Pike Central Middle School

 World Access Center

Welcome!

1814 E. State Road 56

Petersburg, IN 47567

Phone: (812) 354-8478 Ext. 445

Fax: (812) 354-9559

Dee Laswell

Librarian

Welcome to the World Access Center!

    The World Access Center, as the middle school library is known, contains more than 30 computer research stations that are linked to the Internet and the Pike Central online library catalog. The print collection is made up of 6,000 volumes that include a core reference collection, nonfiction, and fiction books.  The fiction selections include titles recommended by the Wilson Middle and Junior High Library Catalog, School Library Journal, and other noted resources. Titles available include Newberry Award winners and  the Young Hoosier Book Award nominees. The  World Access Center was developed to provide students with the materials and resources needed to develop their research and information literacy skills and to provide a wide range of leisure reading materials that will foster a love of reading for pleasure.

    Pike Central Middle School students also have access to the resources housed in the Pike Central High School Media Center

Mission Statement

   The library exists to insure that the curriculum needs of the students and faculty are supported with a variety of resources. In order to provide the best possible service, the library staff works closely with teachers and students to insure that materials representing various levels and viewpoints are available, to develop educational activities that utilize the resources of the media center, and to provide learning activities to develop each individual's reading and research skills. The library's goal is to encourage a life-long love of learning that will enable students to become responsible, independent users of literature and information resources.