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Media Center Orientation

Media Center Orientation. Overview of Facility Rules and Regs How to Locate a Nonfiction Book How to Locate a Biography How to Locate a Fiction Book Using the Card Catalog Ready, Set, GO!. Rules and Regs. How to check out Restrictions for checking out Loan Periods and Fines

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Media Center Orientation

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  1. Media Center Orientation • Overview of Facility • Rules and Regs • How to Locate a Nonfiction Book • How to Locate a Biography • How to Locate a Fiction Book • Using the Card Catalog • Ready, Set, GO!

  2. Rules and Regs • How to check out • Restrictions for checking out • Loan Periods and Fines • Overdue notices • Behavior • Computer rules • Internet

  3. Call Numbers • Call numbers are made up of the Dewey Decimal Number for that subject plus the first three letters of the author’s last name. • All books about a particular subject will have the same Dewey Decimal Number, but the author’s initials may vary. • Books in the Media Center are arranged on the shelves from 000 – 999. Those with the same Dewey Decimal number are then arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.

  4. Biography • BIOGRAPHY books all have the same Dewey Decimal Number – 921 • They are arranged on the shelves according to the first three letters of the last name of the person they are about, not by the author’s last name. • Here are a few titles of biographies and their call numbers: • Michael Jordan 921 JOR • Harriet Tubman 921 TUB • Oprah Winfrey 921 WIN

  5. Fiction • FICTION books are arranged on the shelves by the first three letters of the author’s last name. • If there are several books by the same author, they are then placed alphabetically by the title of the book.

  6. Using the Card Catalog • Completely automated catalog; no drawers full of cards; searchable through Internet • Several computers designated for this • Computer desktops have an icon for the program called InfoCentre • Look for the white and blue icon InfoCentre

  7. Ready, Set, GO! • Find a partner • Get a book slip • Find the book on the shelf • Claim your prize • Look for and check out a book of your own

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