Delaware Valley HS Library Orientation

1. Delaware Valley HS Library Orientation Welcome To YOUR Library!

2. What will be covered? • Library staff • Hours • Library and computer rules • Checkout, renewals, and overdue books • Tech information • Navigating the library • Using “call numbers” to find a book • Accessing the library catalog

3. Library Staff • Mrs. Anderson • Librarian • Mrs. Neugebauer • Library AV Technician

4. Library Hours • Monday – Thursday • 7:50am – 4:20pm • Friday • 7:50am – 2:38pm

5. General Library Use • Before school - No pass needed – you do not need to sign in • No late passes • With a class - No pass needed – you do not need to sign in • During a class - Must have a pass – you must sign in and out • No late passes • During lunch - Must have a pass from the library or a teacher • – you must sign in and out • After school - Must have an after-school pass from the teacher • who assigned the research • - you must sign in and out

6. Library Rules • All Student Handbook rules apply. • No food, drinks, candy, and gum • Cell phones should not be visible at any time. • Ipods are not permitted at any time. • All purses and bags of any type are to be left in the cubbies by the door. • Students are expected to be courteous, quiet and respectful at all times!

7. Computer Rules • Computers are for educational use only. • Games are not permitted at any time. • You may email work to yourself or retrieve an email you sent to yourself only. • Students must follow all computer usage guidelines located in the student handbook.

8. Book Checkout • 3 book maximum for checkouts (includes magazines) • Current month magazines may not be checked out. • Length for checkouts: 2 weeks • Books may be renewed twice unless there is a hold on the book • Reference books are not checked out • Books are to be returned to the library or to Mrs. Goodrich at the media center. • Students are responsible for all items signed • out in their name.

9. Overdue Books and Fines • A fine of 10 cents per day will be charged for overdue books and magazines. • A fine of 25 cents per day will be charged for interlibrary loan books. • If you have an overdue book or magazine, you will not be allowed to check out anymore items until the overdue book is returned and library fines are paid. • Cut the fine in half by paying the fine at the same time that the material is returned. • Fines that max out at $5.00 will not be cut in half.

10. Lost or Damaged Books • Please treat our books with care and respect. • Students will be required to pay for the cost of lost or damaged books.

11. Overdue Notices • Distributed in your homeroom every two weeks • Read carefully – Is your book late? • Or do you just owe a fine for returning • it late? • Do not ignore

12. Tech Miscellanea • Save all your work to “My Documents” • Make a Gmail email account to send documents back and forth to yourself. • Students do not need to ask to print • Remember to LOG OFF when you leave!

13. Navigating the Library Our Collection • Fiction • Non-fiction • Reference • E-books • Biography • Story Collection • Bestsellers • Magazines/Newspapers • Graphic novels/Manga

14. Navigating the Library Call Numbers • Each book’s Call Number is the address of that book in the library. • 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 library 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.

15. Navigating the Library Nonfiction • Arranged in the library using the Dewey Decimal System • 000 Generalities • 100 Philosophy and Psychology • 200 Religion • 300 Social Sciences • 400 Language • 500 Natural Science and Mathematics • 600 Technology • 700 Arts • 800 Literature • 900 Geography and History

16. Using Call Numbers to Find a Book NON-FICTION is shelved by the Dewey Number & the first three letters of the author’s last name 302 GLA 791.64 VAL

18. Navigating the Library Biography • BIOGRAPHIES all have the same Dewey Decimal Number - 92 • 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 92 JOR • Barack Obama 92 OBA • Walt Disney 92 DIS • Oprah Winfrey 92 WIN

19. Navigating the Library Collective Biography • COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHIES are books containing biographies of several people, 920 is the Dewey Decimal Number. • Here are a few titles of collective biographies and their call numbers: • The Beatles: tens years that shook the world 920 BEA • The literary 100 : a ranking of the most influential novelists, • playwrights, and poets of all time 920 BUR

20. Using Call Numbers to Find a Book BIOGRAPHIESare a sub-group of non-fiction. They are shelved by the first three letters of the last name of the person the biography is written about. 92 WAS 920 BEA

21. Navigating the Library 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.

22. Using Call Numbers to Find a Book FICTION is shelved by the first three letters of the author’s last name F COL PB F STR

24. Using Call Numbers to Find a Book REFERENCEis shelved by a capital R, the Dewey Number and then the first three letters of the author’s last name. R 781.640 POP R 920 GRE

25. Accessing the Library Catalog • At school: click on the DVHS Destiny icon on the desk top. • At home: the url is destiny.dvsdedu.org

26. See you at the library!