LMC Orientation Slide Show 2009
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Welcome!Orientation
to the M.E.S.M.S.
Library Media CenterMrs. Baratta,
Mrs. Vecchiolla,and Mrs. Voss
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• WHY?!?!• Build vocabulary• Read faster with practice• Get smarter, gain knowledge• …and the library media specialist’s
favorite answer of all…• Because it is FUN!
Why do you read???
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What do we read? Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Fiction is something told or written that is not fact, it’s a made up story
• Non-fiction is literature that is not fictional
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Dewey Decimal System
• A system of library classification in which publications are assigned a number from 0-999 according to subject
• Named after Melvil Dewey an American librarian who lived from 1851-1931
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Reference 001-900’s
• Which books are considered reference materials?– Encyclopedias– Almanacs– Dictionaries– Atlases
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General Categories
• Generalities 000-009• Philosophy and
Psychology 100-199
• Religion and Mythology 200-299
• Social Science 300-399• Language
400-499
• Natural Sciences 500-599• Technology 600-699• Arts 700-799• Literature
800-899
• 920 Biography Collections
• 921 Individual biographies in alphabetical order
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Where is the fiction?
• Arranged in alphabetical order using the author’s last name
• The Spiderwick Chronicles, by Tony DiTerlizzi would be found in the “D” section. D is for DiTerlizzi. D
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Fiction
• Genre stickers• Mysteries, Adventures,
Sports, Science Fiction, Romance, Westerns and more!
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OPAC
• Search for a book using– Subject– Title– Author
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How do YOU select a book?
• Cover
• Summary on the inside flap or back of book
• Recommendation
• Five finger rule
• Remember: Skinny books can be boring, thick books can be so good that they end before you know it!
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If you DON’T like a book, what will you do???
• Bring it back and get another one, of course!
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Book Selection and Checkout
• Select a book (or 2 or more…)• Check it out!
– Limit 4 books per person– 3 weeks
• Reserve it! If the book you would like to read is not on the shelf, fill out a reserve card. When the book is back, your card will be sent to your English teacher.
• Each time you check out a book, please take a bookmark to save your place.
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Please fill in the card and pocket, then have your book
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Creating and Presenting Information
We are very fortunate to have a computer lab with 30 work stations in our library media center!
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Our MESMS Library Media Center Webpage is now a blog!
• http://mesmslibrarymediacenter.blogspot.com/
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Suggestion Box
• HELP! Make our LMC the best it can be! Contribute suggestions to the suggestion box which is always located on the circulation desk.
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See you at the LMC!
• Lunch passes– Get a pass as soon as you get off the bus!– If you cannot come when you get off the bus,
come as soon as you can.– Visit us during lunch to:
• Do homework• Study• Work on group projects• Read!• Podcast• Play educational simulations
• Before and after school• Reading and research take place every day
here at the library media center! Visit us often!