Media Center Orientation

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Media Center Orientation

• Welcome to the Hominy Valley Elementary School
  Media Center
• Mrs. Landgrover, Media Coordinator
• Mrs. Truitt, Media Assistant

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Manners in the Library

• By your friendly Hominy Valley Elementary School
  Librarian, Mrs. Landgrover

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Entering and Exiting

• Please enter quietly.
• Please exit quietly.
• This is not the gym!
• Do not run in or out!

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During your visit

• If you did not return your book, you may
• (1) Sit quietly on the sofa and read.
• (2) Help another friend find a book.
• (3) Go to the checkers table and quietly play
• checkers or work on a puzzle.
• (4) Make a book wish list on Destiny for next
  time.
• (5) You may NOT play games on the
• computer!

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Checking out

• You may NOT check out when the librarian or
• assistant is not here!!
• You must form a line and be nice to each
• other in line.
• You may not run up to the checkout desk.
• Once you are checked out, sit quietly and
• READ!
• Share your book with a friend, especially one
• who is not able to get a book.

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Remember

• The library is a quiet, learning
• environment, not a playground!
• Respect those around you because you
• dont know if they are testing, reading,
• or studying.
• This is YOUR library- take care of it!

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The Media Center provides

• Books
• Magazines
• Curriculum support and research opportunities to
  classes
• A Web site to support online research
• Computers and Technology
• Digital Cameras, Camcorders-Must be used with
  teacher supervision.

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Computer programs available to students

• Microsoft Office (NOT Works)
• Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• Successmaker

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Be a STAR and READ

• S earch smartly.
• T alk quietly.
• A lways listen.
• R espect books and people.

• R eturn books on time.
• E verything has a place.
• A lways share.
• D ont disturb others.

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Media Center Rules

• Do not run in and out.
• Be a good listener.
• Raise your hand to speak.

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Other Media Center Rules

• Line up at the check in/out desk.
• Share.
• Respect the books and your classmates.

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Sorry! We dont like bugs! Food and drinks are
not allowed in the media center!

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Media Center Rules

• Remember other students and teachers are in the
  media center. Do not talk in a loud voice.
• Please put books you are checking in on the cart
  at the circulation desk. Mrs. Truitt will shelve
  them for you.

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EASY

• Easy books are fiction books that are easier to
  read.
• They are shelved by the authors last name.
• Ada Shelved as E ADA

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FICTION

• Means fake or made up.
• Not True.
• Fiction books are alphabetized by the authors
  last name.
• Judy Blume shelved as FIC BLU

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NON-FICTION

• Means not fake.
• True.
• Books about real things.
• Also fairy tales and folk tales.
• Shelved by Dewey Decimal number
• Subject number and authors name.

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Borrowing

• Books are checked out for 1 week.
• K-2 are allowed to check out 1 book.
• 3-5 are allowed to check out 2 books.
• Teachers will sometimes request for students to
  check out more books.

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Returning

• Please return items to the book carts located at
  the Circulation desk

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Magazines and Periodicals

• We provide both pleasure reading academic
  magazines located on the periodical stands just
  inside the front door.

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Where to go if you need help

• Mrs. Landgrover Media Coordinator
• Mrs. Truitt- Media Assistant