As a teacher at a school in the Gail Borden Public Library District, you are eligible for a teacher card. Information on teacher cards, including a permission letter, has been sent to your principal/director. A teacher card allows you to check out library materials for classroom use. the check-out period for most items is 28 days. **PLEASE NOTE: OVERDUE ITEMS CHECKED OUT ON TEACHER CARDS ACCRUE FINES.

The school is responsible for lost or damaged materials. You may use your teacher card for classroom collections for up to 60 items, 30 of which can be pre-selected. If you are new to your building, please consider asking library staff to pre-select your first collection. This will avoid a delay while waiting for your teacher card to be processed.

CLASSROOM COLLECTIONS

Classroom collections are groups of library materials for classroom use. You may come to the library to select the materials you wish, call in a request by phone, or fill out an electronic form at www.gailborden.info. Requests should be submitted at least 48 hours, but no more than seven days, before you plan to pick up your items. Library staff will then select your collection of up to 30 items and check it out to your teacher card. To call the Youth Help Desk directly, dial 847-429-4685.

Classroom collections may be picked up from the Customer Service Desk at the main library or the Rakow Branch. They may not be picked up at our drive up windows.

When using your teacher card in April or May, please check the due date on your receipt. A shortened checkout period may apply.

ASSIGNMENT ALERT

Many teachers assign the same projects concurrently. To ensure that materials will be available for library research projects or assigned reading lists, please call Youth Services or stop by and fill out an Assignment Alert form. When we know about your particular assignments we may then reserve availalbe material. Reserve materials and information on current assignments are kept on our Homework Shelf.