
The multimedia program may not be duplicated nor sold.
The multimedia program may be placed on a network which requires a password or PIN to access the program, but must be protected from duplication.

This document is not intended to be construed as legal opinion. It is derived from Copyright:A Guide to Information and Resources,. Becker, Gary H., 3rd Edition.