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Lower Level Tour

From the stairs or elevator, we will circle to the left.

You may check out any items on display behind the reference desk.

Librarian Amanda Pape is usually on duty here 9 AM-5 PM Monday through Friday.

Other staff and student workers are available 8-9 AM and times when Amanda is in meetings or away.

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Curriculum WorkroomWhat it Contains:• Trudy’s Books• ENC Materials• Kathy Smith Books (KS)• Binder with combs• Typewriter• Laminator• Die Cuts

* Patrons must bring their own paper for die cuts * Materials in this room can only be hand checked

Laminating

• Laminating must be done by Special Collections staff.

• Laminating costs $1.00/ft (minimum charge $1.00)

• Patrons can pay with cash, check, or Texan Card

• Laminating hours: Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM

• Largest width for lamination is 25 inches

• Anything larger (i.e. some posters) need to be folded and sent through twice. Patrons will be charged for this plus $1 for extra labor to cut open and refold items for second pass.

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Trudy’s Books and Kathy Smith BooksTrudy’s Books• Method and activity books

donated by Trudy Carlson • Subject index is available• Lots of bulletin board & center ideas!Kathy Smith Books (KS)• Math and science items

donated by Kathy Smith• Lists of items are available

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The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)

Obtained with grants, these include math and science:• books, magazines, and reading materials • kits with supplies for experiments

*All items must be hand checked

*Special permission is required to check out kit items. Consumables are NOT checked out.

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Meet the Staff of Special ServicesAmanda PapeSpecial Services Librarian254-968-9251pape@tarleton.edu

Vickie SowellSpecial Services Assistant254-968-9869sowell@tarleton.edu

Our offices are in room B05, in the corner 7

The Curriculum CollectionContains (in this order):• Posters, Big Books & paired Spanish/English picture

books• Math manipulatives• Science & Social Studies kits• Education Reference books• Education Resource books• Ag Ed books & Grassburrs• Children’s books• State-adopted K-12 textbooks• Out-of-date K-12 textbooks

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Short Stacks near the Office• Posters*• Big Books*• Math, science, social studies materials,

tools, and manipulatives• Spanish and English picture book pairs*

* most items are barcoded and check out for 7 days.New books are often on display on top of these stacks.

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Reference- Building Use Only

- Includes resources forAuthor Studies & Math in

Literature lesson plans

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EDUC Resource & EDUC AG- Teacher resources (curriculum guides, etc.),

including Agricultural Education resources- Items can be checked out for 4 weeks

Children’s and Young Adult BooksIn Library of Congress call number order• two rows of nonfiction (A – PY call numbers)• six rows of mostly fiction (PZ call numbers)• one row of nonfiction (Q – Z call numbers)

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Textbooks• Current State Adoptions • Out of Date Textbooks

(have a red X on the spine)

We have a good representation of current K-12 state-adopted textbooks, and usually have both a student edition and a teacher edition. Grade levels are on the call number.

NO college textbooks!

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Check Out at Circulation - Main Floor

7-day checkout: children’s books, current K-12 textbooks

4-week checkout: out-of-date textbooks, EDUC AG, and EDUC RESOURCE materials.

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Students can have up to 20 items from throughout the library checked out at one time.

Hand Check Materials

• Trudy’s books• ENC Kits and Books• Kathy Smith Books (KS)• Some manipulatives and

other tools and materials

These items do not have bar codes. Hand checks are done by Amanda or Vickie ONLY Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM.

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Contact Information:Amanda PapeCoordinator for Archives and

Special ServicesDick Smith LibraryTarleton State UniversityBox T-0450Stephenville, TX 76402254-968-9251Office:  Lower Level, Room B05BI'm in Facebook!Twitter:  @AmandaPapeMSLSpape@tarleton.eduhttp://www.tarleton.edu/library/ 

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