• The library is open from 7:20 AM to 2:30 PM unless otherwise posted.
• Please see the whiteboard in the library hallway for the week's schedule and announcements.
• Students can access the library with a scheduled class, at lunch, on a pass during class, and after school.
• Lunchtime - students are encouraged to eat lunch in the library, enjoy time with friends, check out games, meet with clubs, explore the Makerspace, check out books, study in a quiet collaboration room, and participate in library activities!

• Providing a student I.D. number is the only requirement to check out materials.
• Students may borrow library materials for 15 school days (does not include weekends or holidays).
• Students may renew materials 2 times (exceptions made for long-term projects).
• Holds can be placed on books through Destiny and will be delivered to the student's 1st period class.
• Students are provided a paper receipt with the due date to be used as a bookmark.  Students are also emailed the receipt. 
• Students and parents are provided a reminder email 3 school days before materials are due.
• Students and parents are provided weekly automated email notices for late materials. Students also receive paper notices in 1st period.
• Library emails are sent to a student's school Outlook email account and not a personal email address.
• There are no fines for late returns.
• 30 school days after the due date, late materials are automatically marked "lost".  Students must pay for lost materials or simply return them at no charge.
• Damaged materials must be paid for.
• Library materials belonging to other schools in the district can be returned to the Debbie Smith library.  
• Please make all lost/damaged payments to the bookkeeper then walk the receipt to the librarian to clear the account. 

Within a culture of respect, relevancy, and rigor, the mission of the Debbie Smith CTE Academy Library is to foster avid readers, independent library users, skillful researchers, and discerning consumers and producers of information.