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The Shediac Public Library would like to share with you:
Tips to help you take good care of books!
By reading and following these simple tips, you will be helping your library keep its books in tip-top condition.
Tip #1:
Keeping books clean
• No Food
• Clean Hands
• Book Respect
Please remember to have clean (and dry) hands when you read and handle your books.
Clean hands keep books
clean!
Unlike you, books shouldn’t take baths, so it’s important to make sure they don’t get dirty.
Colour Write
Scribble Draw
Cut OR glue
the pages of a library bookTreat them like
friends and they will be there for you whenever you need them…
Please NEVER
… so, please respect our books.
Tip #2:
Keeping Books Safe
• Careful of Pets
• Bookmarks and Dog-eared
Pages
• Using Book Bags
Please keep your library books
safe from pets
They don’t understand that books are not toys to play with.
AHHHH!!!
Please always use bookmarks to find where you are in a book.
Books don’t like having dog-eared pages... they risk getting torn.
Dog-eared
pages
Bookmark
Never fold down the corners of a book’s pages… these are called “dog-eared” pages. I’m a
book, not a dog…
Using a BookmarkI …
Bookmarks
Please use Book BagsBook bags will keep your books safe from the
weather and other things that could damage them.
HELP!! I’m lost!!
Plus, if you keep your books in a bag, they stay safe together…and you will be able to find them when you want to read them or return them to the library.
Otherwise they might get lost in your home and get hurt.
DUST BUNNIES!!!
Tip #3:
Getting Books Back to the Library
• The Return Date
• Renewing Books
• Returning Books
The return date, or due date, is the date that your library books should be returned to the library.
You should always try to bring your library books on time so you don’t get late fees.
It`s important to bring your books back to the library so that other people can read them, too.
Due Date
:
06-09-10
If you want or need to keep your books longer you can always try to renew them.
Renewing books allows you to keep them a bit longer.
There are three ways that you can renew books. You can :
• Go to the Library,
• Call the Library,
• Go on the Library’s website.
** Always make sure you have your library card with you to renew your books.
May I renew these books, please?
532-7000 (ext. 244)
http://vision.gnb.ca
When you bring your books back to the library, please put them in one of the book chutes for the librarian to put away.
Please let the librarians put the books away
Then, you can go get more!
If you take a book off the shelves and don’t know where to put it back, ask a librarian for help...
YAY!
...we know where their home is.
When you’re picking out books…
By taking good care of library books, you – and many others - can enjoy them over and over again.
Thanks for being a
reader! And thanks for
taking good care of me!!
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