LIBRARY WORDS

Check Them Out!

Browse

Browse: To look over

People browse for books, clothes

Shelf Helper

Shelf Helper: a plastic marker to help save our place on the shelf

A book mark saves our place IN a book, shelf helpers save their place on the shelf

Order

Order: to arrange, to put in a group

We line up in ABC order and so do books!

Books that do not stay straight on the shelves get out of order

Circulation

Circulate: to move; to pass from one person to another

Our Circulation Desk

Your blood circulates through your body

Check Out

Check Out: to take something with the promise of returning it

If you check out a book, you take it with you when you leave the library

Borrow

Borrow: to take and promise to return

We borrow money, we borrow toys,

We borrow BOOKS!

Scan

Scan: to look over

You scan a book to see if it is just right for you

The scanner beeps your books

Barcode

Barcode: a code of numbers

We scan barcodes to buy food and check in and out our books

Return

Return: To go back or give back

We return clothes that don’t fit

Salmon return to where they were born

Check In

Check In: to return your book to the Media Center

Your scan it and put it on the cart

Overdue

Overdue: Late to return, not back on time

Your bus might be late in the morning, that makes YOU overdue for school!

Due

Due: Something expected

When your book needs to come back to the Media Center it is due