Orientation to the McCullough Junior High School Library Media Center

Pat Perez

Librarian

Library Staff :

Corinne Bedaw

Terry Belcher

Diane Roush

Library Hours:

8:00 – 4:00

Monday-Friday

When can I come?• Before school: must sign in, no pass required, must stay until the

bell rings

• Lunch: must have a lunch pass from the AP on lunch duty, must sign in

• Advisory: pass required, sign in, must stay for entire advisory - Bring your things!!

• Between classes: for a quick exchange, return, or to pay a fine. We will not write a tardy pass. Please do not use the library as a pass through between classes.

• After school: We close at 4:00. Paws is held in the downstairs DiscoveryZone.

Downstairs Library

Dictionaries

Encyclopedia

Reference Books

DiscoveryZone

Research Center

Internet Lounge

Study Nook

Professional

Downstairs Computer Lab

Research Room

Work Tables

Textbooks will be available for use in the downstairs library. These may not be removed from the library.

MAGAZINES

Avid Magazine readers!Avid Magazine readers!

Magazines may be used in the library or students may check out 2 magazines for 1 week (this counts as a “book” check out and fines apply).

Current issues from the display may not be checked out.

10¢ a copy

Copy machine

Upstairs Library

Circulation

Computer lab

Library Gates

Upstairs Computer Lab

Book CirculationKnow your

student ID to help speed up

your check out!!!

The magic number!2 books: number of books

you may check out

2 weeks: how long you may keep your book

2 renews: how many times you may renew your book

Circulation Rules!

Overdue booksFines are .05 a school day

You may not check out a book if you owe a fine or have an overdue book

You must pay for a lost or damaged book – there is a $2.00 processing fee added to the cost of the book as well.

CARD CATALOG

Non-fiction

Fiction

Biography

Everybody

Paperbacks

Story Collection

DISPLAY SHELVES

Pass System During class: Students may use

a pass during class from a subject teacher to visit the library. Leave your pass in the basket. One of us must sign the pass when you leave.

During advisory: Students must have a pass from a subject teacher who has given them homework that requires using computer lab & library resources. Leave your pass in the pass basket and sign in.

You must arrive in the library before 2:00 for advisory or you are counted tardy and sent back to your advisory class.

When you come to the library in the morning or during advisory, you must stay with us the entire time, until the bell rings.

Library Computer Labs Downstairs lab: 30 computers. These are the computers for

advisory and before school use.

Upstairs library lab: 30 computers.

Classes come before individuals, so you may have to give up your computer to a class.

Changing settings on a computer will earn consequences.

Inappropriate websites, gaming, personal email, chatting, or myspace will earn dire consequences.

Library Computer Labs

• Learn to utilize First Class and your Student Server domain account in the labs.

• Come prepared! Know your user name and password.

Individuals may work on computer projects in the downstairs lab from 8:00 – 8:50 and during advisory.

• Students may use the upstairs lab during lunch.• Passes are not necessary before school.• Lunch and Advisory do require a pass.

Library Printing Services

Copy machine: 10 ¢ a copy.Copy machine takes nickels, dimes, quarters. The upstairs

copy machine also takes dollar bills.

Color laser printer: 50¢

Black laser printer: up to 5 pages free.

Transparencies (downstairs, please): black and white: 25 ¢ color: $1.00

Fire Drills

If you are in the library without your teacher during a fire drill, we are your teachers and you are to stay with us. We are responsible for you during emergencies and fire drills.

McCullough Lab & Library Rules Be courteous. Enter the library quietly. Be respectful of other students in the library, as

they are to you. The library is a place to learn, research, and

read. Consume food & beverages in the cafeteria. Gum is not allowed in school at all. Do not use the library as a shortcut. Some library doors remain locked during the

day.Do not use emergency doors as an exit!

The Consequence Talk

Overdue library books and fines 1.Your Language Arts teacher will be notified

when your library book is overdue and when you have not paid your fines.

2.Your parents will begin to receive emails and phone calls when your library books become 2 weeks overdue, and when you owe library fines.

3.Very overdue books and very large library fines MAY earn a referral from Mrs. Perez.

Be responsible and do not earn a fine to begin with!

Behavior in the Library

•Failure to follow the rules may result in losing your library/computer lab privileges.

"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education.”

Harold Howe, former U. S. Commissioner of Education

“A great library contains the diary of the human race.”

George Mercer DAWSON (1849-1901)

“There are 70 million books in American libraries, but the one I want to read is always out.”

Tom MASSON (1866-1934)