About Our LMC
 | Information Literacy is what the Brookdale LMC is all
about. It is here that students learn to determine information needs, plan strategies
for research, access information, evaluate information, use information and evaluate the
process and product. The staff in the LMC continually help students become good users
of information. |
| There are over 12,000 items in the LMC for students and
staff to borrow. |
| The LMC is a fully automated facility for both circulation
and the catalog. Students check out their own materials at the circulation desk. Search
stations are available in the LMC. In addition, the catalog can be accessed from computer
on the school network. Students are given assistance and instruction in the use of the
online catalog on a ongoing basis. Formal class instruction of on use of the catalog
usually begins in 2nd grade. |
| The World Book Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica and the SIRS Discoverer
online, as well as other research resources are available at any computer in the
building. There is home access for SIRS. Please ask the LMC Director for these user names
and passwords. |
| Internet access is available through the building's
computer network. Teachers who have taken the district training course may use the
Internet with students. During school registration, parents are asked to read and sign
Brookdale's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The Internet is viewed as another tool available
to teachers and students for curricular enhancement. |
| Access is also available to Indian Prairie's Virtual Museum
and Earth Dome for information on social studies and science. Teams of district teachers
have developed these resources which contain downloaded websites and curriculum enrichment
materials.
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