Welcome to your Media Center!

Ms. Sultenfuss, Media SpecialistMs. Thach, Media Parapro

Microsoft Office Online, 2010

We are glad you are here!

• We want the Media Center to be:– Inviting– Pleasurable– Enjoyable– A Good Place to Be

• Please bring in your smiling faces everyday!

But . . . We do have rules:

• Read• Check-out, renew and return

books• Research – books or computers• Complete homework• Study

While in the media center, you may

This Is Your Media Center

• If it falls to the floor . . . pick it up!

• If it falls over . . . straighten it up!

• If you decide you don't want it . . . put it back!

• This is your Media Center . . . keep it neat!

Media Center Access

•Hours are from 8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. •Before 9:00 AM, please get a pass from study hall in the 800 commons!

Books

• Two books may be checked out for two weeks

• Reference books may be checked out for one night only.

• If a book is not available when you need it, you may put it on reserve.

• Please use the suggestion box to!

• You must pay for books that are lost or damaged beyond repair. Refunds will be given for found books.

• Return books to the book drop.

• Overdue books cannot be renewed.

Fiction Books

• What does fiction mean to you?– Literary works whose

content is not based on fact

• How are fiction books arranged?– alphabetically by the autho

r’s last name

• Call numbers begin with FIC.

Nonfiction Books

• What does nonfiction mean to you?– Literary works that give facts and are

not made up

• How are nonfiction book arranged?

– Dewey Decimal system

• Call numbers begin with numbers.

Reference Books

• What types of books are called reference?

• Call numbers begin with REF

Magazines

• Current issues of magazines are displayed on the wall.

• Magazines cannot be checked out; read them while sitting in the Media Center.

Internet

• Use only the Cobb Virtual Library for Internet research!

Link is on Destiny Homepage

• Must have password for home use. (Refer to the password sticker in your agenda.)

• http://cvl.cobbk12.org

Printer

• You may print up to 3 black and white pages per day on the Media Center Printer, which is located behind Mrs. Thach’s desk.

• We do not have a color printer for student use in the Media Center.

Destiny

• The circulation desk is logged into Destiny at all times.

• You may not use Destiny Quest like a FaceBook account. If you do, you will lose your rights to the computer.

Computers

Computers

• Log in using your student number and password.

• Save your work to YOUR STUDENT NUMBER.

• To transport work between home and school, use a portable flash drive.

• Log off computer before leaving!

Finding Your Destiny

Every student has a link to Destiny from the desk top.

Microsoft Office Online, 2010

Search for books or information

Power Search

Check out a Book

The computer on the circulation desk will always be logged into destiny.

Scavenger Hunt

• Groups use the sheet provided.

• You have 15 minutes to complete this mission . . .

Happy Reading!

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.

- Groucho MarxMicrosoft Office Online, 2010