Library Orientation for English 9

Welcome to Commack High School Library

LIBRARY USAGE

Staff: We’re Here to Help You!

Ms. Libbey, Librarian

Ms. Zinman, Librarian

Mrs. Capolongo, Library Aide

Mrs. Schwartz, Library Aide

Library Procedures…

Hours: We are open from 7:00 until 3:30.

Please sign in at circulation desk whenever

you plan to stay in the library during school

hours.

Study Hall and Lunch Passes

You must have a Library Pass to visit the

library during Lunch and Study Hall

periods.

Both Lunch and Study Hall passes are

distributed in the library.

Please pick up your Lunch and Study Hall

passes the day of, or the day before, the

period you wish to visit the library.

As in all public areas of our school, eating of any kind is

prohibited in the library.

There will be no eating at the library tables, or at the

computers.

Students who eat in the library will be given a warning

at the first offence, and will be written up thereafter.

Fire & Emergency Safety

We exit together out of the library.

Walk through the cafeteria and wait on the

grassy area of the parking lot.

Stay together and wait quietly for the signal

to return.

FIC = Fiction

FIC

THO

Fiction books are located under the

windows of the library in alphabetical

order by the author’s last name.

92 = Biography

92

ZUC

Biography - located in the middle of

the library in alphabetical order by

subject – in other words, the person

the book is about.

Non-fiction = Most Everything Else

636.7

FLO

Non-fiction – located in the tall

stacks in back, contains true

information and facts.

Today’s Goals:

1. Create an account in DESTINY.

2. Identify call numbers and corresponding

materials.

3. Reactivate your NoodleTools account.

4. If time allows, search for a book of

choice or for class.

THE DESTINY CATALOG

& CREATING AN ACCOUNT

Type in your last name and student

ID number. The barcode number

is your student ID number.

Choose a user name and password that

you will remember. (We suggest you use

your student ID number as your

password).

Sam Smith

Create a Resource List

Add a List, and name

it, ex. “Reading List” or

a research topic name.

NOODLETOOLS