Media Center
Mission
Our media program focuses on providing library media instruction integrated with classroom learning. Instruction is designed to teach media appreciation and information skills that meet the learner outcomes across all instructional areas. In addition, our media staff is responsible for helping integrate technology and research skills into the curriculum in our building.
We service over 700 patrons through regularly scheduled media classes, informal research groups, in-services to staff members and parents, as well as one on one instruction. Currently, we are teaching 35 classes of students in grades Pre-K-5 each week and have a weekly circulation of over 1200 books. Our collection is chosen with care to reflect the needs of all students and staff at Linton Springs.
The media center is open each morning between the hours of 8:05 and 8:30 for independent check-out, and students are invited to visit after unpacking in their classroom. During media classes, Kindergarten, First and Second Graders check out one book each week. Third-graders check out one book each week during the first two quarters and switch to two books every other week during the last two quarters. Fourth and Fifth graders check out two books every other week. Extra books may be checked out for research purposes at any time.
We have 29 search stations for catalog and Internet access. In addition, our web-based catalog is available on any computer with an internet connection. Our collection provides an abundance of quality resources in all formats to meet a wide range of learner abilities, developmental levels, and modalities.
Book Check Out Procedures
Students can come in and switch out books after checking in with classroom teachers during the mornings.
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Grade |
Maximum Number of Books at a time |
Frequency |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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Kindergarten |
1 |
Weekly |
August-September: Picture Book Shelves October-June: |
|
First |
1 |
Weekly |
Shelves – Open Access |
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Second |
1 |
Weekly |
Shelves – Open Access |
|
Third |
1 |
Every Week - First & Second Quarter |
Shelves – Open Access |
|
Fourth, & Fifth |
2 | Every Other Week | Shelves - Open Access |
Overdue/Lost/Damaged Books
Books are due on check out days (see above). K-2 books are due every week. Grade 3 books are due every week until the third quarter when we switch to every other week. Grade 4-5 books are due every other week. Students may exchange a book at any time in the morning during arrival after checking in with their homeroom teachers. Students may not check out books if they have one overdue unless they are allowed two. If a student loses or damages a book, please contact the media center via email, note, or phone call. We will print a receipt with the replacement cost for the book and send it home with the student. We will add the cost of the book to MySchoolBucks to be paid online, or we can accept checks. Please make checks payable to Linton Springs Elementary School.
Computer Usage
We offer 29 computer search stations and 2 mobile labs!
Click on the Follett Destiny logo below to access our media catalog. Destiny is available at school and home for students to search for media books.
SORA is our online eBook platform and is available from the home page of Destiny or by clicking on the logo below.
Clever is a great place to start to access many tools used in the classroom.
Our goal is to teach children how to use and access these information tools as well as many more in various formats.
Programs & Events
- Book Fair
- Battle of the Books
- School Library Media Month
- MD Black Eyed Susan
- Read Across America
- LSE Reads Program
- CCPL Summer Reading Program
- WLSE Announcements
Book Fair
Battle of the Books
The Carroll County Public Library is seeking parent coaches who would be willing to meet with a team of 4th and/or 5th grade students monthly to prepare for the 2027 Battle of the Books challenge at South Carroll High School in April of 2027. If you would be interested in putting a team together or coaching a group of students that have asked to join a team, please go to the CCPL’s website for more information and email Tally Myers at tallymyers@carrollk12.org to indicate interest.
Forms will be going home with all 4th and 5th graders to sign up for a team after the library visits our school in late September or early October.
Battle of the Books Information from the CCPL
The CCPL Battle of the Books website has been updated with the new book lists for elementary and middle school.
https://library.carr.org/programs/BoB.asp.
Book Sets-The Friends group has generously donated book sets to each registered team. All books are also available in digital formats.
Carroll County Public Library - Battle of the Books
Congratulations to the following teams that placed in the 2026 Battle of the Books on April 24th.
1st Place – Book Ballers
Thomas Cover
Carter Gatzke
Serafim Boleac
Jackson Jordan
Archer Kincanon
Colin Ong
Ryan Pacak
Louis Rambert
Tilman Weaver
3rd Place – The Literary Legends
Colt Peacock
Dade Livesay
Bradley Mowell
Bentley Martinez
Glenn Stella
Max Perlman
Abner Perlman
Roger Kargus
School Library Media Month
April is School Library Media Month. We will be celebrating our media center all month long!
We will be sponsoring the following activities:
- Battle of the Books – Students will be participating in a mock battle and will compete in the annual Battle of the Books.
- Star of The Month Books - In an effort to encourage students to try different genres or areas of the media center, we will be designating certain books as “stars of the month”. When a student checks out one of these books, we will announce that they have found a star of the month book. We will take their picture for the “Star of the Month” bulletin board and they will be awarded a small prize.
- Display Cases - We will be displaying different themes in our school display case all month long. (National Poetry Month, Keep America Beautiful Month – Earth Day, April Fool’s Day – Humor and Joke Books. Black Eyed Susan Books- showcasing our state award winning picture book voted on by students across the school and state)
- Announcements - Each morning during National Library Week (April 20th – April 24th), we will share a fact about libraries on our morning announcements.
We hope everyone has a chance to read and/or share a book from our media center during the month of April!
MD Black Eyed Susan
The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award is a student choice award for the state of Maryland that has been awarded each year since 1992. The award seeks to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature.
Each year students at Linton Springs Elementary participate in the Maryland Black Eyed Susan Program where students across the state read and vote on the same picture books, chapter books and graphic novels.
For more information and book titles, please go to the MASL website.
Read Across America
LSE Reads Program
CCPL Summer Reading Program
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WLSE Announcements
WLSE Announcements
One way of disseminating information to the school community is through our daily media sponsored announcements that are viewed by the entire school. Parent involvement is encouraged, and parent helpers are always welcome.
(Due to space constraints, the student crew and announcements will be back next year.)
Volunteers
Volunteers are always welcome!
Please call or email the school if you would like to help us shelve some books or check-out in the mornings before our media clerk arrives.
Resources
SORA
SORA eBook Platform For All CCPS Students
Meet Sora – A New Reading App For All CCPS Students
Borrow eBooks and audiobooks from your school's library with Sora. Setup is simple - just find your school district and sign in.
CCPS students can access Sora through their Clever Portal using the Chrome browser or through this web address:
https://www.soraapp.com and then selecting Carroll County Public Schools.
Once logged in, students may connect to their public library by clicking on the menu icon in the upper right-hand corner.
Under Find My Library, type in Maryland’s Digital Library.
To switch between Carroll County Public Schools and Maryland’s Digital Library, click the drop-down at the top of the screen.
Happy Reading!
Websites
Ebooks
Destiny
Choose Linton Springs from the list of schools.
Our databases can be accessed from the home screen in Destiny. All students received a brochure of databases and resources available to LSE students and families when school started. This flyer contains the website, usernames and passwords to each of our databases. Please contact us with any questions.
Go to Destiny Discover to find, check-out and download our ebooks.
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