Libraries

Library Media Services provides library services to all students and staff in the York Schools. Each school has a library housing a collection appropriate to the needs of the school population being served. Collections include books to support curriculum, for leisure reading, audio books, video recordings, and AV equipment for media creation, viewing and listening.

Services

Professional resources collection - new materials added regularly with a focus on educational practice, curriculum, lesson planning, etc. primarily specific titles recommended by individual staff or requested by K-12 curriculum teams.

AV Equipment/Media Services

Audio-visual equipment - TV, DVD/VCR mobile units, multimedia projectors, document cameras, audio books, digital cameras, and tablets, etc.

Instructional Support Services

Print and non-print resources for classroom use
Assistance with planning research projects
Information literacy skills instruction
Individual or small group research assistance
Computer workstations in the libraries for student use
On-line reference resources via Marvel! Maine's Virtual Library from any location in Maine, Grolier Online, World Book Online & content specific database access (varies by building - contact library staff FMI) & video streaming services (Discovery Education K-8 & Safari Montage at YHS)

Purchase Requests

We welcome suggestions for books, periodicals, or other kinds of instructional materials to be added to our collections. School Committee Policy requires preview of all instructional videos before use with students. Requests that meet library materials selection policy guidelines will be honored as the budget allows.

Changes to YSD Libraries

In the past, our schools have been part of the statewide library consortium, which allowed us to borrow books from other libraries throughout Maine that were also members of the consortium. For a variety of reasons, the district has decided to withdraw from the Minerva consortium. (lack of benefit to public schools, budgetary reasons, keeping high demand books on our own local shelves, etc.)

All York community members are all eligible for York Public Library cards, including students. You can easily request books to pick up there and also access their digital resources like the Cloudlibrary.

We have chosen Alexandria as our new library management system. This new system will still allow our schools to share their collections within the district only. If you have any questions about this, please let us know.

York School Department

Our Libraries