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Services for Teachers and Educators

Dear Educators:

 

The Somerset Public Library serves the entire Somerset community, including the student population of our schools.  It is our endeavor to supplement and enhance the collections of the public school libraries.  Through increased cooperation among all Somerset libraries, school and public, we strive to better our collections and resources for optimal information management and sharing.  We welcome your comments and suggestions and look forward to your continued use and support.

We encourage teachers and staff to contact us regarding assignments, programs, research, or any library matter that will help you with your classroom or with your student activities or preparation.

 Sincerely,

 The staff of the Somerset Public Library.

 

 

Services the library offers

 

ü       School visits by librarians
ü       Librarians can attend In-service
staff meetings, PTO
meetings or
other events.
ü       Library orientation classes at the
library or in your
classroom
ü       Readers’ Advisory Services (such as summer reading list suggestions)
ü       Story hours
ü       Reserve Collections for homework /
             research assignments
ü       Kids Cat – part of our online public
             access database
ü       iBistro  - Advanced searching how-to
for the public access
catalog 
ü       Database access including
professional material and / or
material for student
 assignments
ü       Internet access (for teachers and
children)
ü       Teachers Cards
ü       Educational videos
ü       Word Processing
ü       Assistive technology
ü       Meeting room space for tutoring or
meetings (computer
available
for student use)
ü       Display cases and areas to
display student work

 

What you can do for us

If you email or call us prior to a class assignment, we can put materials (books and articles) on reserve for your students.  This will give equal access to all students to comprehensive materials and research.  As a library patron you have access to over forty libraries and one million items in the SAILS network.  In addition, we have statewide access to materials.  Assignment Alert forms are available to help with this process.

 

 

Encourage your students to use their Public Library.

 

 

Please note: the Somerset Public Library's Teacher Card       Policy can be found here.

 
Somerset Public Library Created April 24, 2003, most recent update, December 04, 2008
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA  02726
508-646-2829
Email:  somersetpl@sailsinc.org