Get to Know Your Library!

The library is open from 6:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each school day.

The library is a multi-use facility that serves all the students and faculty at Capital High School. Please enter and leave the library through the main, front doors. You are welcome to come in and read, study, relax, and enjoy just hanging out. Food and drink are allowed in the library away from the computers.

Students may use the Capital High School Library before school, after school, at lunch time, and during break. During class time students will use the library with their classroom teacher. Individuals or groups of students may use the library during class time when they have a pass from their classroom teachers.

CATALOG
Use an OPAC (on-line public access catalog) computer to search library holdings. The library staff will help you find resources in any format (book, CD, VHS, DVD, audio book) using the automated catalog.

APPROPRIATE USE
Library computers are for research on a curriculum related topic. Games, e-mail, and chat are not allowed. Inappropriate use of INTERNET resources will result in lost of computer privileges according to the Appropriate Use Policy of Boise School District.

CHECKOUT
A current Capital High School ID card is required for checking out materials. You may not use another student's ID or check out materials for another student. The library loan period for books and audio books is 4 weeks. CDs can be checked out for 2 weeks. Reference books can be checked out for overnight use only. The library loan period for VHS tapes and DVDs is 2 days. Please return materials as soon as you have finished with them. It is the student's responsibility to keep track of materials they have checked out and return them by the date indicated.

FINES
Fines will be charged for late, lost, and damaged materials at cost of replacement or at the following rates: Books, music CDs and books on tape: $.10 per day Videos: $.25 per day Reference materials may be checked out overnight only and are due the next day before school begins.

Students owing a fine may not check out more materials. Overdue fines will be charged if you are absent. Unpaid fines will be attached to a student's registration and permanent record. Report cards will be held when a fine is owed.

SERVICES
Photocopies may be purchased at the Circulation desk in the library media center. The cost is $.10 per page. Pages are single sided.
Computer printing is $.05 per page.
CDs are available for $.50 and floppy disks are available for $.25.