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Jones College Prep
​School Library

Mr. Fran Feeley, School Librarian
fafeeley@cps.edu  
Chicago, Illinois
Click for JCP Print Books, JCP eBooks, and CPS HS eBooks (OPAC)
Click for CPS Virtual Library

Welcome to the Jones library website!!!

 
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*** ​Need Support? I am here for you!! 

Students, teachers, and parents, please reach out to me at fafeeley@cps.edu for support. Or swing by my desk!   
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​Mr. Feeley
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Explore everything about books on the Books Page of this website.
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Library Mission

To provide ever-renewing information resources in a variety of formats as well as instruction in their access and use in order to support the goals of the school curriculum; encourage independent and group exploration, creativity, and critical thinking; and to foster community, civic engagement, self-discovery, transformation, and joy.
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Library Hours

7:00 AM - 4:30 PM every school day
  • Parent volunteers are present in the library every school day from 7:00 - 8:00 AM and from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM.
  • The librarian and the parent volunteers LOVE to check out books to students all day long!
  • After school parent volunteers staff the library daily until at least 4:30 PM and often choose to stay later. 
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Library Policies

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Entering the Library  
  • Students may enter the library without a written pass before school (7:00-8:00 AM) , during lunch periods, during ac lab periods, and after school (3:15-closing). 
  • Written passes are required for individual students or small groups to enter the library during all regular class periods. 
  • Individual students or small groups entering the library with written passes during class periods must give passes to the librarian and sign in legibly in the black binder next to the circulation desk. ​ ​ 
Library and Ac Lab Policies and Procedures
  • The JCP community strives to maintain a positive, productive, collaborative, and respectful learning environment in the library. Click HERE to read detailed procedures and expectations during ac lab periods in the library. 
Food Policy
  • Food consumption is prohibited in the library. Students may drink from non-disposable water bottles or thermoses with tight-fitting caps or lids. Disposable bottles or cups must be left on the desk at the library main entrance. Students are welcome to eat and drink on the library balcony. 
  • Click HERE to read expectations and consequences regarding the prohibition of food and drink in the school library. ​

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Printing in the Library 
  • Print from your Chromebooks to the library CENTER printer near the circulation desk. Printing multiple copies results in errors. Print only ONE COPY at a time. Ask the librarian for extra copies. Click for complete instructions to print from your Chromebooks.
  • Printing an article from the Internet? Add the Print Friendly & PDF Google Chrome Extension to save paper and ink when you print. Print Friendly removes ads, navigation and junk before you print. Pages are optimized for the ultimate print reading experience, whether you print it or save it as a PDF.      Tutorial video. ​

KEY library LINKS

Click for JCP Print Books, JCP eBooks, and CPS HS eBooks (OPAC)
​Click the button above to browse and access the Jones print collection and the CPS eBook and eAudiobook high school collection through the Jones Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). 
Click for the CPS Virtual Library
The CPS Virtual Library provides access to the following: 
  • Elementary eBooks and eAudiobooks and High School eBooks and eAudiobooks
  • The three eBook readers: Follett, Mackin & Overdrive, which are the three providers of electronic books in CPS.
  • The full list of online subscription databases provided by CPS Department of Literacy: Libraries, all of which are accessible on-campus and off-campus. 
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library resources

 The library program features approximately 8,000 books, subscriptions to 28 popular magazines, 70 desktop computers, 8 iPads with these apps, two printers, subscriptions to JSTOR and STATISTA, a FLASHFORGE Finder 3D printer, three projection sites, and the services of a full-time teacher librarian. Basic school supplies (pens, pencils, markers, crayons, scissors, rulers, protractors, headphones, etc.) can be borrowed from and returned to the checkout desk.
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