Matilda Hartley’s Media Matilda Hartley’s Media CenterCenter

Student Orientation 2012-2013

Mission Mission StatementStatement

The mission of the Matilda Hartley Elementary library media program is to enable students and staff to become effective users of ideas, information and to prepare them for college readiness.

Who is the Librarian, Who is the Librarian, anyway?anyway?

Welcome to the Welcome to the Media Center!Media Center!

Mrs. Latricia M. Riggins, Media Specialist

Entering and ExitingEntering and Exiting• Please enter quietly.• Please exit quietly.• Do not run in or out!

Media Center RulesMedia Center Rules• Respect the library materials• Everything has a correct place• Always return books• Don’t disturb others working in the

library

In addition, all school rules apply in regards to proper behavior.

Checking OutChecking Out• You may NOT check out books when the media

specialist is not here (Unless there is a trained substitute).

• When your table is called, you will go select a book. • Once you are checked out, sit quietly and READ!• Kindergarten through Second grade may check out

one book per visit for a period of one week.• Third through Fifth grade may check out two books

per visit for a period of one week.

Remember…Remember…• The library is a quiet, learning

environment, not a playground!• Respect those around you because you

don’t know if they are testing, reading,or studying.

• You can’t check out another book until the previous book is returned.

• This is YOUR library- take care of it!

The Media Center The Media Center provides:provides:

• Books• Magazines• Curriculum support

and research opportunities to classes

• A Web site to support online research (Under Construction)

• Computers and Technology

• Interactive Games• Digital Cameras,

Camcorders-Must be used with teacher supervision.

Be a STAR and READBe a STAR and READ• S earch smartly.

• T alk quietly.

• A lways listen.

• R espect books and people.

• R eturn books on time.

• E verything has a place.

• A lways share.

• D on’t disturb others.

Media Center RulesMedia Center Rules

• Do not run in and out.

• Be a good listener.

• Raise your hand to speak.

Other Media Center Other Media Center RulesRules

• Line up at the circulation desk.

• Share.

• Respect the books and your classmates.

Sorry! I don’t like bugs! Food and drinks are NOT allowed in the media center!

EASYEASY• Easy books are fiction books that are

easier to read.• They are shelved by the author’s last

name.

FICTIONFICTION• Means fake or made up.• Not True.• Fiction books are alphabetized by the

author’s last name.o Judy Blume – shelved as FIC BLU

NON-FICTIONNON-FICTION• Means not fake.• True.• Books about real things.• Also fairy tales and folk tales.• Shelved by Dewey Decimal number:oSubject number and author’s

name.

Questions & AnswersQuestions & Answers