Dewey MSHS Library Procedures

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Dewey MS/HS Library Procedures

• Hours
• The library is open for student use from
  800am-330pm every
• school day of the school year.
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• Library Availability -
• Individual students may come to the library
  during class hours
• with a library pass from their regular
  classroom teacher.
• Student teacher-aides may not come to the library
  every day.
• Check-out Policy -
• Students may check out 3 items at a time.
• Regular fiction and nonfiction books are checked
  out for 2 weeks.
• Reference books, magazines, and selected videos
  are checked
• out for overnight.

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• Fine Policy
• Fines on regular 2 week books are calculated at 5
  cents per day not counting
• the day it is due or the day the item is
  returned.
• Fines on overnight materials are calculated at 35
  cents per day beginning the
• first day they are overdue.
• Damaged books are assessed for either the full
  replacement price or a repair
• cost.
• Any student willing to work off their fine,
  should make arrangements with the
• librarian.
• Fine lists are sent out on Monday mornings to
  English classes in the Middle
• School and High School and homeroom in the
  6th grade.
• Copies
• The librarian will only make copies related to
  classroom assignments for
• students.
• These copies will be made at her convenience.
• The price for copies is 5 cents per page.
• Personal copies for teachers are also 5 cents per
  page.
• Copies made on computer printers are limited to
  related classroom
• assignments and not to be an excessive
  amount.

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Library Procedures-Pg. 3

• Accelerated Reader
• Accelerated Reader lists are available in the
  library for all grade
• levels and teachers.
• An AR title list is also available online on the
  schools web page.
• AR points and AR reading level are listed on the
  spine of each
• AR book.
• AR lists are available at both the Dewey and
  Bartlesville Public
• Libraries.
• End of Semester Policy-
• All library materials must be returned and the
  fines paid at the
• end of the first semester or ISD will be
  assigned.
• All library materials must be returned and the
  fines paid by the
• end of the school year or the student will
  not be allowed to
• enroll for the next school year.

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Behavior Rules in the Library

• Walk calmly.
• Dont play in the book stacks.
• Keep your hands to yourself.
• Find a book-- no visiting with classmates.
• Leave the chairs and tables where you find them.
• Return materials on time.
• Replace unwanted books back in shelf or on top of
  shelf where you found it.

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Information Sources

• Books
• Reference Materials
• Periodicals
• Computer files
• Videos
• Access to the Internet
• Access to Computer stations

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Methods of Finding Information
Browse an appropriate section of the library
shelves Use the computerized card catalog work
station
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On the HS computer Logon Look For
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Library Systems of Classifications

• Dewey Decimal
• Library of Congress

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Reference Materials

• Encyclopedias
• Dictionaries
• Atlases
• Specialized Subject Books

Check the index Check the table of
contents Overnight Checkout 35 cents per day for
each day overdue 5.00 Maximum Fine
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PERIODICALS

• Magazines-Shelved in Alphabetical Order
• Newspapers-(2) Tulsa World and USA Today
• House Organs-Free magazines

Overnight Checkout 35 cents per day for each day
overdue 2.00 Maximum fine
5 year Magazine file kept on site.
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Non-Print Media

• Video
• Filmstrips
• Audio Books
• Transparencies
• Educational Games
• Computer Files
• Kits

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Non-Print Media

• Video Checkout-
• Overnight Checkout
• Very limited number of videos available (subj.
  content only)
• Audio Books Checkout-
• With your Reading/English Teachers Permission
• One Week Checkout
• Transparencies, Educational Games, Kits-
• NO CHECKOUT
• Computer Files-
• ACT practice disks are the only CF checked out.
• 2 Week Checkout

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Dewey School Website
www.dewey.k12.ok.us choose- High
School choose-Library

• AR Lists
• Link to EBSCO Website
• Links to Reference Websites
• Library Procedures and Policies

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STUDENT COMPUTER USE RULES

• You must have an internet agreement on file.
• Do not go to chat rooms.
• Do not Instant Message.
• Do not Mobile Message.
• Do not play online games in which you compete
  with
• strangers.
• No offensive websites.
• You may email others.
• You may check your email.  

Violation of these rules will result in the
revoking of your school internet agreement.
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Internet Access

• Internet Explorer

Use a Search Engine
Yahoo- www.yahoo.com MSN www.msn.com Yahoolig
ans www.yahooligans.com Excite
www.excite.com Alta Vista www.altavista.com/ L
ycos www.lycos.com/ C/Nets Top Search Site
www.search.com/ HotBot www.hotbot.com LookSmart
- www.looksmart.com AskJeeves www.ask.com/
Infoseek (Go) www.go.com/ Dogpile -
www.dogpile.com NY Times About website
www.about.com Google www.google.com/ Infospace
Metacrawler - www.metacrawler.com All the Web -
www.alltheweb.com / Infospace names and
numbers - www.infospace.com
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Ebsco Reference Services

• On the Internet
• Available at School or Home
• Full text of magazines, newspapers, pamphlets,
  and reference books
• May search by subject, author, title, keyword, or
  magazine
• May print articles, send to e-mail address, or
  print a list of materials

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Library Trivia
T F F T F F F T F F T

• Check out for regular books is 2 weeks.
• Check out for a reference book is 3 days.
• When using any reference book you should browse
  through the book to find the correct area to be
  used.
• Some videos may be checked out by students.
• Magazines may be checked out only if you are
  doing research.
• The call number for biographies begins with a
  B.
• The library closes at the last bell at 310 in
  the afternoon.
• Anytime a student comes to the library he should
  have either his student assignment book or a
  Teachers Library Pass.
• Books may not be checked out over Christmas
  vacation.
• Students who are teachers aides do not need a
  library pass.
• A student may check out a book, a magazine, and a
  video all at the same time.

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Library Trivia-pg.2
T T F T F F F T T

• 12. Students are allowed to put holds on books
  that are already checked out.
• 13. An AR book list is available on the school
  website on the internet.
• A MS students ID changes when he becomes a
  freshman in the high school.
• Overdue lists are printed almost every Monday
  morning and given to English teachers or homeroom
  teachers.
• If you have 1 copy copied of a pages front and
  back you will owe .05.
• Fines on overnight materials are only .05 per
  day.
• If a book is left outside and becomes damaged the
  student is not responsible for the cost of the
  book.
• During class time, middle school students are not
  allowed to play games on the computers unless
  they have a note from their teacher.
• 6th grade students are not allowed to come to the
  library before school unless they have a note
  from their homeroom teacher.