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About C. B. Newton Library Our namesake, Charles Bertram Newton, served as headmaster of The Pingry School from 1920 to 1936. A pioneer in the country day school concept, we are indebted to him for carrying forward the ideals of Dr. Pingry and bringing to our school the values of scholarship and character that hallmark a Pingry education. The library collection consists of approximately 30,000 circulating and reference volumes, a growing audio-visual collection of video recordings in VHS and DVD formats, music recordings, electronic reference resources, and the Pingry School Archives. The library catalog is organized using the Library of Congress Classification system and is available through the library web-page, as well as in several stand alone catalog workstations in the library. The library web page is the portal for use of the many sophisticated subscription databases provided to the Pingry community, with usernames/passwords providing remote access availability. See a staff member for this information. C. B. Newton Library Mission Statement The Charles Bertram Newton Library is a student centered learning environment in support of the mission of The Pingry School as an academically challenging educational experience, providing library services to our diverse community of students and faculty through an information literacy skills program that includes print resources, audio-visual resources, database technology, and the Internet as a research tool across the curriculum to achieve socially responsible independent learning. Hours of Operation The C. B. Newton Library is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. All students are encouraged to use the library before and after school and during free periods throughout the day. Middle School study hall students may visit the library following the established library pass system, checking in with the library staff on arrival and returning to the study hall proctor before the end of the period. Library Conduct  The library is a place of quiet study. It is expected that all students will respect individuals and classes engaged in academic work, maintaining a quiet attitude, keeping conversations to a minimum. Teachers bringing a class for library research are to remain with their class.No food or beverage is permitted in the library.Students are asked to return materials to shelving carts and not to reshelve materials themselves.The library is to be kept in a neat and orderly manner; chairs set straight in the carrels and tables; waste paper recycled or discarded properly.Congregating in the doorway, hallway, stairway or any other part of the library is disruptive and is not permitted.The use of cell phones is not permitted in the library.Honor Code Students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the Honor Code at all times. The following are examples of unacceptable conduct: Disregarding the checkout procedures and/or overdue noticesChecking out materials in the name of another student, even with the consent of the studentDisrespecting directions from a library staff memberStudents are accountable to the Dean of Students for infractions of the Honor Code. Services The professional library staff serves the academic community with bibliographic instruction, collaboration in class assignments, development of bibliography and webliography as appropriate, reserve material coordination.Recommendations for library acquisitions are most welcome. A professional collection of education/instruction materials is located in the library office.Interlibrary loan, on a limited basis, can be provided.Library Instruction Orientation for Form I students is scheduled in September to acquaint the incoming class to the collections and resources of the C. B. Newton Library. This session provides students with an overview of the print materials as well as an introduction to the library web page, where the online subscription databases are reviewed for their content. Students entering Pingry in another grade are encouraged to make an appointment with the librarian for orientation. Instruction in library science, online database searching and the Internet as a research tool is fully integrated across the curriculum through varied inquiry-based classroom assignments requiring research materials. Teachers and librarians cooperate in the development of meaningful library research experiences for the students through classroom visits, research presentations, bibliographic instruction and independent follow-up by students. Faculty members may request instruction in the use of educational media by scheduling an appointment with one of the librarians. Faculty workshops in the use of electronic reference resources are scheduled throughout the school year, or at the request of teachers and department heads. Reserving Library Class Time E-mail or call Eileen Hymas (ext. 1359) or Judith Seebald (ext. 1368) to discuss how we can assist your students through the research process. Please specify date, class period, number of students, Form, and brief description of assignment when making requests.The library lab may be reserved for class use. Please specify if your need for the lab requires librarian assistance.Circulation Policy All books must be brought to a library staff member for borrowing. Failure to charge out books or other library materials is a form of misappropriation of school property and will be reported to the appropriate Division Head.Students may checkout books from the library circulating collections for 4 weeks. Checkouts may be renewed once.Periodicals are restricted to library use only.Videos/DVDs may be checked out overnight, with the permission of the librarian.Music CDs may be checked out for two weeks.Reference books may only be borrowed overnight with the permission of the librarian, returned before period 1 the following morning.Books reserved for classroom assignments do not circulate, but may be photocopied.Overdue Procedures Students are responsible to return borrowed materials on time. In keeping with the spirit of the Honor Code, fines are not imposed for lateness. Failure to return materials in a timely manner could result in appropriate disciplinary action.The general fee for the replacement and processing of lost items is $35. Certain specialized materials such as art books, limited editions, multi-media materials will be billed at their highest replacement cost. Lost interlibrary loan items will be billed at the rate charged by the lending library.Damaged materials will be evaluated and charges up to the replacement cost will be imposed.Overdue notices, lost book notices, or abuse of library privileges will be reported to the student advisor. Report cards may be withheld until the matter is resolved.Online Public Access Catalog of The Pingry School The catalog of the print collection can be accessed in the following ways: From the Pingry Home Page, select Academics, then C.B.Newton Library, then Library Catalog. No username or password is required, either in school or at home.In the library, you may access the catalog from the library web page or the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) workstations located on the reference or quiet side.In school, use of the databases is available from the library home page from any computer throughout the school building.Remote access to the subscription databases from off-campus locations requires the username and password for each resource. Ask a staff member for this information.Other Library Catalogs & Collections LibWeb (Library Servers via WWW) [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/ ]New York Public Library [ http://www.nypl.org/ ]Newark Public Library [ http://www.npl.org/ ]Rutgers University [ http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/ ]Princeton University [ http://libweb.princeton.edu/ ]Drew University [ http://www.depts.drew.edu/lib/ ]Hunterdon County Public Library [ http://www.hunterdon.lib.nj.us/ ]Morris County Library [ http://web2.morris.org/ ]Somerset County Public Library [ http://207.200.170.199 ]Highlands Regional Library Consortium [ http://www.hrlc.org/ ]Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning American Association of School Librarians. Information Power: Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. [ http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html ]. 25 Sept. 2002. Information Literacy Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively. Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently. Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively. Independent Learning Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests. Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information. Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation. Social Responsibility Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society. Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology. Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information. Library of Congress Classification System
The Pingry School Honor Code Pingry believes that students should understand and live by standards of honorable behavior, which are essentially a matter of attitude and spirit rather than a system of rules and regulations. Decent, self-respecting behavior must be based on personal integrity and genuine concern for others and on the ethical principles which are the basis of civilized society. The members of the Pingry community should conduct themselves in a trustworthy manner that will further the best interests of the school, their class, and any teams or clubs to which they belong. They should act as responsible members of the community, working for the common good rather than solely for personal advantage. They should honor the rights of others, conducting themselves at all times in a moral and decent manner while at Pingry and throughout their lives as citizens of and contributors to the larger community of the world. Policy on Plagiarism The following policy applies to all papers submitted at The Pingry School: "Plagiarism is defined as copying or imitating the language or thought of another and passing it off as one's own. If, in a paper, a student copies the language of someone else (as from a book, periodical, another paper, reference or critical work, CD-ROM, Internet, study guide such as Cliff's Notes, etc.) he or she must credit the quotation and clearly set it off with quotation marks or other generally accepted formatting. All copied passages must be credited, no matter how short." "Imitating (rather than copying verbatim) the language or ideas of another is paraphrasing—restating the material in one's own language. In this case quotation marks and inappropriate, but the source must still be credited." Academic Honor System, Revised 1966 |
