With almost 10,000 titles and 22 computers, The Holliday Library is the center of activity in the Middle School. The primary purpose of the library is to serve the students and faculty. It provides a comprehensive program of information and service in an inviting and easily accessible manner, and encourages utilization by students, faculty and the school community. In providing these services, the center is an integral part and logical extension of every classroom. It supports and enhances the educational curricular objectives in an atmosphere where each student can realize his potential in intellectual, social, spiritual, and physical pursuits as stated in the philosophy of Christ Church Episcopal School.

Hours of Operation
The Middle School Library opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 3:10 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Circulation
CCES alumni, students, faculty, parents and staff are granted borrowing privileges from the Middle School Library. Books may be checked out at the Circulation Desk and may be kept for 3 weeks. Reference books may be checked out overnight. Audiovisual materials are reserved for teacher use only. Only 2 works of fiction may be checked-out at a time; however, nonfiction may be checked-out as needed.

Philosophy Statement of the Christ Church Episcopal School Libraries
The Christ Church Episcopal School Library program is designed to support and enhance the curricular objectives of the school community and to encourage the development of students as reflective citizens and lifelong learners. The libraries are centers of learning, study, and research, enabling students to locate, retrieve, and evaluate information. The programs encourage reading for pleasure and foster a lifelong appreciation of literature. The libraries support the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, the Middle Years Programme, and the Diploma Programme by providing materials in core languages and by reflecting the guiding principles of IBO.

The Christ Church Episcopal School Libraries have adopted the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning prepared by the American Association of School Librarians. (Chicago: ALA, 1998) These standards serve as the framework for the instructional goals and objectives of the library programs. The librarians, in close collaboration with the teachers, promote the integration for these goals and objectives across the curriculum within the context of classroom assignments. The libraries provide a wide range of both print and non-print sources that support educational excellence and intellectual freedom.

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DISCUS, South Carolina’s Virtual Library, provides access to an electronic library of a wide variety of learning resources. Among the databases are InfoTrac, SIRS, and Britannica School Encyclopedia Online. Hundreds of articles from newspapers and magazines and scholarly sources are literally at your fingertips! DISCUS may be accessed from home at the following URL: http://www.scdiscus.org

Destiny
Destiny provides access to the Middle School Library catalog from home, allowing patrons to determine if the library owns a particular title and whether or not it is currently available. Destiny also includes Web Path Express, linking a variety of subjects to relevant web sites, and Title Peek, which provides pictures of book jackets, reviews, and recommendations for further reading.
http://destiny.cces.org:81/

CultureGrams
CultureGrams Online is a resource that provides concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on dozens of countries, as well as the U.S. states. Information includes maps, flags, historical timelines, data tables, recipes,and symbols. Categories include history, climate, geography, and resources, economy, current events, trends, and more. CultureGrams can now be accessed through Discus.


A current user name and password is required for login to these databases. Please contact Kay Daniel at the Middle School Library or pick up a bookmark in the library.