Your Guide to the Old Bridge High School GNC Library

1. Welcome to the Old Bridge HS – GNC Library

2. Your Friendly Library Staff • Mrs. Walstein – Librarian • Mrs. Shatz – Library Clerk Mrs. Walstein Not Mrs. Shatz

3. When Can You Come Here • We open before school every day at 7:15 AM • We stay open after school on M,W,F – until at least 2:30 • Or until first late bus at 2:50 • We are open most days during most lunch periods.

4. How You Can Get Here • You must have a pass to come to the library during class time. • Ask any teacher either in the cafeteria or in your classes for a pass to the library during lunch. • Sign in when you get to the library.

5. Once You Get Here • The library is available to students for quiet study, not as a social center. • Watch the following pictures and figure out which is the DO and which is the DON’T

14. No Cutting Through the Library

15. Once You Get Here • Students who are disruptive will be asked to leave and may be denied library privileges for at least 2 weeks. • “Sign-in” in the binder on the front counter • Smile!

16. The Library Has… • Thousands of books • May be borrowed for three weeks. • Reference books, magazines, and newspapers • May be used in the library but cannot be checked out. • Nine Computers

17. How Do I Borrow Books? • In order to borrow books you will need your ID card. • If you lose your ID card it will cost $5.00 to print a new one. • New cards can be obtained from the library. • You should memorize your student ID because you need it to get on the computers. • DON’T forget your password!

18. How Do I Save a Project • If you are working in a computer lab or on the computers in the library always save your work to the “P” drive. • If you save work at home and want to print in school save your work to a flash drive (the most preferred way) or email it to yourself. CD’s and discs are not dependable.

19. Dewey Decimal System • Fiction • Non Fiction

20. Fiction • Fiction is a made up story. • Fiction is organized alphabetically by the author’s last name. • Story Collections say “SC” on the spine, are fiction, and are on the shelf by author’s last name • Mysteries & Science Fiction are shelved after all the fiction books.

21. Nonfiction • Nonfiction are books about “real” topics. • They are arranged by the Dewey Decimal Number so that books about the same topics are near each other. • Biographies are books written about a person. They are on the short shelves in front of the nonfiction and are arranged by the famous person’s last name.

22. Graphic Novels • On shelves right next to the circulation desk • If you are a fan, please let me know what titles you would like to see.

23. Reference Books • Can’t be checked out • “REF” on the spine • All categories 000 to 999 • Too big, too tall, etc. • Too expensive to lose • Used too often • Shelved among the nonfiction-not in its own section

24. How Do I Find Books?

25. How Do I Find Current Articles?

26. Remember… “Knowledge is free at the library. Just bring your own container.”