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Media Center Orientation

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Plainfield South High School introduction to the library media center for incoming freshmen.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Welcome!

PSHS Media Center Orientation

Study Like a Scholar,

Scholar
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Meet your Librarians

  • Ms. Kuhns, Media Specialist
  • Mrs. Heap, Teaching Assistant
  • Mrs. Krug, Media Clerk

Library philosophy

the library belongs to you, not the librarians

Rights
Responsibilities

Rights

  • Check out books
  • Use the library to study, alone or with peers
  • Use the librarians to help you find research materials and books
  • Use the computers to type papers, finish projects, send e-mail, apply to college, do research

Responsibilities

  • Return books before they're overdue
  • Keep your library and library materials clean
  • Be respectful of school rules

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Library Hours:
M-Th 6:30-3:00
F: 6:30 - 2:30

Getting to the library

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Sign up online before or after school using Sign-Up Genius.

with power comes responsIbility

use yours wisely

Better than you found it

Leave Everything
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Book check out

  • 5 books at a time
  • 3 weeks per book
  • One renewal
  • $.25/day late fines start accruing at $5.00

Destiny icon on the desktop

Destiny search page

Yo, where the books at, bruh?

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  • Fiction - alpha by author last name
  • Non-fiction - along the walls, organized using Dewey Decimal System
  • Biographies and Memoirs -92s/920s
  • Manga/Graphic Novels - on the wall behind the couches (741.5)

program guidelines

  • Read Lincoln and IRFL books
  • Win prizes
  • Read 4 Lincoln/IRFL books--breakfast party!

EBSCO

see you soon!