Collections Policy

The media literacy program at the Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons strives to provide quality educational opportunities for all students and is part of a district-wide K-12 library media program. All elements of the program, including our required-for-graduation Library Media Orientation class, are aligned to Montana’s K-12 Library Media Standards (see Appendix C). The district’s library media program provides fair and equal access to library services, information, and resources that fairly represent diverse perspectives while encouraging life-long learning and recreational reading.  Library materials and services are available in a variety of relevant formats and reading levels to support the diverse educational needs, maturity levels, and interests of our school community and curriculum.  The library media program also offers a pleasing environment conducive to supporting patrons as they learn, develop essential 21^st century skills, and explore personal interests. 

The purpose of the High School Library Learning Commons Collection Management Policy is to guide Teacher-Librarians in the selection of materials, equipment, and instruction.  It is also meant to inform the public of the principles on which these decisions are made and specifically outlines procedures used in the High School Library Learning Commons.

The Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons serves all Belgrade High students (grades 9-12), their Teachers, Administrators, and other high school staff members.  The bulk of our patronage includes students and Teachers who use library resources for academic work and collaboration.  Those resources primarily include use of our diverse learning workspaces, technology, print and non-print resources, and educational support from Teacher-Librarians on how to efficiently plan, locate, access, evaluate, use, and responsibly present reliable information.  Students and school staff also use our resources for recreational reading, independent study, positive social interaction with peers, and to explore interests leading to personal growth.

The Library Learning Commons is mandated to provide a wide range of materials and services to support classroom curriculum and to meet the diverse educational, research, recreational, and socio-emotional needs of our school community. To help meet these needs, the learning commons is open 25 minutes before the first period bell, open through the lunch hour, and will close 15 minutes after the last bell.  If staffing and circumstances allow, we will remain open for student use during teacher Professional Learning Community time.  These hours extend access to library resources and Teacher-Librarian support beyond the standard student school day. Please Note: operational hours may shift on holidays, early release days, during unforeseen circumstances, or as directed by the administrative staff.     

To better accommodate modern learners and educators, the Library Learning Commons hosts a webpage which offers 24-hour access to our online card catalog, eBooks (through Gale and Follett), online data-bases (i.e. GALE and World Book Online), and links to other helpful resources.

We recognize the importance of helping our students and staff build safe, ethical, and legal media literacy habits, especially when using, creating, and sharing information in the digital age.  We work to actively educate, support, and promote copyright and fair use practices in our school community. We also work to promote academic integrity, educate our community about plagiarism, and offer support to help prevent it.  Please note, plagiarism is considered a “major offense” in the Belgrade High School Student Handbook. Copyright law and compliance are noted in school board policy (R2312 P).  See appendix G for further information and support resources regarding copyright, fair use, and plagiarism prevention.  See appendix D for copyright-related school board policy.

Library staff engages in various outreach efforts to encourage use of our dynamic collection and services.  The goal of this outreach is to encourage continued library use from patrons who visit often and to reach those who rarely, if ever, visit.  These efforts could include, but are not exclusive to the following:  library tours; co-taught lessons with classroom teachers; teacher and student resource support; maintenance of an up-to-date library webpage; sponsorship of literacy and educational-related activities & events (including our required-for-graduation Library Media Orientation class); creation of student learning spaces; book clubs (for students and staff); professional development opportunities; recommended reading and resource lists; and frequent communication with students and staff (ex: Teen Advisory Board, newsletters, email reminders, etc.).

The Library Learning Commons may also be used events after hours so long as the appropriate district facility rental requirements and procedures have been met and are followed (approval from administration is required).

The High School Library Learning Commons collection reflects the diverse and dynamic demands of a 21^st century curriculum for grades 9-12 and the educational, research, recreational, and social needs of our growing school community.

The collection contains 8,112 items available for checkout (as of January 2022).  These items include print-books (fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, atlases, children’s picture books); audio books (including playaways and CDs); eBooks (from Follett and Gale) and eReaders (Nooks); laptops (for long term student checkout), desktop computers with printer access, headphones, graphing calculators, DVD & Blue Ray discs; televisions with VCR, DVD, and Blue-Ray players; classroom posters, educational games (breakout boxes and various board games); digital video recorders (and necessary accessories); CD players, and more.

Our physical collection is divided into several different sub-collections:  Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, Juvenile, Montana, Professional (for educators), Audio Books, Audio Visual, and Games.  Within these collections, copies written in foreign languages (ex: French and Spanish) or titles dedicated to assist in language acquisition for our English as a Second Language students are noted as such in the call number (ex: SPANISH or ESL)  Our digital collection includes eBooks (Gale and Follett eBooks), eReaders (Nooks), subscriptions to online databases through World Book Online and the GALE Research group, and a comprehensive library webpage linked to a wide variety of reliable resources and research help tools.

The Library Learning Commons does its best to offer reliable access to essential technology and resources necessary for 21^st century learning, especially for our students and staff who may not otherwise have access.  Currently, we offer a variety of learning and collaboration workspaces, wireless internet connectivity, and house 24 desktop computers (with internet access), individual laptops available for long-term student checkout, and a copier/scanner exclusively for students and library staff. 

The Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons supports the concept of resource-sharing and encourages interlibrary loan within the school district.  Teacher-Librarians also encourage patrons to visit area public libraries, the Montana State University library, and to consider rich community resources (i.e. local experts, museums, and archives).

In the event students or staff from another building request an interlibrary loan, the patron must not have any outstanding library fines and have their assigned Teacher-Librarian approve and facilitate the interlibrary loan request.  Teacher-Librarians (in either library) can request general written parent-permission to access materials in other Belgrade School libraries, especially when younger students request access to materials from upper-grade libraries. The titles of the requested loan, however, cannot be disclosed in the permission process as per the library confidentiality statement. 

Ultimately, the Teacher-Librarian hosting the desired title has the final discretion to approve or reject the loan.  An interlibrary loan rejection, for example, could be based on (but is not limited to) the title’s condition, availability, existing demand, and/or its role in the building’s existing curriculum.

The majority of our materials are collected in print, audio-visual, or digital form.  New formats or multiple copies of a resource may be purchased to accommodate our ever-growing and diverse patron population.  Frequent use, popular patron interest, or specific educational events are some of the criteria used to determine the need for these materials.

To accommodate our English as a Second Language (ESL) students and students attempting to learn foreign languages, an appropriate number of materials and support resources in target languages will be purchased.  The specific number, type, and languages represented will be determined by curricular and patron needs.

Each item from our collection is cataloged in our electronic card catalog system and is assigned a specific call number.  Non-fiction materials are classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System.  Our fiction, audio visual, and juvenile collections are generally categorized by author or title.

Each broad classification number and independent collection will be assessed according to present collection levels and future acquisition goals.  In addition, eBooks (and readers), digital subscriptions, and audio visual materials will be assessed in this document.

Key phrases used to describe the collation can be defined as follows:

Out of Scope: material is not collected on the subject and/or does not fit with collection goals.

Minimal Level: very few titles are available related to this part of our collection.

Basic Level: relevant and current materials on the subject are available, and they offer  introductory-level information with tips on how to locate more specific information.

Basic-Study Level: some subsections of the collection are at study-level whereas others are at    the basic level.

Study Level: several relevant and current materials are available on the topic and are specific       enough to support an independent study on the topic.

Research Level: several current and relevant master-level materials are available on the subject and could support professional-level research.

Evaluation Process:

1. Evaluate each item in the collection as a separate entity and also on its purpose in subject location.
2. Evaluate the total Dewey classification area even though specific sections have been targeted as areas of concentration.
3. Evaluate all formats—print, non-print, and equipment

Please Note: Collection Assessment below is based on library records from January 26, 2022.

000-099: General Works

Basic Level.  We have 23 materials in this collection with an average publication year of 2010 [average age 12 yrs].  The total circulation rate of this section is .28%

100-199: Philosophy

Basic-Study Level. We have 26 materials in this collection with an average publication year of 2006 [average age 16 yrs].  The total circulation rate of this section is .67%

200-299: Religion

Basic-Study Level. We have 60 materials in this collection with an average publication year of 2002 [average age 20 yrs].  The total circulation rate of this section is .43%.

300-399: Social Studies

Study Level. We have 360 materials in this collection with an average publication year of 2007 [average age 15 yrs]. The total circulation rate of this section is 2.8%.

400-499: Language

Minimal-Basic Level. We have 19 titles in this collection most of which are dictionaries, phrase books, and a few short-essay books in various foreign languages.  The average publication year of this section is 2010 [average age 12 yrs].  The total circulation rate of this section is .07%.  

500-599: Science

Basic-Study Level. We have 212 materials in this collection with an average publication year of 2005 [average age 17 yrs]. The total circulation rate 1.22%

600-699: Useful Arts

Basic-Study Level. We have 253 titles in this section with an average publication year of 2008 [average age 14 yrs]. The total circulation rate of this section is 1.77%

700-799:  The Arts and Sports

Basic-Study Level. We have 273 titles in this section with an average publication year of 2006 [average age 16 yrs]. The total circulation rate of this section is 2.38%.

800-899: Literature

Basic-Study Level. We have 231 titles in this section with an average publication year of 1993 [average age 29 yrs]. The total circulation rate of this section is 3.13%.

900-999: History and Geography

Basic-Study Level. We have 769 titles in this section with an average publication year of 2003 [average age 19 yrs].  This is one of more popular non-fiction sections with 5.70% total circulation rate.

Reference Collection:

Basic Level.  We have 57 materials that include dictionaries, thesauruses, almanacs, and occupational encyclopedias.  The average publication year in this section is 2006 [average age 16 yrs].  The total circulation rate of this section is .85%. 

Fiction Collection:

Study Level.  3,612 titles (44.53% of our collection).  Our goal is to maintain a collection to support independent reading assignments and recreational reading.  The circulation rate for this collection is 57.55%-- our most circulated collection.  The average publication year of this collection is 2006 [average age 16 years].

Graphic Novels:

Basic-Study Level. 548 titles.   This section is very popular with an 11.59% total circulation rate (second only to our fiction collection).  It has fiction titles great for recreational reading and several non-fiction texts to support classroom curriculums and diverse student needs. The average publication year of this collection is 2010 [average age 12 yrs].   

Juvenile Fiction:

Basic Level. 66 titles.  Although basic, this section contains intriguing and award-winning picture books.  It also features a few non-English language translations of children’s books.  The total circulation rate for this collection is .30%. The average publication year of this collection is 2001 [average 21 years].

eReaders:

Minimal Level. 6 Nooks.  Each Nook is loaded with a set number of fiction titles or biographies.  Circulation has been very minimal on these devices--.06% total circulation rate.  

Follett eBooks:

Basic-Study Level.  235 materials.  COVID-19 Relief funds allowed us to substantially add materials to this collection.  We have a wide variety of both fiction and non-fiction titles.  These titles can be opened and checked out through the Destiny Discover Card Catalog.  Students can also download and read these books wirelessly through the Destiny Read App.  Most titles allow students to adjust font, font size, background, and offer audio options—catering to our visually impaired patrons and those who are struggling readers.  The total circulation of this items is low-- .06%.  The average publication date is 2012 [average 10 years].

Gale eBook Collection:

Study-Research Level.  188 full-text, non-fiction titles with unlimited digital access.  All titles are at the study or research level and cover a wide range of topics.  They feature all of the standard Gale database access features including a wide range of accessibility tools to help accommodate our diverse student population. We acquired the majority of these titles with COVID-19 Relief and Indian Education for All funds during the 2020-21 school year. We chose materials to support the needs of our teaching staff at the time and sought their input in the selection process.  There have been a total of 3,511 full-text retrievals of these titles from their acquisition to present (January 26, 2022)—a significant percentage of our overall library material circulation.  The average publication year of this collection is 2016 [average 6 years].    

Montana Collection:

Basic-Study Level. 342 Titles that cover a wide variety of topics related to Montana.  This is a collection used frequently by school projects related to history and/or historical fiction.  It also contains several Indian Education for All texts.  The circulation rate for this collection is 1.05%.  The average publication year of this collection is 1999 [average 23 years].   

Professional Collection:

Study Level. 162 Titles.  This collection is meant to offer helpful pedagogical texts and educator resources.  It often features texts that reflect the district’s professional development initiatives or relevant topics within education.  It also features a number of educational guides for Indian Education for All lessons.  The circulation rate for this collection is .49%.  The average publication year of this collection is 2010 [average 10 years].

Audio Collection:

Minimal-Basic Level: 46 audio materials and 28 CDs.  This collection features our playaways and audio versions of various titles in our collection.  These materials are primarily checked out by Teachers or as a scaffolding for texts taught in the classroom (i.e. To Kill A Mockingbird). The average publication year of the audio collection is 2010 [average 10 years].  The average publication year of our CD collection is 2005 [average 17 years].    

Video Collection:

Basic-Study Level. 366 DVD/Blue Ray materials; 5 VHS tapes. Our collection contains fiction and non-fiction materials that relate and support classroom curriculum.  A number of Indian Education for All titles are among this collection.  These resources are only checked out to Teachers.  Its circulation rate of our DVDs is 1.5%.  The average age of our DVD collection is 2007 [average 15 years].  The age of our VHS collection is 1989 [average 33 years] with a 0% circulation rate in 2022.   

*Note:  The district recently bought a subscription to a video streaming service: SWANK.  It allows teachers to legally stream and share films with students.  When possible, we share the SWANK video link within the records of our existing DVD/VHS collection which will likely impact the user statistics of our DVD/VHS collection.

Educational Games & Supplemental Materials:

Minimal Level. 9 materials including 2 Breakout-EDU kits and various educational and recreational games for Teacher-checkout or in-library use.  Its circulation rate is .04%. 

Equipment:

Basic. Headphones: 32 sets; 3 AV Units including TV/VCR/Disc units, and 1 digital video recorder.  Headphones have a circulation rate of 1.88%.  The TV and recording units tend to go in waves of popularity depending on the status of availability and condition of classroom technology.

Online Database Subscriptions:

Study and Research-Level.  We currently subscribe to the following online data bases:  World Book Online and 9 academic databases from the GALE Research Group (General One-File, Academic OneFile, U.S. History in Context, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Science in Context, Health & Wellness Resource Center, Global Issues in Context, World History in Context, National Geographic Virtual Library- added in 2021-22). 

The user statistics for our Gale databases have increased exponentially since the start of our Media Literacy Orientation class (staring in the 2019-20 school year).  There were 399 total sessions in 2016-17; 2,164 total sessions in 2017-18; 1,958 total sessions in 2018-19; 7,104 total sessions in 2019-20*; 11,351 total sessions in 2020-21.  User statistics for the 2021-22 school year continue to trend upward.  Our Gale databases have now become a significant part of our circulation statistics. 

World Book Online user statistics are not available given it is a district-wide subscription, and specific high school user statistics cannot be extrapolated.

The Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons strives to keep its services and collections appealing, relevant, and useful to students and staff alike.  In 2018 we completed a deep 2-year deselection process both to meet these goals and to prepare for our upcoming transition into our remodeled space.  We are now actively rebuilding our collection and have added well over 1,000 titles since the completion of our move and deep-weeding process. 

Technology Goals:

As of the fall of 2019 we were issued 24 new-to-us refurbished desktop computers as part of the remodeling of our space; however, these machines are no longer updated by our technology department (as of the 2021-22 school year) and are on their last leg.  We hope to get our desktop lab updated in the near future as it is the only desktop lab available to students and classroom teachers in our building. 

We also hope to update our long-term checkout laptops to a set of 20 chrome books.  Our current long term checkout laptops have been in high demand, and the set we have is incredibly outdated. 

Additionally, we would like to acquire a new chrome book cart for classroom checkout.  We don’t yet have a computer cart for checkout; it would help relieve some of the pressure on our small desktop lab and improve accessibility for teachers without access to carts in their classrooms.

Reading & Research Material Goals:

Presently, we purchase new materials to meet patron needs and interests and actively work to bolster the areas of our collection that underwent extensive deselection.  Priorities will be placed on purchasing multiple copies of frequently circulated books, maintaining an appealing fiction and graphic novel section, increasing our number of materials for our English Language Learners and struggling readers; and updating our language, math & science, religion, and philosophy sections.

Annual funding for the high school Library Learning Commons is allocated by the Belgrade School Board and is a separate line-item in the high school operating budget.  Teacher-Librarians request use of these funds from building and district administrators to purchase up-to-date, relevant materials and equipment necessary to support the diverse and dynamic demands of a 21^st century curriculum as well as the educational, research, recreational, and socio-emotional needs of our growing school community.  When possible and appropriate, Librarians request Indian Education for All funding to further diversify the collection and support current state curriculum standards.

The Belgrade Library Learning Commons also generates revenue for materials, equipment, and replacement items through lost and damaged material fines.  This money is put into a separate library fine fund and is used to repair and replace materials.  This fund is also used for reading and media-literacy promotional activities (i.e. promotion materials and prizes for various promotional programming). 

Grant money has made it possible for library staff to acquire new materials. The library was awarded a $2,025 grant from the Montana Masonic Foundation in January of 2022 which was used to purchase the first part of the Gale National Geographic Virtual Library: 1888-1994. 

The certified Teacher-Librarians will select materials and equipment that are supported by district selection criteria (see “Selection Criteria & Considerations"), our latest state curriculum standards, school curriculum, patron needs (see appendixes B-D), principles of the School Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read Statement, and The Freedom to View statement.  Materials are also selected through student and staff recommendations.  All purchases should also demonstrate fiscal responsibility and stewardship of library funds.

As per school board policy, The School Board of Belgrade School District #44 is the final authority for acquisition of materials and equipment for the Library Learning Commons.  However, “The Board, acting through the Superintendent, thereby delegates authority for selection of library materials to the principal in each of the schools.  The principal further delegates that authority to the librarian in the school” (R2310 of Belgrade School District #44 Board Policy).

Library materials will be carefully evaluated based on the following six selection standards and guidelines.  In most instances, the selected materials should meet a significant number of the criteria, although a single resource need not meet all of the criteria in order to be selected.  Materials will be selected for their strengths rather than be rejected for their weaknesses. 

Guiding Principle: Materials shall be consistent with and provide both support and enrichment for the district’s general educational goals, selected program goals, and the objectives of specific courses.

• Consideration 1:  Materials shall meet high standards of quality in content and format.
• Consideration 2:  Materials shall be appropriate for the ability level and socio-emotional development of the students for whom the materials are selected.
• Consideration 3:  Materials shall promote growth in factual knowledge and critical thinking.
• Consideration 4:  Materials shall stimulate growth in the areas of literacy appreciation, social, and aesthetic values, and ethical standards. 
• Consideration 5:  Materials shall fairly represent a variety of diverse viewpoints even when those perspectives represented are controversial.  The inclusion of controversial materials does not imply the endorsement of those ideas by the Belgrade School District.
• Consideration 6:  Materials shall represent the contributions of all people around the world regardless of race, age, sex, religion, social orientation, wealth, heritage, ethnicity, or cultural origin. 

Gifted Library Materials & Equipment: Gifts are accepted as long as no restrictions are attached and they are subject to the same selection criteria which are applied to purchases.   In accepting gifts, the library reserves the privilege of deciding where and how the gifts will be put to best use.  Once a gift is added to the collection, it will be treated in the same manner as items purchased for the Library Learning Commons.

A receipt for the number of gift materials will be issued for tax purposes if requested.  The value of the donated material(s) will be determined by certified library staff.  

Monetary Gifts & Donations:  The Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons greatly appreciates monetary donations.  These are usually memorials to or for a particular person, group, or event.  When the Library Learning Commons receives a cash gift for the purchase of a memorial, a tribute, or other materials/equipment, Teacher-Librarians will make the purchase selections.  The general nature of the item or its subject area will be based upon the interests of the deceased, the wishes of the donor, and the needs of the Library Learning Commons.  When the donor does not specify how the gift should be used, the Teacher-Librarian will make the selection.  If requested, a receipt will be given for monetary gifts and donations. 

Weeding Procedures:

Deselection (or weeding) of the collection is the responsibility of certified Teacher-Librarian(s). Deselection is necessary to keep the collection current and relevant to patron and curriculum needs and is further supported by Belgrade School board Policy 2310P.  It should be completed on a constant cycle using the C.R.E.W. method (Continuous Review Evaluation Weeding), a systematic 10-step deselection process outlined by the Texas State Library & Archives Commission.

Teacher-Librarians are also encouraged to use the widely accepted M.U.S.T.I.E. criteria when deciding whether or not to discard individual items. (If the item is Misleading; Ugly; Superseded; Trivial to the collection; Irrelevant to the collection; or can be found Elsewhere—i.e. public libraries—it  should be considered for deselection).  Books of lasting value that are in poor condition will first be evaluated for possible repair or replacement (if available) before being discarded. 

Every effort will be made to discard obsolete or misleading materials.  Various parts of the collection should be updated or weeded as follows: Materials in the math, science, medicine, and technology sections should be updated every 5 to 7 years.  Materials in other areas of the collection should be weeded if they have not circulated in the past 5-7 years or are otherwise qualified by the CREW or MUSTIE criteria.   

Materials should not be discarded due to lack of circulation if they are an essential part of school curriculum, are related to Belgrade’s rich local history, or appear on recommended reading lists.  Relevant history and literature books may also be deliberately retained for historical purposes.

Deselected materials will be offered first to Administrators, staff members, and to students before being permanently discarded as per school board policy 2310P.  Once a material is discarded from the collection, it is no longer the property or responsibility of the school district.

Students may have up to 3 items checked out.  It is at the discretion of the Teacher-Librarians whether or not a student may exceed this limit.  If this privilege is granted, however, it will only be extended to students with no library fines and no overdue materials.

To ensure fair access of our materials and to be good stewards of items in our collection, students may incur library fines if they lose or damage our materials.  Staff members and students will not be charged for overdue materials, but they may be charged for lost or damaged items as per school board policies R3520 and R3210 (see appendix D for official school board policy).

Students with a fine balance of $7.00 or greater will not be allowed to check out materials until the balance is below $7.00.  This is our attempt to prevent students from incurring large fine balances that may be difficult to reconcile.

The Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons has laptops exclusively available for students with long-term computer access needs.  These laptops are for student use only and can be checked out for up to one school year.  To complete a long-term student laptop checkout, students must be referred by a teacher, school counselor, or administrator.  Students must also complete the library’s laptop user agreement form and return it with the appropriate signatures.  Students are expected to follow all appropriate use guidelines established by the Belgrade Public School District when using the device.  If the laptop is damaged or lost, students will be charged for the cost to repair or replace the device.  

In the event a student loses a library item, the student will be charged for the replacement cost of that item.  If, however, a student is able to find a replacement copy of the lost item that is in better or comparable condition to the lost item, the Teacher-Librarian may use his/her best discretion on whether or not to accept the replacement in lieu of a replacement fine.  Lost material fines may also be waived or refunded when the missing item is returned it in acceptable condition.

Students may also incur fines for returning damaged materials.  Damaged material fines should be appropriate for the damage incurred, are at the discretion of the Teacher-Librarian, and will not exceed the replacement cost of the material.  If the damage is beyond repair, students will be charged the replacement cost of the item or may have the option to present a replacement copy of the material.  Acceptance of a replacement copy in lieu of a fine is at the discretion of the Teacher-Librarian.

In the spirit of encouraging students to read, starting January 25, 2022, students will no longer be charged for overdue materials.  When students have overdue materials, they will be given notice via email and have a 45-day grace period to return the item(s).  If material(s) are still not returned within this grace period, the item will be considered lost and students will be fined for the replacement cost of the item.   If at some point, the item (or comparable replacement) is returned in acceptable condition, the lost fine will be waived and/or refunded, as also noted under the “Lost Material Fines” section of this policy. 

Students can pay their fines in the Library Learning Commons with cash or a check.   Students will be issued a receipt.  Receipts are also logged by library staff as part of their record-keeping process.  If the Library Learning Commons is closed (i.e. summer break), fines can be paid in the main office of the high school or at the district administrative offices; funds will then be distributed to the appropriate library account by office and administrative staff.

In the event a student is unable to pay a library fine, the student will be given the opportunity to work off that fine by helping with odd jobs around the Library Learning Commons.  This will be at the discretion of the Teacher-Librarians.  Teacher-Librarians and Administrators also have the authority to waive a student’s library fines when appropriate.  Brief explanations of waived fines will be documented in library records.

The School Library Bill of Rights, the Freedom to Read Statement, and the Freedom to View Statement will be supported by the Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons (see appendix B).

Challenges to library materials will follow a specified procedure as detailed in the School Board’s “Uniform Complaint” policy and in Appendix A of this document.  Challenges will not be honored unless the process is followed.  Occasional objections to resources will be made despite the care and procedures followed in their selection.  Therefore, Teacher-Librarians should be prepared to defend the principle of the freedom to read, their professional responsibility, and the resources themselves.

In recognizing the library’s position of special trust with members of our school community, this statement is to clarify our policy and responsibilities with regard to confidential information about patrons and patron use of the Library Learning Commons, its resources, and/or materials borrowed/shared through district interlibrary loan.

As the choice of books, resources, and library resources is essentially a private endeavor on the part of individual patrons, the Library Learning Commons shall make every safe, reasonable, and responsible effort to see that the information about that patron and his or her selection choices remains confidential. 

For patrons to make full and effective use of the Library Learning Commons and its resources, they must feel unconstrained by the possibility that others may become aware of the books they read, the 

materials they use, and the questions they ask.  The awareness of the existence of such a possibility inhibits free use of the Library Learning Commons, its resources, and facilities; it also contrary to the American Library Association Bill of Rights, the Freedom to Read Statement, and the Freedom to View Statement (see appendix B).   

Therefore, the following guidelines concerning the disclosure of information about the Library Learning Commons have been adopted:

No information regarding or including the following will be given out without due process:

1. The Library’s borrower records, interlibrary loan records, circulation records or their contents.
2. The number or character of questions asked by patrons.
3. The frequency or content of a patron’s visits to the Library Learning Commons or any other information supplied to the library (or gathered by it) shall not be given, made available, or disclosed to any individual, corporation, institution, or government agency without a valid process, order, or subpoena.  Upon presentation of such a process, order or subpoena the Library Learning Commons shall resist its enforcement until such time as proper showing of good cause has been made in a court of competent jurisdiction.
4. All Library Learning Commons employees (including student assistants and community volunteers) are hereby instructed to comply with these guidelines.  The Trustees of the Belgrade School District recognize that it is only through the implementation of these guidelines that the school community can maintain the confidence in the Library Learning Commons.  This confidence is vital to the Library Learning Commons’ role in in the school community. 

The only exceptions to the above guidelines include:

1. Student overdue lists may be printed (or emailed) for use only by the adult employees in the Library Learning Commons for the purpose of collecting fines and getting overdue materials returned.  These lists, however, will not disclose book titles or other identifying publication information. 
2. A list of students having library obligations will be submitted to the office and to appropriate Teachers so students are aware of their responsibility to return materials and pay fines.   

Individualized email notices will be sent to students and their guardian(s) at various points throughout the year so students and their guardians(s) are aware of their responsibility to return materials and pay fines.  These notices, however, will not disclose book titles or other identifying publication information.

1. This policy will go into effect upon approval of the Belgrade Superintendent and the Belgrade School District’s Board of Trustees.
2. The Teacher-Librarians will have the responsibility to review this collection policy every five years starting immediately after initial school board approval.  This will allow it to serve as a valuable library collection and protocol assessment tool. 
3. The school board policy for Belgrade School District #44 is the authoritative policy in the district.  The Collection Management Policy of the Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons will always yield to and be in compliance with the most current school board policy.  In the event school board policy changes before this version of the collection management policy is up for revision, the new school board policy will supersede any potential conflicts between policies.

This policy was approved on April 11, 2022.

• Dee Batey, Chairperson, Belgrade School District Board of Trustees
• Godfrey Saunders, Belgrade School District Superintendent of Schools.
• Mark Halgren, Belgrade School District Curriculum Director.
• John Blackman, Belgrade School District Human Relations Director.
• Shanna Smith, Principal, Belgrade High School
• Melanie Korthas, Licensed Teacher-Librarian(s) of Belgrade High Library Learning Commons
• Emily Nelson, Licensed Teacher-Librarian(s) of Belgrade High Library Learning Commons

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Book Challenge Procedure Explained
Official Book Challenge Complaint Form
Level 1: Informal complaint to BHS Library Staff and/or BHS Building Principal

Level 2: Formal complaint to BHS Building Principal

Level 3: Formal complaint to District Superintendent

Level 4: Formal complaint District School Board

The Book Challenge Process: 
In the event there is a book challenge, the challenger(s) and school will follow the school district's 
"Uniform Complaint Procedure" as per the Belgrade School District #44's School Board Policy. Once all parties involved are satisfied with the proposed resolution, the matter is considered resolved. Resolution can happen at any stage in the process. If, however, the parties cannot come to an agreement, the challenge will continue chronologically through the levels of the Uniform Complaint Policy until the mater reaches a resolution (see diagram above and/or the School Board Policy). 

The Official Book Challenge Form: 
In the case of a formal book challenge (Level 2 and higher), challengers are asked to fill out our official book challenge form. This form is meant to serve as a communication tool to help challengers and the school district fully understand the nature of the complaint so a resolution can be reached efficiently. The form can be found on the next page or challengers may request a copy from the Belgrade High School Librarians. 

• Belgrade School District #44 School Board Policy: Learning Materials Review (2314)
• Belgrade School District #44 School Board Policy: Uniform Complaint Procedure (1700)

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• Library Bill of Rights
• The Freedom to Read Statement
• Freedom to View Statement

Library Bill of Rights

The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services. 

1. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
2. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
3. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
4. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
5. A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
6. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.

Adopted June 19, 1939. 
Amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; and January 23, 1980; 
inclusion of "age" reaffirmed January 23, 1996, by the ALA Council. 

The Freedom to Read Statement

The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit access to reading materials, to censor content in schools, to label "controversial" views, to distribute lists of "objectionable" books or authors, and to purge libraries. These actions apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression are needed to counter threats to safety or national security, as well as to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as individuals devoted to reading and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating ideas, wish to assert the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read. 

Most attempts at suppression rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that the ordinary individual, by exercising critical judgment, will select the good and reject the bad. We trust Americans to recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own decisions about what they read and believe. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice their heritage of a free press in order to be 
"protected" against what others think may be bad for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in ideas and expression. 

These efforts at suppression are related to a larger pattern of pressures being brought against education, the press, art and images, films, broadcast media, and the Internet. The problem is not only one of actual censorship. The shadow of fear cast by these pressures leads, we suspect, to an even larger voluntary curtailment of expression by those who seek to avoid controversy or unwelcome scrutiny by government officials. 

Such pressure toward conformity is perhaps natural to a time of accelerated change. And yet suppression is never more dangerous than in such a time of social tension. Freedom has given the United States the elasticity to endure strain. Freedom keeps open the path of novel and creative solutions, and enables change to come by choice. Every silencing of a heresy, every enforcement of an orthodoxy, diminishes the toughness and resilience of our society and leaves it the less able to deal with controversy and difference. 

Now as always in our history, reading is among our greatest freedoms. The freedom to read and write is almost the only means for making generally available ideas or manners of expression that can initially command only a small audience. The written word is the natural medium for the new idea and the untried voice from which come the original contributions to social growth. It is essential to the extended discussion that serious thought requires, and to the accumulation of knowledge and ideas into organized collections. 

We believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture. We believe that these pressures toward conformity present the danger of limiting the range and variety of inquiry and expression on which our democracy and our culture depend. We believe that every American community must jealously guard the freedom to publish and to circulate, in order to preserve its own freedom to read. We believe that publishers and librarians have a profound responsibility to give validity to that freedom to read by making it possible for the readers to choose freely from a variety of offerings. 

The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution. Those with faith in free people will stand firm on these constitutional guarantees of essential rights and will exercise the responsibilities that accompany these rights. 

We therefore affirm these propositions:

1. It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or considered dangerous by the majority. Creative thought is by definition new, and what is new is different. The bearer of every new thought is a rebel until that idea is refined and tested. Totalitarian systems attempt to maintain themselves in power by the ruthless suppression of any concept that challenges the established orthodoxy. The power of a democratic system to adapt to change is vastly strengthened by the freedom of its citizens to choose widely from among conflicting opinions offered freely to them. To stifle every nonconformist idea at birth would mark the end of the democratic process. Furthermore, only through the constant activity of weighing and selecting can the democratic mind attain the strength demanded by times like these. We need to know not only what we believe but why we believe it.
2. Publishers, librarians, and booksellers do not need to endorse every idea or presentation they make available. It would conflict with the public interest for them to establish their own political, moral, or aesthetic views as a standard for determining what should be published or circulated.
   Publishers and librarians serve the educational process by helping to make available knowledge and ideas required for the growth of the mind and the increase of learning. They do not foster education by imposing as mentors the patterns of their own thought. The people should have the freedom to read and consider a broader range of ideas than those that may be held by any single librarian or publisher or government or church. It is wrong that what one can read should be confined to what another thinks proper.
3. It is contrary to the public interest for publishers or librarians to bar access to writings on the basis of the personal history or political affiliations of the author.
   No art or literature can flourish if it is to be measured by the political views or private lives of its creators. No society of free people can flourish that draws up lists of writers to whom it will not listen, whatever they may have to say.
4. There is no place in our society for efforts to coerce the taste of others, ta confine adults ta the reading matter deemed suitable for adolescents, or to inhibit the efforts of writers to achieve artistic expression.
   To some, much of modern expression is shocking. But is not much of life itself shocking? We cut off literature at the source if we prevent writers from dealing with the stuff of life. Parents and teachers have a responsibility to prepare the young to meet the diversity of experiences in life to which they will be exposed, as they have a responsibility to help them learn to think critically for themselves. These are affirmative responsibilities, not to be discharged simply by preventing them from reading works for which they are not yet prepared. In these matters values differ, and values cannot be legislated; nor can machinery be devised that will suit the demands of one group without limiting the freedom of others.
5. It is not in the public interest to force a reader to accept the prejudgment of a label characterizing any expression or its author as subversive or dangerous. The ideal of labeling presupposes the existence of individuals or groups with wisdom to determine by authority what is good or bad for others. It presupposes that individuals must be directed in making up their minds about the ideas they examine. But Americans do not need others to do their thinking for them. 
6. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's freedom to read, to contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or groups seeking to impose their own standards or tastes upon the community at large; and by the government whenever it seeks to reduce or deny public access to public information.
   It is inevitable in the give and take of the democratic process that the political, the moral, or the aesthetic concepts of an individual or group will occasionally collide with those of another individual or group. In a free society individuals are free to determine for themselves what they wish to read, and each group is free to determine what it will recommend to its freely associated members. But no group has the right to take the law into its own hands, and to impose its own concept of politics or morality upon other members of a democratic society. Freedom is no freedom if it is accorded only to the accepted and the inoffensive. Further, democratic societies are more safe, free, and creative when the free flow of public information is not restricted by governmental prerogative or self ­censorship.
7. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression. By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer to a "bad" book is a good one, the answer to a "bad" idea is a good one.
   The freedom to read is of little consequence when the reader cannot obtain matter fit for that reader's purpose. What is needed is not only the absence of restraint, but the positive provision of opportunity for the people to read the best that has been thought and said. Books are the major channel by which the intellectual inheritance is handed down, and the principal means of its testing and growth. The defense of the freedom to read requires of all publishers and librarians the utmost of their faculties, and deserves of all Americans the fullest of their support.

We state these propositions neither lightly nor as easy generalizations. We here stake out a lofty claim for the value of the written word. We do so because we believe that it is possessed of enormous variety and usefulness, worthy of cherishing and keeping free. We realize that the application of these propositions may mean the dissemination of ideas and manners of expression that are repugnant to many persons. We do not state these propositions in the comfortable belief that what people read is unimportant. We believe rather that what people read is deeply important; that ideas can be dangerous; but that the suppression of ideas is fatal to a democratic society. Freedom itself is a dangerous way of life, but it is ours. 

This statement was originally issued in May of 1953 by the Westchester Conference of the American Library Association and the American Book Publishers Council, which in 1970 consolidated with the American Educational Publishers Institute to become the Association of American Publishers. 

Adopted June 25, 1953, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee; amended January 28, 1972; January 16, 1991; July 12, 2000; June 30, 2004. 

A Joint Statement by: 

American Library Association (/) 
Association of American Publishers (http://www.publishers.org/) 
Subsequently endorsed by: 
American Booksellers for Free Expression (http://www.bookweb.org/abfe) 
The Association of American University Presses (http://www.aaupnet.org/) 
The Children's Book Council (http://www.cbcbooks.org/) 
Freedom to Read Foundation (http://www.ftrf.org) 
National Association of College Stores (http://www.nacs.org/) 
National Coalition Against Censorship (http://www.ncac.org/) 
National Council of Teachers of English (http://www.ncte.org/) 
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression (http://www.tjcenter.org)

Freedom to View Statement

The FREEDOM TO VIEW, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore these principles are affirmed: 

1. To provide the broadest access to film, video, and other audiovisual materials because they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to insure the constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual materials.
3. To provide film, video, and other audiovisual materials which represent a diversity of views and expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or imply agreement with or approval of the content.
4. To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film, video, or other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
5. To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view.

This statement was originally drafted by the Freedom to View Committee of the American Film and Video Association (formerly the Educational Film Library Association) and was adopted by the AFVA Board of Directors in February 1979. This statement was updated and approved by the AFVA Board of Directors in 1989. 

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Montana State Standards (updated July 2021, to be fully implemented by June 2026)
Montana Content Standards for Information Literacy-Media

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Belgrade School District #44 School Board Policies related to the Library

• Instruction: Library Materials 2309
• Instruction: Selection of Library Materials 2310
• Instruction: Selection of Library Materials 2310-P(1)
• Instruction: Weeding 2310-P(1)
• Instruction: Gifts 2310-P(1)

Belgrade School District #44 School Board Policies related to other aspects of the policy.

• Student Fees and Fines 3520
• Student Discipline 3310
• Copyright and Copyright Compliance 2312, 2312-P(1)

 

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• Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons Collection Circulation Report (Jan 26, 2022)
• Gale Database Usage Reports by Database (2017 - Jan 26, 2022)
• Gale eBook Retrievals (Fall 2020 - Jan 26, 2022) ​​​​​​​

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Student Laptop User Agreement Form

​​​​​​​Understanding Responsibilities: Students and parents, please initial each statement to indicate that you understand what is being asked of you. 

___ I understand that it is my responsibility to make sure that the laptop that I  have been provided is properly taken care of while it is in my possession. 

___ I understand that there may be charges if the laptop or accessories are  damaged, lost or stolen. The cost to replace the laptop is $700; charger is  $60. The cost to remove or reinstall programs is $40/hour. 

___ I understand and have read the Belgrade High School Computer  Resource/Panthernet Policy Student/Parent Handbook and agree to abide by the rules listed.

___The school laptop computer is only to be used for school approved activities. I understand that I am not allowed to play or download games, personal email, access YouTube, Facebook, or any other form of social media or music sites on the school laptop computer that I have been allowed to check out.

___I understand that my privilege of using a laptop may be revoked if:

• I leave the laptop in an unsecured area including  an unlocked car or vehicle
• The laptop is maliciously damaged
• I purposefully damage the laptop
• I lend the laptop to anyone
• The laptop is involved in recurrent reckless activities or used to play games or visit other unauthorized sites
• I disregard Belgrade High School's Student/Parent Handbook Acceptable Use Policy

___I understand that it is my responsibility to return the laptop that has been provided to me, at the due date, or if  I withdraw from Belgrade High School.

Our signatures below indicated that we have read and understand all components of the Laptop Loan and User Agreement.

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• An Overview of Copyright, Fair Use, and Academic Integrity
• U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17) Chapter 1: Sections 102,107,108,110
• Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
• Fair Use Checklist 
• 10 Things You Should Know About Copyright
• Belgrade High School Student/Parent Handbook
• Citing Sources: Plagiarism
• Avoiding Plagiarism Decision Tree 
• Research Note-Taking Template
• Step 2: Do The Search 
• Belgrade High Library Services

An Overview of Copyright, Fair Use, and Academic Integrity:

We recognize the importance of helping our students and staff build safe, ethical, and legal media literacy habits, especially when using, creating, and sharing information in the digital age. We will work to actively educate, support, and promote copyright and fair use practices in our school community. We will also work to promote academic integrity, educate our community about plagiarism, and offer support to help prevent it. 

Copyright and fair use guidelines are federal laws that allow the public to ethically and lawfully use or share others' work while still protecting the personal work and rights of the individuals and groups attributed to that work. Specific copyright and fair use federal laws can be found on the United States copyright webpage: copyright.gov and are outlined in schoolboard policy R2312 P. Relevant sections of these laws and additional support resources for students and staff can also be found in Appendix G of the Belgrade High School library Learning Commons Collection Policy. 

Academic Integrity is greatly valued at Belgrade High School and allows us to create a rich, safe, and equitable learning environment for all students. Demonstrating academic integrity includes, but is not limited to, accurately crediting (or citing) outside resources used within student work. Providing precise and accurate citations and taking strong research notes are essential to maintaining academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism. Academic Integrity also involves consistently using quality resources, giving quality effort, and practicing fair use protocols to ethically share resources and information. 

The Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons has a wide variety of resources to help students demonstrate academic integrity and prevent plagiarism. Some of these resources can be accessed on our Belgrade High School Library Webpage under our "Research Help" tab. Many of our on line databases (i.e. our Gale and World Book Online resources) include built-in citation help tools. Related print resources are available for checkout (i.e.: The Modern Language Association Handbook, The American Psychological Association Publication Manual, and The Associated Press Stylebook). Academic integrity and plagiarism prevention are also explicitly addressed in our required-for-graduation Media Literacy Orientation class. Other plagiarism prevention support services, materials, and resources can be found in Appendix G of the Belgrade High School Library Learning Commons Collection Policy and by contacting our Belgrade High School Teacher-Librarians. 

U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17) Chapter 1: Sections 102,107,108,110

102.    Subject matter of copyright: In general
(a)    Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:

1. literary works;
2. musical works, including any accompanying words;
3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
4. pantomimes and choreographic works;
5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
7. sound recordings; and
8. architectural works.

(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea,
procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work. 

107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include-

1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
5. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors

108.    Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives
(a)    Except as otherwise provided in this title and notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement of copyright for a library or archives, or any of its employees acting within the scope of their employment, to reproduce no more than one copy or phonorecord of a work, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), or to distribute such copy or phonorecord, under the conditions specified by this section, if-

1. the reproduction or distribution is made without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage; 
2. the collections of the library or archives are (i) open to the public, or (ii) available not only to researchers affiliated with the library or archives or with the institution of which it is a part, but also to other persons doing research in a specialized field; and 
3. the reproduction or distribution of the work includes a notice of copyright that appears on the copy or phonorecord that is reproduced under the provisions of this section, or includes a legend stating that the work may be protected by copyright if no such notice can be found on the copy or phonorecord that is reproduced under the provisions of this section. 

(b) The rights of reproduction and distribution under this section apply to three copies or phonorecords of an unpublished work duplicated solely for purposes of preservation and security or for deposit for research use in another library or archives of the type described by clause (2) of subsection (a}, if-

1. the copy or phonorecord reproduced is currently in the collections of the library or archives; and 
2. any such copy or phonorecord that is reproduced in digital format is not otherwise distributed in that format and is not made available to the public in that format outside the premises of the library or archives. 

(c) The right of reproduction under this section applies to three copies or phonorecords of a
published work duplicated solely for the purpose of replacement of a copy or phonorecord that is damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen, or if the existing format in which the work is stored has become obsolete, if-

1. the library or archives has, after a reasonable effort, determined that an unused replacement cannot be obtained at a fair price; and 
2. any such copy or phonorecord that is reproduced in digital format is not made available to the public in that format outside the premises of the library or archives in lawful possession of such copy. 

For purposes of this subsection, a format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or device necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace. 

(d) The rights of reproduction and distribution under this section apply to a copy, made from the collection of a library or archives where the user makes his or her request or from that of another library or archives, of no more than one article or other contribution to a copyrighted collection or periodical issue, or to a copy or phonorecord of a small part of any other copyrighted work, if-

1. (the copy or phonorecord becomes the property of the user, and the library or archives has had no notice that the copy or phonorecord would be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research; and 
2. the library or archives displays prominently, at the place where orders are accepted, and includes on its order form, a warning of copyright in accordance with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation. 

(e) The rights of reproduction and distribution under this section apply to the entire work, or to a substantial part of it, made from the collection of a library or archives where the user makes his or her request or from that of another library or archives, if the library or archives has first determined, on the basis of a reasonable investigation, that a copy or phonorecord of the copyrighted work cannot be obtained at a fair price, if-

1. the copy or phonorecord becomes the property of the user, and the library or archives has had no notice that the copy or phonorecord would be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research; and 
2. the library or archives displays prominently, at the place where orders are accepted, and includes on its order form, a warning of copyright in accordance with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by the regulation.

(f) Nothing in this section-

1. shall be construed to impose liability for copyright infringement upon a library or archives or its employees for the unsupervised use of reproducing equipment located on its premises: Provided, That such equipment displays a notice that the making of a copy may be subject to the copyright law; 
2. excuses a person who uses such reproducing equipment or who requests a copy or phonorecord under subsection (d) from liability for copyright infringement for any such act, or for any later use of such copy or phonorecord, if it exceeds fair use as provided by section 107; 
3. shall be construed to limit the reproduction and distribution by lending of a limited number of copies and excerpts by a library or archives of an audiovisual news program, subject to clauses (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a); or 
4. in any way affects the right of fair use as provided by section 107, or any contractual obligations assumed at any time by the library or archives when it obtained a copy or phonorecord of a work in its collections. 

(g) The rights of reproduction and distribution under this section extend to the isolated and
unrelated reproduction or distribution of a single copy or phonorecord of the same material on separate occasions, but do not extend to cases where the library or archives, or its employee-

1. is aware or has substantial reason to believe that it is engaging in the related or concerted reproduction or distribution of multiple copies or phonorecords of the same material, whether made on one occasion or over a period of time, and whether intended for aggregate use by one or more individuals or for separate use by the individual members of a group; or 
2. engages in the systematic reproduction or distribution of single or multiple copies or phonorecords of material described in subsection (d): Provided, That nothing in this clause prevents a library or archives from participating in interlibrary arrangements that do not have, as their purpose or effect, that the library or archives receiving such copies or phonorecords for distribution does so in such aggregate quantities as to substitute for a subscription to or purchase of such work. 

(h)

1. For purposes of this section, during the last 20 years of any term of copyright of a published work, a library or archives, including a nonprofit educational institution that functions as such, may reproduce, distribute, display, or perform in facsimile or digital form a copy or phonorecord of such work, or portions thereof, for purposes of preservation, scholarship, or research, if such library or archives has first determined, on the basis of a reasonable investigation, that none of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (8), and (C) of paragraph (2) apply. 
2. No reproduction, distribution, display, or performance is authorized under this subsection if­
   1. the work is subject to normal commercial exploitation;
   2. a copy or phonorecord of the work can be obtained at a reasonable price; or
   3. the copyright owner or its agent provides notice pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Register of Copyrights that either of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (8) applies. 
3. The exemption provided in this subsection does not apply to any subsequent uses by users other than such library or archives. 

(i) The rights of reproduction and distribution under this section do not apply to a musical work, a pictorial, graphic or sculptural work, or a motion picture or other audiovisual work other than an audiovisual work dealing with news, except that no such limitation shall apply with respect to rights granted by subsections (b), (c), and (h), or with respect to pictorial or graphic works published as illustrations, diagrams, or similar adjuncts to works of which copies are reproduced or distributed in accordance with subsections (d) and (e). 

110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the following are not infringements of copyright:

1. performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made; 
2. except with respect to a work produced or marketed primarily for performance or display as part of mediated instructional activities transmitted via digital networks, or a performance or display that is given by means of a copy or phonorecord that is not lawfully made and acquired under this title, and the transmitting government body or accredited nonprofit educational institution knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made and acquired, the performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or reasonable and limited portions of any other work, or display of a work in an amount comparable to that which is typically displayed in the course of a live classroom session, by or in the course of a transmission, if-
   1. the performance or display is made by, at the direction of, or under the actual supervision of an instructor as an integral part of a class session offered as a regular part of the systematic mediated instructional activities of a governmental body or an accredited nonprofit educational institution; 
   2. the performance or display is directly related and of material assistance to the teaching content of the transmission; 
   3. the transmission is made solely for, and, to the extent technologically feasible, the reception of such transmission is limited to-
      1. students officially enrolled in the course for which the transmission is made; or
      2. officers or employees of governmental bodies as a part of their official duties or employment; and
   4. the transmitting body or institution-
      1. institutes policies regarding copyright, provides informational materials to faculty, students, and relevant staff members that accurately describe, and promote compliance with, the laws of the United States relating to copyright, and provides notice to students that materials used in connection with the course may be subject to copyright protection; and 
      2. in the case of digital transmissions-
         1. applies technological measures that reasonably prevent-
            1. retention of the work in accessible form by recipients of the transmission from the transmitting body or institution for longer than the class session; and 
            2. unauthorized further dissemination of the work in accessible form by such recipients to others; and 
         2. does not engage in conduct that could reasonably be expected to interfere with technological measures used by copyright owners to prevent such retention or unauthorized further dissemination; 

3. performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or of a dramatico-musical work of a religious nature, or display of a work, in the course of services at a place of worship or other religious assembly;

4.  

   performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work otherwise than in a transmission to the public, without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and without payment of any fee or other compensation for the performance to any of its performers, promoters, or organizers, if—

   1. there is no direct or indirect admission charge; or

   2. the proceeds, after deducting the reasonable costs of producing the performance, are used exclusively for educational, religious, or charitable purposes and not for private financial gain, except where the copyright owner has served notice of objection to the performance under the following conditions:

      1. the notice shall be in writing and signed by the copyright owner or such owner’s duly authorized agent; and

      2. the notice shall be served on the person responsible for the performance at least seven days before the date of the performance, and shall state the reasons for the objection; and

      3. the notice shall comply, in form, content, and manner of service, with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation;

5.  

   1. except as provided in subparagraph (B), communication of a transmission embodying a performance or display of a work by the public reception of the transmission on a single receiving apparatus of a kind commonly used in private homes, unless—

      1. a direct charge is made to see or hear the transmission; or

      2. the transmission thus received is further transmitted to the public;

   2.  

      communication by an establishment of a transmission or retransmission embodying a performance or display of a nondramatic musical work intended to be received by the general public, originated by a radio or television broadcast station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission, or, if an audiovisual transmission, by a cable system or satellite carrier, if

      —in the case of an establishment other than a food service or drinking establishment, either the establishment in which the communication occurs has less than 2,000 gross square feet of space (excluding space used for customer parking and for no other purpose), or the establishment in which the communication occurs has 2,000 or more gross square feet of space (excluding space used for customer parking and for no other purpose) and—

       

      if the performance is by audio means only, the performance is communicated by means of a total of not more than 6 loudspeakers, of which not more than 4 loudspeakers are located in any 1 room or adjoining outdoor space; or

       

      if the performance or display is by audiovisual means, any visual portion of the performance or display is communicated by means of a total of not more than 4 audiovisual devices, of which not more than 1 audiovisual device is located in any 1 room, and no such audiovisual device has a diagonal screen size greater than 55 inches, and any audio portion of the performance or display is communicated by means of a total of not more than 6 loudspeakers, of which not more than 4 loudspeakers are located in any 1 room or adjoining outdoor space;

      1. (iii)

         no direct charge is made to see or hear the transmission or retransmission;

         (iv)the transmission or retransmission is not further transmitted beyond the establishment where it is received; and

         (v)the transmission or retransmission is licensed by the copyright owner of the work so publicly performed or displayed;

         (6)performance of a nondramatic musical work by a governmental body or a nonprofit agricultural or horticultural organization, in the course of an annual agricultural or horticultural fair or exhibition conducted by such body or organization; the exemption provided by this clause shall extend to any liability for copyright infringement that would otherwise be imposed on such body or organization, under doctrines of vicarious liability or related infringement, for a performance by a concessionnaire, business establishment, or other person at such fair or exhibition, but shall not excuse any such person from liability for the performance;

         (7)performance of a nondramatic musical work by a vending establishment open to the public at large without any direct or indirect admission charge, where the sole purpose of the performance is to promote the retail sale of copies or phonorecords of the work, or of the audiovisual or other devices utilized in such performance, and the performance is not transmitted beyond the place where the establishment is located and is within the immediate area where the sale is occurring;

         (8)performance of a nondramatic literary work, by or in the course of a transmission specifically designed for and primarily directed to blind or other handicapped persons who are unable to read normal printed material as a result of their handicap, or deaf or other handicapped persons who are unable to hear the aural signals accompanying a transmission of visual signals, if the performance is made without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and its transmission is made through the facilities of: (i) a governmental body; or (ii) a noncommercial educational broadcast station (as defined in section 397 of title 47); or (iii) a radio subcarrier authorization (as defined in 47 CFR 73.293–73.295 and 73.593–73.595); or (iv) a cable system (as defined in section 111(f));

         (9)performance on a single occasion of a dramatic literary work published at least ten years before the date of the performance, by or in the course of a transmission specifically designed for and primarily directed to blind or other handicapped persons who are unable to read normal printed material as a result of their handicap, if the performance is made without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and its transmission is made through the facilities of a radio subcarrier authorization referred to in clause (8)(iii), Provided, That the provisions of this clause shall not be applicable to more than one performance of the same work by the same performers or under the auspices of the same organization;

         (10)notwithstanding paragraph (4), the following is not an infringement of copyright: performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work in the course of a social function which is organized and promoted by a nonprofit veterans’ organization or a nonprofit fraternal organization to which the general public is not invited, but not including the invitees of the organizations, if the proceeds from the performance, after deducting the reasonable costs of producing the performance, are used exclusively for charitable purposes and not for financial gain. For purposes of this section the social functions of any college or university fraternity or sorority shall not be included unless the social function is held solely to raise funds for a specific charitable purpose; and

         (11)the making imperceptible, by or at the direction of a member of a private household, of limited portions of audio or video content of a motion picture, during a performance in or transmitted to that household for private home viewing, from an authorized copy of the motion picture, or the creation or provision of a computer program or other technology that enables such making imperceptible and that is designed and marketed to be used, at the direction of a member of a private household, for such making imperceptible, if no fixed copy of the altered version of the motion picture is created by such computer program or other technology.

         The exemptions provided under paragraph (5) shall not be taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental proceeding to set or adjust the royalties payable to copyright owners for the public performance or display of their works. Royalties payable to copyright owners for any public performance or display of their works other than such performances or displays as are exempted under paragraph (5) shall not be diminished in any respect as a result of such exemption.

         In paragraph (2), the term “mediated instructional activities” with respect to the performance or display of a work by digital transmission under this section refers to activities that use such work as an integral part of the class experience, controlled by or under the actual supervision of the instructor and analogous to the type of performance or display that would take place in a live classroom setting. The term does not refer to activities that use, in 1 or more class sessions of a single course, such works as textbooks, course packs, or other material in any media, copies or phonorecords of which are typically purchased or acquired by the students in higher education for their independent use and retention or are typically purchased or acquired for elementary and secondary students for their possession and independent use.

         For purposes of paragraph (2), accreditation—

         (A)with respect to an institution providing post-secondary education, shall be as determined by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation or the United States Department of Education; and

         (B)with respect to an institution providing elementary or secondary education, shall be as recognized by the applicable state certification or licensing procedures.

         For purposes of paragraph (2), no governmental body or accredited nonprofit educational institution shall be liable for infringement by reason of the transient or temporary storage of material carried out through the automatic technical process of a digital transmission of the performance or display of that material as authorized under paragraph (2). No such material stored on the system or network controlled or operated by the transmitting body or institution under this paragraph shall be maintained on such system or network in a manner ordinarily accessible to anyone other than anticipated recipients. No such copy shall be maintained on the system or network in a manner ordinarily accessible to such anticipated recipients for a longer period than is reasonably necessary to facilitate the transmissions for which it was made.

         For purposes of paragraph (11), the term “making imperceptible” does not include the addition of audio or video content that is performed or displayed over or in place of existing content in a motion picture.

         Nothing in paragraph (11) shall be construed to imply further rights under section 106 of this title, or to have any effect on defenses or limitations on rights granted under any other section of this title or under any other paragraph of this section.

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers From techlearning.com

Fair Use Checklist: Introduction From The Indiana University Copyright Management Center

10 Things You Should Know About Copyright From copyrightandcreativity.org

Citing Sources: Plagiarism Reference page from Morehead State University's Camden-Carroll Library

Avoiding Plagiarism Decision Tree From Indiana University

Research Note-Taking Template Resource from the Belgrade High Librarians

Do the Search Resource from the Belgrade High Librarians

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