Welcome!Orientation

to the M.E.S.M.S.

Library Media CenterMrs. Baratta,

Mrs. Vecchiolla,and Mrs. Voss

• 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???

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

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

Reference 001-900’s

• Which books are considered reference materials?– Encyclopedias– Almanacs– Dictionaries– Atlases

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

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

Fiction

• Genre stickers• Mysteries, Adventures,

Sports, Science Fiction, Romance, Westerns and more!

OPAC

• Search for a book using– Subject– Title– Author

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!

If you DON’T like a book, what will you do???

• Bring it back and get another one, of course!

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.

Please fill in the card and pocket, then have your book

Creating and Presenting Information

We are very fortunate to have a computer lab with 30 work stations in our library media center!

Our MESMS Library Media Center Webpage is now a blog!

• http://mesmslibrarymediacenter.blogspot.com/

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.

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!