​8:45 - 12:40 - Open (9:50-12:40 on Wednesdays)

12:40 - 12:54 - Closed for Cleaning

12:54 - 1:56 - Open

1:56 - 3:00 - Closed

*Library hours may vary based on staffing availability and cleaning protocols

General Guidelines

• The library is a designated teaching area, giving classes priority to space and resources during all periods
• The library staff has full authority to prioritize facility, resource and equipment use
• Students are admitted for quiet study, research and recreational reading when space permits
• Students must follow the Board Acceptable Use Guidelines for Technology when using devices within the library
• Please be respectful and clean up after yourself
• The library adheres to current Covid regulations

Borrowing Materials

• Resources can be signed out for two weeks
• Resources can be renewed as often as desired provided that there is no waiting list for them 
• Any fines, damages or lost item charges will be incurred by the person to whom the material has been signed out
• Fines are $0.25 per day per item up to a maximum of $3.00
• A replacement cost will be charged for lost or damaged items (e.g., water or food damage, bent or torn pages or covers)
• Students are encouraged to follow the "protect our books" rules (e.g., no postits, keep food/drink away from books, careful with spines, no writing in books, etc.)
• Items held on book carts are set aside for class use and must remain in the library
• Borrowing privileges will be suspended until fines for late, damaged or lost items are paid

Academic Honesty

The BCSS Library actively promotes Academic Honesty and Ethical Behaviour in the access and use of information.  Academic Honesty refers to students providing original evidence of their learning and appropriately acknowledging the work of others.  The Library promotes Academic Honesty through targeted instruction on strategies such as effective note taking, responsible usage of information and proper citations.  It is a foundational element of the Research Continuum, permeating throughout all targets.  In addition, the library provides an intervention program for those who require additional Academic Honesty support.  The intervention program addresses cheating and plagiarism.  

Cheating is the attempt to gain an unfair advantage in an academic evaluation, which may misrepresent the demonstration of a student’s learning or the learning of others.  Cheating includes:  

• copying work of others on a test or exam
• unauthorized giving/receiving of information during a test or exam
• bringing unauthorized material into a test or exam
• submission of same/similar work for evaluation in two courses unless both teachers have given prior approval

Plagiarism refers to representing someone else’s ideas, writing or other intellectual property as one’s own.  Any use of the work of others, whether published, unpublished or posted electronically, attributed or anonymous, must include proper acknowledgement.  Plagiarism hinders learning and the development of learning skills and work habits.  Plagiarism can easily be avoided by giving credit to the author.  When a situation arises where plagiarism is suspected, it is the responsibility of the student to demonstrate the work to be his/her own. Plagiarism includes:  

• using whole sentences or paragraphs of another as your own;
• paraphrasing someone else’s argument;
• presenting someone else’s ideas or line of thinking as if it were your own; and
• submitting a project, assignment, homework or essay that is not your own work.

 Depending on the severity of the incident, one or more of the following steps will be taken: 

• students may be referred to an administrator;
• parents/guardians will be contacted by the teacher and/or administration;
• students may be required to complete an academic honesty activity in the Library;
• a central record and documentation will be kept of all incidents; and
• the Administration, in consultation with the teacher, will determine appropriate consequences for repeat offenders and notify the parent.​

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