Library
Welcome! Bienvenido! Bienvenue! आपका स्वागत है!
To Buck Lodge Middle School Library Media Center!
Meet Your Teacher-Librarians:
Sheila Joyner
George Holderness
Hours
Opens at 8:00 a.m. every school day, Open during all MODs A & B Days (daily exceptions on AM announcements)
We ask that teachers and students please not use media center computers and printers when classes are in session - thank you! =)
BLMS Library Student Orientation
Quick Resources:
Search the catalog - Destiny
Search databases - first stop for research
Library of Congress - find primary and secondary documents
BLMS Digital Library Mobile App
Creative Commons - find copyright-free media for projects and presentations
https://freemusicarchive.org/ - find royalty free music to use for your project
Search Prince George's County Public Library catalog - use databases, find books & movies, and download free e-books, audiobooks & music
BLMS Library Pinterest: coming soon!
Click here for Tumblebooks access
Students: what can you do at your library?
- Use computers
- Get online
- Play games
- Listen to music
- Watch videos
- Read books
- Listen to audiobooks
- Hang out with your friends after school
- Make cool stuff
- Have a safe space
- Chill
Teachers: what can the library do for you?
- Book check-out for your classes
- Computer lab or laptop carts for your classes
- Instruction on how to research, evaluate sources, citation & plagiarism, and digital citizenship
- Collaborate: co-plan, co-teach and co-assess a class, unit, or curriculum
- Curate free media and open access software
- Reader advisory and student-centered planning
- Read-alouds and using graphic novels in teaching
- Find hot new resources and Web 2.0 educational technologies
- Technology & social media workshops
- Come to your classroom!
Contact Us
Email: gholder@pgcps.org
sheila.joyner@pgcps.org