Teacher Assignment Alerts

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Teaching a thematic unit and want your students to do some outside reading or research? Teachers may request a listing of materials owned by the library on any specific subject. We ask for at least one week's notice to prepare a bibliography.

Doing a classroom project and need lots of reference materials for your students? Please send us an "Assignment Alert" to let us know of your upcoming projects and assignments! If we are prepared, we can better serve both you and your students! Depending on how much material the library owns, how many students are involved in the assignment, and how long the students have to complete the assignment, the teacher or library can choose between the following:

A. We can put all materials needed on "In Library Use Only" status so all children can use them at the library.

B. We may limit the number of books checked out on a specific topic by an individual student and shorten the loan period.

C. The teacher can request specific books to be gathered in advance, and then check them out on their School Library Card for use in the classroom.

All of these requests can be made via:

**Phone: (708) 795-8000, ext. 3006

**Fax: (708) 795-8101, to the attention of Jasmine Brown

**Email: assignmentalert@berwynlibrary.net

Please be prepared to share with us the following information regarding your assignment:

*Teacher's name and phone number we can best reach you at (work or home)

*School, grade, and number of students involved in the assignment

*Option A, B, or C from above

*Dates of the assignment

*A description of the assignment, including what materials you would like (non-fiction books on polar bears, 12 copies of "The Outsiders", etc.)

*How many materials you need

*When you would like to pick the materials up (If choosing option C)