Library
Welcome to the Lacey Elementary Library!
This is a warm and welcoming space where we strive to ensure that students are effective users and producers of ideas and information. Our goals are to create lifelong readers, provide resources for research, provide opportunities for inquiry, and support our community.
Browse and request books through our Destiny library system.
Programs & Information
My TRL
MyTRL (Timberland Regional Library) Student Access
NTPS Students have access to a wealth of resources at Timberland Regional Library! TRL provides all NTPS K-12 students with online-only access to magazines; newspapers; math, history and science resources; language study programs; online courses; job and study resources; e-books; music; audiobooks; videos; encyclopedias; dictionaries; auto manuals; almanacs; and more! Please read our FAQ below for more information.
MyTRL Frequently Asked Questions
- What types of resources are included in MyTRL access?
- Is a MyTRL account the same as having a library card?
- How do students access their MyTRL account?
- Can a student upgrade their MyTRL account to a regular library account?
- What if a student already has a basic or regular library card?
- Can a student opt-out of the MyTRL program?
What types of resources are included in MyTRL access?
Students will be able to access Timberland Regional Library's:
- magazines & newspapers
- math, history and science resources
- language study programs
- online courses
- job & study resources
- e-books, music, audiobooks, & videos
- encyclopedias & dictionaries
- auto manuals
- almanacs
TRL libraries also provide Wi-Fi and Internet stations. Specific resources may change based on costs and collection development decisions. Current resources are listed on the TRL.org website.
Is a MyTRL account the same as having a library card?
How do students access their MyTRL account?
Students will receive their login information from their school. TRL has created accounts using a combination of the student's ID number along with their birth month and year. The default PIN for the account is the student's month and day of birth.
MyTRL Library Card#: [Student ID] + [MMYYYY]
Default 4-digit PIN: [MMDD]
Example
MyTRL Library Card#: 1027511102012 (Student ID is 1027511, MM is 10, and YYYY is 2012)
PIN: 1023 (MM is 10 and DD is 23)
Can a student upgrade their MyTRL account to a regular library account?
MyTRL cards are independent of a student’s regular library card. If a student wants to borrow physical materials, they will need to contact TRL directly.
A basic card allows cardholders to check out up to 10 items. The MyTRL account can serve as verification of identity for a basic account, if the student can provide a student ID, their MyTRL number, or birthdate.
To upgrade to a regular card that allows up to 50 items to be borrowed, additional address verification is required. If a minor student (17 or under) is unable to do this, an accompanying adult or caregiver may verify on their behalf.
What if a student already has a basic or regular library card?
Can a student opt-out of the MyTRL program?
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.
Qualities of a Digitally Literate Person
- Possesses the variety of skills, cognitive and technical, required to find, understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information in a wide variety of formats.
- Able to use diverse technologies appropriately and effectively to search for and retrieve information, interpret search results, and judge the quality of the information retrieved.
- Understands the relationships among technology, lifelong learning, personal privacy, and appropriate stewardship of information.
- Uses these skills and the appropriate technologies to communicate and collaborate with peers, colleagues, family, and on occasion the public.
- Uses these skills to participate actively in civic society and contribute to a vibrant, informed, and engaged community.
'I Can' Statements
Lacey Elementary "I Can" Statements for the Eight Elements of Digital Literacy
Cultural
Requires technology use in different contexts and awareness of the values and practices specific to varying contexts
- I can easily move between digital environments and contexts: personal, social and educational.
Cognitive
Enables mastery of the use of technological tools, software, and platforms
- I can master the use of a variety of technological tools, software and platforms.
Constructive
Requires reusing and remixing existing resources depending on need, or possibly adapting them into new resources
- I can reuse, adapt and remix resources depending on my need and possibly making them into new resources.
Communicative
Requires awareness of different communication devices that are both digital and mobile
- I can use different communication devices that are digital and mobile.
Confidence
Places emphasis on gaining competence with digital technologies and the ability to create an environment for practicing skills and self-learning
- I can gain competence with digital technologies and practice both inside and outside of the classroom.
Creative
Creates new data in digital environments while taking risks, developing skills, and producing new things
- I will create new data and things with my digital learning while taking risks and developing skills.
Critical
Requires the digital learner to develop various perspectives while actively taking different circumstances into account
- I can be aware of my audience while communicating digitally, be critical of what I read online, and attentive to my own safety.
Civic
Develops and helps acquire the concepts of democracy and global citizenship as individuals become participants in society
- I can be a positive part of online communities and use the same rules and guidelines for being a positive citizen of my classroom and school.