Celebrate National Library Month in April
Strong school libraries build strong students.  Support your local school library today. Check out this infographic and statement to see why.

Little Free Library #5001
Housed in the NGHS Skybox, the Little Free Library is open for business.  Built from recycled materials, the take one, give one library is part of a movement that started in Wisconsin.  Read more here.

Northern BOB team wins in first Battle of the Books
The Battle of the Books team won 2nd place in the first high school BOB competition.  Congrats to team members Manal Ahmidouch, Amanda Currie, Eric Dobbins, Anthony Dobbins, Sarah Hamilton, Kate Hoyle, Shylecia Horton and Sam Taylordean.  Great job, team! To read more, go to Library & Media Services.

BYOD and read @ your library

	Over 1000 ebooks are available to students now as part of the GCS and Northern e Shelf . Students, use your computer login to sign in.  You can read the book online, or download the Destiny app to read on your device. http://wbb20178.follettshelf.com
	Click icon to find tools to help you navigate your ebook shelf
Use with iPad	Use with Kindle Fire
Use on smartphones	Use with Android tablets

 Check out our ereader page 

The Nooks are here!
Fill out a permission form and reserve a Nook for two weeks to try an ereader. Our Nooks have some hot titles.  Need help with your Nook? Check this manual .

Get the Smart Card
Do you have one in your wallet? The Smartest Card. Get it. Use it. @ your library. Access to 100s of online databases, ebooks, DVDs and even, books. Go to a Greensboro Public Library and get your Smart Card.  Check out Freegal for free music to download to your ipod.

Join the Book Club
The Literary Society  meets every month to discuss new and classic books. Look for meeting dates on our wiki, but usually we meet on the last Friday of the month. Edmodo link . Get password from Media Specialist to join Edmodo group

Dr. Keith Curry Lance shares the research on why school libraries work in a 7 part series. Chapter 4: School Library Characteristics that Affect Student Achievement from LRS .  Learn more from the School Impact Library Studies.

Google's Teach Parents Tech

RubiStar (rubric generator)

Homework Help from Greensboro Public Library

GCS Library Media Services

Archives
Green campus of NGHS

Thoughts from the Sandbox
The Sandbox Team is a technology and collaboration team that meets on Mondays during lunch in the media center.  Anyone is welcome to join the PLC and share their ideas about using technology in lessons and/or create collaborative projects between disciplines - two of our SIP goals. Weekly meeting notes are here .

Welcome!
Ms. Adams-Caskie and Mr. Schneider are here to help you. We hope we have what you need @ your library. Don't hesitate to ask us for help in finding books, working with technology, or just sharing what you're learning here at NGHS.

8:15am - 4pm weekdays and on Mon. & Wed. until 4:45pm. 

Use your student number for checkout. Books are circulated for two weeks. There are no overdue fines, but checkout ends until the book is returned.

We have leisure seating, a digital projection area, a media center computer area, and a computer lab.

Please no food or drink in your carpeted areas and around your computers.

For more information, download our library brochure .

Sandbox PLC on NGHS PLC wiki

GCS Technology Services Quick Links - Drop down menus for forms, tech help, policies, etc.

GCS Technology Tips

Tech Team Wiki

Classroom Technology Wiki

To request NGHS Media Center time, subscribe to the NGHS Media Center 2011-12 Outlook calendar.  Provide dates/periods/and topic you will be researching in the Media Center.  Also, let us know how we can help you. 

Looking for suggestions of what to read next?  Type in title or author into BookLamp and get a suggestion.

 Greensboro Public Library
Get a card and use your public library. Access online resources at home with your library card. Check out Teen Book Club, use Homework Help or even research a career.  

 What do I read next? Looking for something good to read? 

Join us! The Literary Society (formerly The Book Club)  is open to any students or faculty at Northern.  We meet in the media center, usually once a month, on a Friday. 

RSS Feeds

COPYRIGHT

GCS Copyright brochure

Copyright in an electronic environment from NCDPI

Copyright Comics

Is it protected by copyright?

Section 108
Spinner on Reproduction Rights for Libraries

Research question?
  Ask-a-Librarian

 

  NCWiseOwl databases for reliable online resources. For home use, see media specialists for password . Also link to Citation Maker under High School to create citations.

  Discovery Education   for streaming video. See media specialists for password.

Need copyright free images for your presentation or project?  Check out J. Valenza's  "Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!)for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages,  Blogs, Wikis, etc." wiki. 

  Infotopia , an academic search engine.  

Virtual Learning Resource Center, an academic search engine.

Reliable resources for the Senior Project  PowerPoint

Library wish list

WIKIS AND PATHFINDERS

Wiki Pathfinders for Research
Media center created wikis to guide your research on a variety of topics.

NGHS Teacher Resources Wiki
Handbook for technology in the classrooms here at NGHS and lesson planning resources.

Guilford Media Specialists calendar

Librarian's Guide to Guilford County wiki
A resource about Guilford County including arts, antiques, blogs, books and reading, bookstores, cities and towns, education, events, history, libraries, media, parks and sports in our area.