1. Leland High School Library Orientation
Library Hours of Operation Monday -Friday 7:45am-3:45pm

2. Leland High School Mr. Brown Principal Ms. Bynum Librarian

3. LHS LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the LHS library program is to prepare students to be lifelong learners. Students are encouraged to be enthusiastic and detailed readers, critical thinkers, proper communicators, and ethical users of a variety of information formats. This is accomplished by:
Providing instruction in information literacy
Creating a school-wide culture of reading for both pleasure and information
Supporting the school’s curriculum and developing literacy initiatives
Promoting local and national library programming, activities, and recognitions

4. Library Expectations
Students should behave appropriately and speak quietly
Place any unselected books back in place on the shelf
Keep shelves and other surfaces neat, tidy, and free of any extra debris or materials
Return books on assigned due date
Regard LSD protocol for computer use
Food, gum, and drinks are prohibited

5. Dewey Decimal System
The world’s most largely used library classification system
Invented by librarian Melvil Dewey in 1876
Divided into two main sections: fiction and nonfiction

6. FICTION Fiction is organized alphabetically by the author’s last name
The classification is generally found on the spine of the book; with “FIC” standing for fiction, and underneath it, the first three letters of the author’s last name
Example: “Harlem Summer” by Walter Dean Myers: F MYE/”Being Nikki” by Meg Cabot: F CAB

7. NONFICTION
Nonfiction books are arranged numerically on the shelves, ranging from 001 to 999
They are separated into ten, distinct, topically-designated categories:
000 General Works
100 Philosophy and Psychology
200 Religion
300 Social Sciences
400 Language

8. NONFICTION (cont’d) 500 Natural Science and Mathematics
600 Technology and Applied Science
700 Fine Arts and Recreation
800 Literature
900 History and Geography

9. BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Are works of nonfiction
Contain a call number of 92 or 920, in addition to the first three letters of the author’s last name
Biographies are books written by someone else about an individual’s life
Autobiographies are books written by an individual about his/her own life

10. REFERENCE SECTION Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, etc
“R” or “REF” on the spine
All categories 000 to 999
Are non-circulating materials

11. MAGAZINES/PERIODICALS
For library use only
Online periodicals through MAGNOLIA databases
*Teen Times
*Current Health Teens
*Seventeen
*Science Illustrated

12. COMPUTER USE There are three computers designated for student use
Students may use them in a whole class setting or receive individual passes from teachers to complete assignments
*OPAC Search System available on each computer
Adhere to internet use policy set forth by Leland Public Schools

13. Library Activities & Programmimg
Accelerated Reader (AR)
Reading Initiatives (Cub 2 Cub, 25 Books Campaign)
ALA Monthly Activities (Teen Read Week in October)
Literacy and ELA related field trips (college libraries, plays, etc.)

14. See You At The Library!!!