LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER ORIENTATION BREWBAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL

BREWBAKER MEDIA CENTER “Every Child; Every Chance; Every Day”

Library Personnel: Mrs. Y. Huntley, Librarian Mrs. L. McCullough, Library Assistant Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.” "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.”

GOT QUESTIONS? We’ve Got ANSWERS! “It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

MEDIA CENTER HOURS 7:00-3:00 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (WITH A PASS FROM YOUR TEACHER) brilliant “We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?”

MEDIA CENTER RULES No Food or DrinksNo Food or Drinks No Book BagsNo Book Bags No Big CoatsNo Big Coats Must Be in Dress CodeMust Be in Dress Code Always Talk SoftlyAlways Talk Softly Put all Trash in the Trash CanPut all Trash in the Trash Can Put Chairs Under Table Before LeavingPut Chairs Under Table Before Leaving Only Bring Materials Needed For WorkOnly Bring Materials Needed For Work Students should be respectful to administrators, teachers, and classmates.Students should be respectful to administrators, teachers, and classmates. Students are not to mutilate any books or resources housed in the media center.Students are not to mutilate any books or resources housed in the media center. Students are to leave the books neatly at the edge of the shelves.Students are to leave the books neatly at the edge of the shelves. " Actually, who are you NOT to be?”

SIGN IN/SIGN OUT STUDENTS MUST SIGN IN AT THE CIRCULATION DESK WITH THE MEDIA SPECIALIST WHEN ENTERING THE MEDIA CENTER AND BEFORE USING THE COMPUTERS.STUDENTS MUST SIGN IN AT THE CIRCULATION DESK WITH THE MEDIA SPECIALIST WHEN ENTERING THE MEDIA CENTER AND BEFORE USING THE COMPUTERS. “You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. ”

THE MEDIA CENTER IS…. AN EXTENSION OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE STUDENTS DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO ACCESS AND USE INFORMATION FOR THEIR OWN LEARNING NEEDS. “There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.”

LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FICTION BOOKS/STORY COLLECTIONFICTION BOOKS/STORY COLLECTION NON FICTION BOOKS/BIOGRAPHIESNON FICTION BOOKS/BIOGRAPHIES REFERENCE BOOKSREFERENCE BOOKS MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERSMAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS PAPERBACKSPAPERBACKS CIRCULATIONCIRCULATION ATRIUUM (LIBRARY CATALOG)ATRIUUM (LIBRARY CATALOG) INDEPENDENT WORK/READING AREASINDEPENDENT WORK/READING AREAS “We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.”

Copying/Printing Material Students may have material copied for.10 cents per sheet. Students may utilize computers to print material for.10 cents per sheet.

WHAT ARE FICTION BOOKS? FICTION - BOOKS THAT ARE NOT TRUEFICTION - BOOKS THAT ARE NOT TRUE ALL BOOKS ARE ARRANGED NUMERICALLY BY AUTHOR’S LAST NAMEALL BOOKS ARE ARRANGED NUMERICALLY BY AUTHOR’S LAST NAME CALL NUMBER IS MADE UP OF DEWEY NUMBER AND AUTHOR’S LAST NAMECALL NUMBER IS MADE UP OF DEWEY NUMBER AND AUTHOR’S LAST NAME EXAMPLE: SHARON DRAPER FIC = DEWEY FIC = DEWEY DRA = CUTTER NUMBER “It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.”

WHAT ARE NON-FICTION BOOKS? BOOKS WITH FACTUAL INFORMATION. ARRANGED ON THE SHELVES BY CALL NUMBER ( DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION). EXAMPLE: The Rosa Parks Story B = DEWEY PAR = CUTTER NUMBER “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” Excerpt From Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Speech (attributed to Dag Hammerskjold and Marianne Williamson)

REFERENCE BOOKS THESE BOOKS CANNOT BE CHECKED OUT OF THE MEDIA CENTER BY STUDENTS. ALMANACSALMANACS ENCYCLOPEDIASENCYCLOPEDIAS DICTIONARIESDICTIONARIES ATLASESATLASES “Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.” - Samuel Johnson THESAURUSES

BIOGRAPHIES BOOKS ABOUT A PERSON’S LIFE ARRANGEDALPHABETICALLY CALL NUMBERS – 920 (Collective; several biographies in one book) 92 (Autobiography & Biography) B’s (Individual) “Your library is your portrait.” - Holbrook Jackson

NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES MONTGOMERY ADVERTISERMONTGOMERY ADVERTISER THE BIRMINGHAM NEWSTHE BIRMINGHAM NEWS DISCOVER (magazine)DISCOVER (magazine) ESSENCEESSENCE(magazine) “To know where you can find anything, that in short is the largest part of learning.” - Anonymous

ATRIUUM ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG ( FORMERLY CARD CATALOG) STUDENTS MAY CHECK OUT 3 BOOKS FOR 3 WEEKS OVERDUE BOOKS -.05 PER DAY LOST BOOKS - PAY PRICE OF BOOK PLUS $5.00 REPLACEMENT FEE "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." - Sir Francis Bacon, "Of Studies" 02/opac/brewb jhs/index.html

ALABAMA VIRTUAL LIBRARY AVL is not the Internet. The AVL can be accessed anywhere. This database contains full text magazines, journals, books, etc. in electronic format. DATABASES: EBSCOHost (General) GALENET (English) INFO TRAC (General) REMOTE ACCESS (Home use) E-Books (Full Text) (articles sent home) "My lifelong love affair with books and reading continues unaffected by automation, computers, and all other forms of the twentieth-century gadgetry." - Robert Downs

GOT QUESTIONS? We’ve Got ANSWERS! BREWBAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER “SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS”

TIME FOR REVIEW TRUE OR FALSE? TRUE OR FALSE? 1. The library media center opens daily at 6: Students are expected to shelve their books when they return them. 3. An almanac is a reference book and cannot be checked out.

REVIEW cont…… 4. Using ATRIUUM is the easiest way to access the Internet. 5. The AVL database contains full text magazines, journals, books, etc. in electronic format. 6. Google and Yahoo are the only two search engines available to students.

Excerpt From Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Speech (attributed to Dag Hammerskjold and Maryann Williamson) Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. brilliant We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? " Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest fest the glory of God that is within us. We were born to make manifest fest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.