Library Media Center

Renaissance Place
Renaissance Place is a secure online version of AR, STAR, and Math Facts in a Flash
At the present time Renaissance Place is available from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday -Friday
Click here to view the Library Media Center schedule

Selection Policy

Funding
Cullman Ctiy Schools Book Review Policy
Book Review Form

The Alabama Department of Education advocates exemplary library media specialists and library media programs in public schools in Alabama to ensure that students, faculty, and staff have access "to information that is appropriate to student development and features diversity in perspective, format, and interest" (Literacy Partners, 1999, p. 3).

 

At West Elementary, we strive to meet and exceed these expectations.

Send your boxtops to the Library!
Current Library Media Center Photos!
 
Reading Comprehension Lesson using a GO CHART
 
Mrs. Drake reads on Dr. Seuss' Birthday!
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Do you like Green Eggs and Ham?

Dr. Suess' Birthday is just one of the exciting days in the library

The West Elementary Library Media Center is full of excitement!  Books are being read, technology is being used and learning is definitely taking place!  Students are studying various authors and book series.  Students in all grades have an opportunity to increase their skills in the use of technology.   Students are learning how to access and use information from a variety of sources.  They are strengthening their reading comprehension and acquiring information literacy skills.    A library is no longer a place of ..... "sssshhhhhhhh, quiet!"   It is an active center of learning.  West Elementary's library media center is striving to meet that standard!

                                Come by and visit the Library Media Center soon!

                                                                                Sharon Drake, LMS
   
Libraries of Yesterday
Library/Media Centers of Today
  • Quiet.....ssshhhh
  • Books were for supplemental reading
  • Collections were "just in case" a student needed them
  • The focus was on circulation of books and library management
  • Isolated library skills were taught
  • They operated in isolation
  • Technology was an "extra
  • Bustling with activity
  • Resources are integral to the curriculum
  • Collections are "just in time" and targeted to student achievement
  • The focus is on teaching and learning
  • Information literacy skills are integrated
  • The librarian is a collaborative partner
  • Technology is integral