General Information

DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL

Hillcrest High School is located at 160-05 Highland Avenue, Jamaica, NY. There are approximately 3340 students registered for school year 2010 - 2011.

LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT:

The mission of the Hillcrest High School Library Media Center is to insure that students and staff become effective life long users of ideas and information by providing free and equal access to materials that meet intellectual, curriculum and recreational needs, instructional information retrieval, and networking with available resources.

PROGRAM:

The library is open periods 1-9 (8:00 AM to 3:40 PM). It is an open access library, i.e. class visits are scheduled throughout the day while students visit during their lunch periods. The library has two New York State certified Library Media Specialists. The library does not have paid support staff assigned to the library.

COLLECTION

Over 13,300 books are catalogued in the library

Approximately 300 non-book materials are catalogued in the library.

BUDGET:

The library NYSTL budget, our only funding, was $6.25 per student this fiscal year.

TECHNOLOGY

The library website is http://hillcrestlibrary.org.

The library has 20 functioning computers, all with Internet access.

The library operating system is Winnebago Spectrum System. We do not have technical support.

At the beginning of fiscal year 2100, the total number of subscription databases, including NOVEL was 47.

LIBRARY APPEARANCE/SET UP

The library has a library office, three main rooms and a magazine/archive area. The library classroom nest to the library office is referred to as Library Classroom A, which contains reference materials and sixteen computers with tables and chairs and classroom tables and chairs. The main room of the library has a circulation hub with three computers, and a networked printer, along with tables and chairs and four lounging chairs and ottomans. There are five computer tables, as well in this room, one is very low to the floor and five are high. There is also a copier machine for students. There is an emergency exit located near the magazine/archive room. In this main room is a SmartBoard with Internet access. One table in the main area is wheelchair accessible. The library classroom near the student copier machine is called Library Classroom B. It has tables and chairs, as well and houses nonfiction books. Nine air conditioning units are securely placed in the windows.