Meet the Librarian

Mrs. Donna Cook is a certified teacher with a Masters of Arts degree in English and education, a Learning Resources Endorsement for grades K-12, and Supervisory Certification.  She is a member of TLA and ALA.  She is a former Tayshas committee member for choosing leisure reading for Texas high school students.  She created the activities for the 2x2 reading list for Texas primary students that are now used across Texas and have become part of the 2x2 committee responsibilities. This is Mrs. Cook's tenth year at Central where she is also library director for all CISD libraries and UIL Academics Director. For 2008-09 Mrs. Cook will be a member of the national committee that chooses the Printz Award books for the American Library Association.

Check-out:  Students may check out as many items as they need.  The check-out periods are three weeks for print materials, one week for videos and CDs, and one day for reference materials and magazines. 

Fees: Items that are kept for extended periods are charged a fee of $1.00 after they have been out for twenty or more school days.  Students with lost or damaged items  will be charged the replacement cost of the item, and they will be expected to pay within the semester.

Printing: Students may print from the computers and use the copy machine for one free page per day.  Additional pages will be charged at the rate of .05 cents.

Respect the library materials (so we'll have more to use)

Everything has a correct place (so we'll all be able to find what we need)

Always share (so we'll return things when they are due and we'll put things on hold when we have to wait)

Don't disturb those studying in the library (so we'll all have a special place to read and study)