About the Library
Scobee Library Vision Statement
Scobee students in the library will learn the skills and knowledge needed to become life-long learners and productive citizens in society.
Scobee Library Mission Statement
The Scobee library is committed to providing a safe learning
environment where all students can take risks, problem solve, and challenge themselves to
achieve their maximum potential.
Goals
To provide:
Diverse resources and equipment appropriate for use by individuals as well as classes in the grade level served.
Organization and maintenance of materials and equipment which facilitates optimum use.
Working areas and an environment which are well maintained, well organized and conducive to both learning and enjoyment while using the library resources.
Management of the facility and activities that allows flexible access based on patron input and needs assessments.
Instruction which promotes a lifelong interest in reading for pleasure and information.
Support for district curriculum and instructional initiatives.
Utilize Texas State School Library Standards as a tool for continual improvement of the library program.
Library Sections
Main Area
The Scobee library provides access to over 14,000 books and 30 popular magazines. We can accommodate 60 students during library activities to include group presentations. When you have projects, don't hesitate to ask for free construction paper and colored copier paper or use our scissors, glue, color pencils, crayons, markers and rulers. All we ask is that you return the supplies and clean up after yourself.
20 Chromebooks are available for use.
Fiction Section
Located on the left side of the library, our Fiction books are Novels (chapter books). Books are organized by the author's last name. We are currently working on adding Genre labels to the books to help you locate your favorite types of books faster. If you need to look for a book in your Lexile range, just open the cover and on the top corner of the 1st page you will find a level with the Lexile number.
The books in this area are labeled as
F Fiction
SP Spanish (Look for a Red label on the spine)
Story Collection, New Arrivals and Graphic Novels/Manga
This section is down the middle toward the back of the library. The story collection books are on the right and the Graphic works are on the left.
SC Story Collection (each chapter is a different story, sometimes by a different author)
741.5 Graphic Works (by American authors as well as Manga written in the original format)
Non Fiction
These books are located on the right side of the library and are organized by Dewey Decimal. Below are the specific classifications to help you find books based on your interest.
000 Computer Science, Information and General Works
100 Philosophy and Psychology (You can find unexplained phenomenon in this section look in the 133's)
200 Religion
300 Social Sciences
400 Language
500 Science
600 Applied Science/Technology
700 The Arts (You can find drawing books in 741.5 and crafting books, including origami. 790's are sports)
800 Literature (811 is poetry)
900 History (you'll find the various military conflicts here and historical events like the Holocaust)
920 Collective Biography (If you want to know about a group of people)
B Biography (If you want to know more about a famous person)
Reference Area
Our reference area is rather small as we have numerous online resources and the books can be rather expensive. The books in this area are labeled as
REF Reference (You can also check these out for a day)