Lyme, NH 03768

 

Lyme School Handbook
School Library

 
The Converse Free Library is the public and school library for the town of Lyme.  As the school library, a full curriculum of library skills and literature is taught weekly to children in all grades. Additionally the library is a source for books, audiobooks, videos, reference materials and research services.

Curriculum: The librarian and teachers work together to integrate library skills into the school curriculum. In the middle school skills are taught within classes in each of the subjects.  (IE: Children come to the library during science and use a thesaurus to write a weather forecast, or the librarian uses the computer lab during 8th Grade Health class to teach the use of EBSCO, an online magazine database.) A detailed library curriculum is available at the library and school.

The catalog of the library’s collection is on-line and may be accessed via the Internet at the library’s website.  The address is:  http://www.lymenhlibrary.org. Children may access the library’s catalog from any classroom and the computer lab. At this website there is also a schedule of library events and links to other helpful websites.

Interlibrary Loan: All libraries today rely on each other for books.  No one library can have everything.  The Converse Free Library borrows (and lends) books on Interlibrary Loan for all its patrons including students. The library receives two NHSL van deliveries a week, but InterLibrary Loan materials should be requested well in advance of an assignment due date.
 
    Books and audios are lent for 3 weeks
    Magazines are lent  for 2 weeks
    Videos are lent for 1 week.
All library materials may be returned at anytime to the book returns in the school lobby or outside the public library, or during a class visit.

Overdue Materials Policy for books borrowed during school hours:   School children are verbally reminded of overdue books weekly.  Written notices are sent at the end of each quarter to parents whose child has very overdue material. When a child receives a written notice, his/her borrowing privileges are withdrawn until the parent writes or calls the library to acknowledge receipt of the slip and the problem.  At the end of the school year, if the material is not found in the home or in the school, the parent will receive a bill for the lost material. 
Librarian:  Betsy Eaton
Assistant Librarians: Margaret Caffry and Lois Winkler
General e-mail:  lyme.library@valley.net
Interlibrary Loan E-mail directly to:  lyme.ill@valley.net
Phone: 795-4622

Library Hours

Monday	1-5
Tuesday	10-5
Wednesday	10-8
Thursday	10-5
Friday	10-3
Saturday	9-12

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