Welcome!to the

Holbrook Middle SchoolLibrary – Media Center

• Mrs. Morgan – Library-Media Coordinator• Mrs. Turnipseed – Library-Media Assistant

• Hours: 7:45 – 3:30

Library Rules & Procedures

• Enter the library quietly.• Listen and follow teacher/librarian’s directions.• Only 4 people or less to a table.• No food, drinks, or gum in the library. • Please be courteous to library staff and student

assistants by keeping the shelves neat and computer areas clean.

Check-out Guidelines

• Books may be checked out for 10 school days (2 weeks)

• 2 books at a time unless you have an overdue book.• Line up at Circulation Desk and wait quietly for your

turn.• You may request a book to be reserved for you and

may renew a book if no one is waiting for it.• Some Reference books may be checked out with

permission.

Computer & Internet Use

• You MUST have an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) form signed by you and your parent in order to use the network and the internet.

• Computers must be used for school purposes only—no personal email, games, listening to music, etc.

Library Arrangement

Fiction Books: Arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.

F F FABE ADK ADLStory Collection: Located at the end of the Fiction

Section.SC SC SCCLE COH COL

Library Arrangement

Non-fiction (True books)Arranged by subject in numerical order.

597 598 598.2

Library ArrangementCollective Biography = 920 Lives of more than one person, for example,Astronauts, Black Americans, Rock Groups

Individual Biography = 921The life story of one person arranged

alphabetically by the person’s last name.921 921 921JAC JEF JOH

SPACE MAN N.A.S.A

Library Arrangement

Reference Books:Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.Arranged in numerical order.

Dewey Decimal Review

• 000-099 General Knowledge

• 100-199 Philosophy and Psychology

• 200-299 Religion & Mythology

300-399 Social Sciences and Culture

400-499 Language and Grammar

500-599 Pure Sciences

MathematicsBiology

Natural WorldAstronomy

Insects, Reptiles ,Amphibians, Fish, Mammals

600-699 Applied Science and Technology

• Robots• Space Travel

• Cars, Dirt Bikes, Airplanes• Pets

• Cookbooks

700-799 Fine Arts/Recreation/Sports

• Art and Drawing• Skateboarding• Baseball• Football• Basketball• Dance• Tennis

800-899 Poetry and Literature

900-999 History Biography Geography

Happy Reading!!!

• Always feel free to ask Mrs. Morgan for help in finding the right book for you.

• Be sure to share what you are reading with Mrs. Morgan and your fellow classmates.

• Have a great year of reading at Holbrook!!!