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Library at the Lake Mr. Zuke

Library at the Lake Mr. Zuke. Welcome!. Week # 1 Getting Around in the Library. Alignment to National Standards (AASL). 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. Assessment Limit: Select appropriate resources. Learning Targets.

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Library at the Lake Mr. Zuke

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  1. Library at the LakeMr. Zuke Welcome! Week #1 Getting Around in the Library

  2. Alignment to National Standards (AASL) 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. Assessment Limit: Select appropriate resources.

  3. Learning Targets • I can locate nonfiction resources using the Dewey Decimal System. • I can use eHow to sequence an everyday task.

  4. How are you getting around socially?

  5. Social Intelligence • SECURITY When you’re in, you stay in. When you leave—you leave. Avoid all body contact. • ETIQUETTE Persons with social intelligence: • Do not eat, drink, or chew in libraries • Push in their chairs. • Dispose of trash appropriately. • Refrain from the use of all personal electronics • ACCEPTABLE USE • Sign an Acceptable Use agreement before using technoolgy. • Refrain from games, music, videos, blocked sites, and social networking sites. • Refrain from changing any wiring or settings. Thank You!

  6. Today’s Agenda

  7. Bookit! For ten minutes, we are going to become more socially intelligent by learning about the Dewey Decimal System. Dewey Decimal System

  8. Then we’re going to plug in to cyberspace and learn about online resources to help you with your activity periods. 10 minutes www.eHow.com

  9. Finally, we will have a silent time to browse for books and read quietly. You will get a chance to put the Dewey Decimal System in action. 25 25 minutes

  10. So let’s roll up our sleeves and get started!

  11. Bookit!

  12. Let me show you how.

  13. The Numbers in Nonfiction

  14. The Dewey Decimal System is a tool used to sort books into groups or categories

  15. This system was invented by a man named Melvil Dewey. He was a librarian who lived long ago.

  16. Here are the 10 general groups for sorting books in the Dewey Decimal System: General Works Philosophy Religion Social Studies Language Science Technology Arts and Leisure Literature History/Geography

  17. 000s-General Works Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them. Like: Encyclopedias or The Guinness Book of Records This is also where books on unexplained subjects would be found-like The Loch Ness Monster.

  18. 100s-Philosophy Books that fit in this group tell about how we think and feel.

  19. 200s-Religion Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the bible.

  20. 300s-Social Studies Books in this group tell about how people live together. holidays and customs government, military

  21. Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s. Many were written to teach a lesson about behavior and.. that’s social studies—people living together.

  22. 400s-Language Books in this group are about different languages or grammar. noun verb adjective

  23. 500s-Science Books in this group are about things from nature.

  24. 600s-Technology This group has books that are about man-made things.

  25. 700s-Arts and Leisure Books in this group are about things we do for fun.

  26. 800s-Literature Books in this group are stories, plays, or poetry.

  27. 900s-History/Geography Books in this group tell about events of the past and countries of the world.

  28. Biography- 920 and 921 Don’t forget this group. It contains books about famous people’s lives.

  29. Knowing these big groups will help make it easier to find the books you want in the nonfiction section.

  30. Remember, nonfiction call numbers are placed in number order first, so that means all of the books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf. That’s Smart !!!!

  31. Now you try it.

  32. What’s the Dewey Number? Webster’s Dictionary All About Stink Bugs Using Microsoft Word Decorative Painting Oprah Winfrey The Gangs of Chicago, 1880-1980 The Baptist Church in American History

  33. eHow.com Let me show you how.

  34. Cyberspacewww.eHow.com 10 minutes

  35. Locate the search box.

  36. Insert keywords and click the search button.

  37. Scroll down past the first five or six links, which are adverstisements.

  38. Skim the titles of the links and choose your link carefully.

  39. Step-by-Step Instructions List of Materials Before You Start

  40. Now you try it during your browsing time.

  41. Optional Reading Stations

  42. This is new to you, so a few tips are in order. Listen up for a minute!

  43. Not all libraries use the Dewey Decimal System to sort their books. Some libraries use the Library of Congress cataloging system. Can you spot three differences between the systems? DEWEY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

  44. Now you try it! Go to http://www.prattlibrary.org , look at the Enoch Pratt catalog, and see which cataloging system they use.

  45. The following link contains a chart which helps you to move between Library of Congress cataloging and the Dewey Decimal System. Where would you find the books on this slide at the Enoch Pratt Free Library? http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/html/help/en/ask/ask_map_lcctoddc.html

  46. Before we start to browse for books and read silently… 25 25 minutes

  47. Care and Feeding of Library Materials =

  48. Reading and book selection are independent, mental skills, so you can… talking! Show the world that you have social intelligence in the library. Please work silently, with consideration for others.

  49. How we handle books does make a difference. Every time we touch a book we can either help preserve it or help destroy it. The improper handling of books can also cause serious injuries.

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