Welcome

Samoset Middle School Library Media Center

“Advanced Electronic Doorway Library”

Hours
Monday to Friday: 8:18 AM to 3:17 PM

Librarian - Mrs. Virginia Goldhammer
email: vgoldhammer@sachem.edu

The Samoset Library Media Center offers students and staff access to state of the art information resources. The library media program positively contributes to students' educational success. It supports standards driven education initiatives and provides instruction integrated with the school curriculum. The development of lifelong readers and information literate learners is the primary mission of the school library media center. Access to print, non-print and electronic information is available in the library. These information resources include books, periodicals, research databases, the Internet, audio and visual materials. Some of the library’s specific resources are listed below.

Print Resources

* Over 11,000 volumes of books
* Fiction Collection
* Non-Fiction Collection
* Reference Collection
* Biography Collection
* Short Story Collection
* Picture Book Collection
* Professional Collection
* Magazines
* Newspapers
* Maps
* Pathfinders
* Bibliographies
* Webographies

Electronic Resources

* 28 networked computers
* 3 printers and 2 scanners
* Automated online public access catalog (OPAC)
* Virtual Reference Collection
* Bookmarked curriculum related Internet web sites
* Word processing software
* Desktop publishing software
* An Educational Digital Multimedia Library
* Remote access to library information and databases via library
Web page.

Non-Print Resources

* Audio Books
* Compact Discs