ECMS Media Center Orientation

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ECMS Media Center Orientation

• Mrs. Sutherland

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Location of materials

• Card catalog
• Nonfiction
• Accelerated Reader books fiction, biographies,
  nonfiction
• Magazines, periodicals
• Computers
• Reference
• Checkout
• Book drop
• Copy machine - .10

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Check out procedures

• Make selection
• One Accelerated Reader book at a time
• Wait patiently and QUIETLY at the checkout window
• State First/Last name
• Loan period - two weeks
• .05/day - late fine

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Library Schedule

• The library will be open during every break and B
  C lunch - closed A lunch
• The library will be open to students who have a
  pass 1st 6th periods, beginning at 8 am, not
  during homeroom or A lunch.

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Accelerated Reader

• Set up by Literature/Reading teacher
• Prizes/recognition for points earned

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Library procedures

• ENTER THE LIBRARY QUIETLY!!!!
• If you are coming from class, you must have a
  pass that gives the following information
• Your name
• Time
• Destination Library
• Teachers signature
• If you are to use the Internet, your pass must
  say Internet.
• I will send you back to class if your pass does
  not give this information.

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Library Procedures, Cont

• Place the pass in the circulation window and look
  for needed materials QUIETLY. I will be glad to
  help you if you ask!
• After checkout, I must sign your pass before you
  return to class. You must be back in your
  classroom, not in the library, when the bell
  rings for the next period. It is your
  responsibility to keep up with the time and
  return to class five minutes before the bell.
• Please leave bookbags behind the door.
• Sign in to use the Internet.
• Please push your chair under the table when you
  leave.

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Computer Procedures

• Students must sign in to use the Internet.
• Students are not allowed to check email or play
  games on the computers located in the library.
• Students must ask for permission to print.
• .10 printer copies
• Students are not allowed to change any computer
  settings. This includes but is not limited to
  screensavers, themes, or anything in the control
  panel. You may save on a disk borrowed from the
  library.
• If you do not follow these specific guidelines,
  you will lose your computer privileges for a
  period of time.

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Rules for library users

• Enter the library QUIETLY! Please work QUIETLY!
• Do not change any settings in the control panel
  of the computers.
• Keep hands and feet to yourself, throwing objects
  will not be allowed.
• Please obey all student handbook rules.