Vision Statement

The media-technology program prepares dynamic learners in an information rich environment to be resourceful, reflective, and responsible readers and users of information.

Mission Statement

The Enloe High School Media-Technology program will encourage critical reading, acquire valuable resources, engage learners to interpret, evaluate, transform and present information to support faculty and students in the equitable and ethical use of information.

Library Usage

Students are welcome to use the facility before school, during lunch, after school, and during class time. Students coming to the Media Center during class time must have a signed pass from their teachers and may stay the entire period. Passes for entry during lunch can be obtained from any teacher on campus.

Staff are welcome to plan together with the media staff in order to make the best use of resources and to have, as a result, successful assignments.

Media Matters

Media Matters is the name of the new Media Center newsletter.

About the Enloe Media Center

Phone: (919) 856-7910
Fax: (919) 856-8083
Service Hours

• 6:40 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday-Thursday
• 6:40 AM to 3:00 PM, Friday

The Enloe Library facilities offer a wide variety of tools and technology, including:

• 60 computer research stations
• A computer applications lab with 30 terminals
• All computer stations have Internet and e-mail access

Resources Available for Research

The Media Center's 21,000+ collection (print and non-print) have been selected to supplement Enloe's Magnet and IB curriculum, and is searchable using library computer terminals. The selections are designed to meet the educational needs of students as well as to support their personal needs. Resources available include the Internet, books, periodicals, encyclopedias, videos, CD-ROMs, computer software, and audiovisual equipment.

The Media Center is fully automated through networked Intel Pentium 4 computers. All stations have Internet access through the WCPSS network. Students can search:

• the Enloe Media Center Collection
• the Wake County Public Library System
• the Triangle Research Libraries at NCSU, Duke, and UNC
• other area libraries

Twenty research stations give students and staff access to more than 1,800 full-text periodicals and multiple full-text newspapers including the New York Times. The following research databases subscribed to by Enloe are available through the Internet:

• Proquest
• Gale Literary & History Resources
• Grolier
• Encarta
• NC WiseOWl

Home access to these online databases is available; see the library staff for user IDs and passwords. Networked laser printers provide printing services while in the library. Copying machines are also available, at a cost of 10 cents per copied page.

Resources Available for Productivity

A twenty-station applications lab is available for individual student and staff use as well as scheduled classes. Every station is loaded with:

• Microsoft Office 2003 Professional (including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Publisher, and Frontpage)
• Corel Draw
• Corel Photopaint
• Inspiration
• Careers Choices

For multimedia presentations the center has a scanner and color printers with wide format capabilities. The cost of printing pages from the Internet is 10¢ a page. Color printing is 20¢ a page. Video projectors, digital cameras, laptop computers, and video cameras are also available.

Circulation Information

Books from the general collection may be checked out for three weeks. Reserve books, reference materials, and magazines are checked out for overnight only. Teachers may also designate certain resources overnight only for temporary time periods.

Fines are collected as follows:

• Regular Library books and supplements - 5¢ a day
• Reference - 25¢ a day
• Reserve books - $2.00 a day
• Overnight Books - 25¢ a period ($2.00 a day)

Television and Video Services

Every classroom is connected to a six-channel system located in the Media Center. From that system, each classroom can view a video or have access to PBS, C-SPAN, CNN, the Discovery Channel, the Weather Channel, and other educational cable programs. The staff provides instructional videos taped off the air as well as purchased from educational vendors.