Welcome to theLibrary/Media Center

We’re Glad You’re Here!

Library Staff

• Mrs. Swantz– Here 1-2 days a week– At the high school and Keota the other days

• Mrs. Semler– Here Every Day!– Just ask for help whenever you need it.

• We’re glad to assist you

Library Etiquette

• Respect others – Quiet voices – others are trying to work or

study

• Gum-Free Zone – NO GUM ALLOWED• Leave the library the way you found it!!

– Clean up after yourself– Push in your chairs– Return chairs to original place

Circulation—makes the books go ‘round!

• 3 week check out for almost everything• Except…

– Reference materials - • overnight and are due the next morning

– Periodicals (magazines) • checked out for three days.

• Overdue fines - 5 cents per dayNO checkout until fines are paid!

Fiction

• Arranged by genre:– Fantasy and Science Fiction– Realistic (and Sports)– Ghost and Horror– Historical– Adventure– Animal– Mystery– Classics

Fiction, continued

• Within a genre, books are arranged in order of the author’s last name.

• A book by Lloyd Alexander has a call number in the catalog of FIC ALE FAN (The FAN tells you it’s in the fantasy genre.)

• To find the book, go to the Fantasy section and look for this spine label: FIC

ALE

Non-fiction books

• Dewey Decimal System– Books arranged by subject– easy for you to find books on a particular topic.

• EXAMPLE…

A book about astronomy by Sager would have a call number of 520 SAG in the catalog.

• Other books on astronomy would also be in the 520s

• The spine label would look like this:520

SAG

Reading level of books

• Books have a lexile level on a label inside the front cover.

• Can use the catalog find books by their

lexile level .• Books have a color mark on top to indicate

lexile level

Biographies

• Biographies are…– books about a person’s life– located on the first set of gray

shelves

• Biographies’ call number …– Top line 92– second line is who the book is about.

• The spine label for a biography of Teddy Roosevelt would be:

92

ROO

Collected Biographies

• Collected biographies are books about several peoples’ lives.– Famous Queens– Ten Top Quarterbacks– Sports Greats

• Call number– First line - 920.– The second line - editor, author, or title.

• The spine label for Popular Biography 2008 looks like:

920

HAR

Reference Section

• Reference is used when you need to look up a quick answer.– Encyclopedias– Dictionaries– Almanacs– Specialized encyclopedias

• The call number has three lines. • The spine label for Webster’s Rhyming

Dictionary would look like this:

REF

410

WEB

Periodicals

• MPMS library has a dozen magazines.• newest issues on a rack in a protective

cover• Older issues in boxes and can be checked

out.• We collect old newspapers for you to cut

articles from.

Library Computer Lab

• You must have a pass from a teacher to use the lab.• Leave passes at the circulation desk when you

come in.• You must have your planner beside you as you

work.• Computers are for school work only!• Remember to leave the computers like they were…

– put keyboard under the monitor– push your chair in