Welcome to the Furr Library

Welcome to the Furr Library and to the 2010 - 2011 school year.

This year we already have 161 new books on the shelf with more on the way.

Think! Ask! Create!

Newspapers

The Houston Chronicle is now available in the library online. Hard copies will no longer be delivered to the school.

To access the paper, go to the links under the photo of the librarian and click on "Houston Chronicle." Scroll down and click on the link under the picture of the front page of the newspaper that reads "iBrowse The Houston Chronicle."

The newspaper cannot only be read from this link, but articles can be printed from it as well.

Ask the librarian for the user-name and password.

Welcome, teachers!

General Library Policies for the 2007/2008 School Year

· Daily library hours are from 7:30a.m. – 4:10p.m. (After school hours can be arranged as needed.)

· Students must have their School I.D. and a library permit with the students name on it and clearly signed by the teacher in order to use the library. Additionally, a student’s library record must be clear before they can check-out a book or use a computer. Students are only to be sent to the library to work on assignments or to return or check out books. The purpose of the students library visit must be clearly stated on the permit.

· Teachers should send no more than FIVE STUDENTS PER PERIOD, unless they are accompanied by the teacher. Students will be turned away, if there is a class or other scheduled activity in the library or if there are a large number of unaccompanied students already present.

· The library can be reserved on a first come first served basis. This can be done in the library on the sign-up calendar at the circulation desk. When signing-up, a teacher should make clear their plans and requirements for library use. If a teacher would like the librarian to teach a class in research, MLA formatting, library usage, etc, at least 48 hours notice must be given.

· Teachers MUST remain with their class during the entire period while using the library.

· SUBSTITUTES are not to bring students to the library.

· Like students, teachers are responsible for all materials checked-out of the library. All books and other materials must be turned-in by the end of the school year.

· Students can check out one book at a time. Magazines and reference books may not be checked out by students.

· This website can be used to access many online services, such as the online catalogue, HISD online resources, E-books, etc, as well as information about the library, new books, events, and other things of interest both to students and teachers. The library website can be accessed through the school website, as well as by going directly to http://furrlibrary.blogspot.com/ . Additionally, many computers in the computer labs use the library website as their homepage.

Welcome to the Furr Library Blog!

The purpose of this blog is to let the students, faculty, and staff of Furr High School learn about what's new at the Furr Library. This is a forum where suggestions can be made for improving the library program, where requests for specific new books can be made, and where better ways of utilizing the library as a learning tool can be discussed.

Here, people can directly access the on-line library catalogue and the HISD On-line Resources through the links on the left, as well as communicate with the librarian either in response to a blog or privately through email.

I hope that this will be a helpful and fun new resource.