PALMER MIDDLE SCHOOL

Media Center6th Grade Orientation

2013-2014

Read Me Maybe

Media Center Staff Betsy Sanford, Media Specialist

Favorite Book:

Mandy Woodham, Media

Paraprofessional

Favorite Book:

Welcome!! We can...

Help you find a great book to read. Help you locate resources for research and projects. Help you learn new technology. Build wish lists for purchase with your suggestions. Offer game room access and fun contests with prizes.

You can… Read and learn. Study and learn. Work and learn. Play and learn.

We have… Fiction titles = over 7,400

Non-fiction titles = over 10,400 Magazines = 21

Daily newspapers = 2 eBooks = 72

Playaways = 43 Digital library databases = 31

Computers = 31 Printers = 4

Parent permissio

n slip needed.

Networking Blog

Information pages Curriculum pages Contest posts

Destiny Quest Use your school number to create an account. All entries made by you will come to the

media specialist for approval.

Hours Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 4:15 pm (with a pass)

Game Room open during study hall (with a pass) from 8:30 am - 8:50 am

Homeroom from 8:50 am - 9:05 am (with a pass)

Game room open during Thursday lunch period (sign up Monday–Wednesday; pending faculty approval)

Procedures Upon entering, place your agenda on top of the

first fiction shelf (needed for emergency attendance).

Use Destiny or Destiny Quest to locate books. Fill out a blue slip if you need help. Holds and renewals available.

Check out with either your school photo badge or your agenda barcode sticker.

Check out 2 books for 3 weeks (unless overdue).

Check out magazines for 2 days.

ProceduresAll School

Rules Apply in the Media

Center.The Media Center is

NOT a B.Y.O.D. location unless you

are here with a teacher who is using

B.Y.O.D.Ask before printing, please.Permission

slip needed for “M” rated

books.

Procedures For severe weather drills and/or

emergencies, we will move into the large storage room quickly and quietly.

For lockdown drills and/or emergencies we will move into the large storage room quickly and quietly.

For fire drills and/or emergencies we will vacate the media center through the outer doors and cross over into the school parking lot.

Destiny & Quest Computers

Fiction Shelves

Research and Project Computers

Reference Shelves

Non-fiction Shelves

Biography Shelves

Magazine Shelves

Circulation Desk

Scavenger Hunt Work with your group to complete the

scavenger hunt provided.

Give group handout to the teacher or the media specialist.

Each group member earns a new bookmark or new pencil (your choice).

The Joy of Books