WELCOME to the Webb City Middle School Library Media Center!

1. WELCOME to the Webb City Middle School Library Media Center!

2. Library Media Specialist Ms. Julie Stover Assistant Librarian Miss Janelle Iley

3. HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 7:30 AM – 3:10 PM

4. BOOKS, MAGAZINES & VIDEOS Fiction Books by Author Nonfiction Books by Dewey Number Magazines for Students and Magazines for Teachers Videos for Students and Videos for Teachers REFERENCE Mark Twain Nominees Books in Series with Lists

5. GEAR Get Excited About Reading Monday – Thursday 7:55 – 8:25

6. Don’t Forget…….the Media Center is ALWAYS closed Monday thru Thursday from 7:55 – 8:25 for GEAR!

7. Online Catalog

8. CHECK OUT 2 Books = 2 Weeks 1 Magazine = 1 Week 1 Audio/Video = 1 Week

9. DATE DUE SLIPS • Date Due Slips are found in the front of any library item, whether it is a book, magazine or video. • Date Due Slips are stamped with a date each time you check out. • The Date stamped is when you need to have your library materials returned. • Always write in your planner when your library materials are due.

10. OVERDUES Any student with any item overdue, lost or damaged will NOT be able to check out until the overdue item is returned or paid for.

11. CHECK - IN ALWAYS, FIRST THING, Place the items you are returning in the DROP SLOT!

12. SHARING BOOKS If your best friend wants to read a book you are reading, DO NOT just give it to them without checking the book IN out of your name and your friend can check the book OUT in their name. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ITEMS CHECKED OUT IN YOUR NAME!

13. LIBRARY RULES

14. NO RUNNING OR CLOWNING AROUND FOOD, DRINK, GUM OR CANDY IS NOT ALLOWED ALWAYS USE YOUR SHELF MARKER PLEASE DO NOT PUSH THE BOOKS TO THE BACK OF THE SHELVES ALWAYS PUSH YOUR CHAIRS IN WHEN YOU LEAVE TALK WITH YOUR INSIDE VOICES LEAVE THE LIBRARY LOOKING LIKE IT WAS WHEN YOU CAME IN

15. ALWAYS BRING A PASS

16. ALWAYS BRING YOUR PLANNER

17. COOL STOOLS AND CHAIRS Please leave library furniture where it is.

18. DAMAGED MATERIALS IF something happens to your books, videos or magazines… Please let us know! Dogs love to chew up books! Videos can get eaten up in VCR’s, DVD’s can get scratched and Audio books can get scratched or cracked. Sometimes we forget our books outside and it RAINS Little brothers or sisters Backpack accident

19. ACCELERATED READER

20. RED DOT =AR NO RED DOT = NO AR

21. AR READING LEVELS AR Reading Levels and AR Points are found in the front of any book that has a RED DOT on the spine. You can read ANY AR Book in ANY LEVEL. In other words…..YOU can read ANYTHING YOU WANT!!!

22. Mark Twain Reading Program “The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.”

23. DON”T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER • Make sure to choose at least one book • that will last you several days. • Read the blurb or the summary • before checking out. • Give it the 3-Chapter Rule before returning.

24. HALLWAY The Library Media Center and the Computer Labs are CLASSROOMS. DO NOT cut through, USE THE HALLWAY!

25. HAVE A SUPER SCHOOL YEAR!