Friedman+Middle

The Doris Bartone Library Media Center is located at the Friedman Middle School. The Friedman Middle School presently services 911 students in grades five through eight. The Friedman Middle School currently houses the District's Therapeutic Learning Center a program for behaviorally challenged students. Friedman also houses one of the District's two Life Skills Program for studetns with Severe Special Needs. Adjoining the main library ia a library office and workroom, a conference room for meetings, and a workroom for professional staff. There is also a spaceoff the main library that houses library equipment, servers and the media retrieval system. There are 37 networked computers in the library for student use. These computers are running the Apple MAC platform and 31 of these computers are operational. There are 8 VCR units originally designed to run as a Media Retrieval System with the capability of remote access from each classroom. Currently three of the eight VCR units are operational but none of these units can be accessed remotely. Due to budgetary contraints there are no current magazine/periodical subsciptions for students or staff. Due to budgetary constraints students no longer have access to online encyclopedias or for fee databases. There are 15,811 barcoded titles in the library's 'Destiny' OPAC system. The Friedman Library has no professional library person on staff therefore it is no longer a member of the Southeast Massachusetts Library System. The library is staffed by one full time associate librarian and a part-time library assistant.