1. Media Center Volunteer
Information for:

2. You can help the Wildcats provide a
positive learning environment in
which students develop academically,
emotionally, physically and socially to
the best of their ability!

3. Woodstock Elementary School accepts
student, parent and guardian volunteers.

4. Library Catalog
This can be found through Woodstock Elementary School’s website:
http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/Schools/woodstock-es/default.aspx
Click on the Media Center TAB on LEFT side of screen.
• Click on Catalog (right side, under media center links).
• Search for title, author or keyword.

5. Checking Out
Type in Student’s identification number or name in the box next
to Find.
* Make sure Student’s name and picture match the person
intending to check out.

6. Using Scanner scan barcode (on front cover or inside
of book) inside box next to Find.

7. Checking In
Use Scanner to scan an item back into the system in box next to Find Copy.
•Make sure Item shows appears in Check-in list.

8. What is a CALL NUMBER?
A call number is a group of numbers or letters
put together that tell you a book’s location.

9. The call
number is
located at the
bottom of
the spine of a
book.

10. This includes
the
classification
numbers or
letters.
Below the
classification
numbers or
letters are the
cutter letters.
Classification
Letter
Cutter
Letters

11. A cutter letter comes from the first three letters
of the authors last name.
For Example:
Avi would be filed under FIC AVI

12. Fiction Call Number

13. Non-Fiction Call Number

14. Reference Call Number

15. The library contains both
fiction and non-fiction titles.
Non - Fiction

16. Fiction books should be shelved in alphabetical
order by the author’s last name.

17. If several authors have the same last name, use
the author’s first name to group them in
alphabetical order.
These books should be shelved in alphabetical order by the author’s
first name because they all share a common last name.
•Andrew Smith
•Betty Smith
•Sherri Smith

18. If the author has written
several titles, the books
are placed in alphabetical
order from the title of the
book.
Example: Crunch
Waiting for Normal

19. Books Beginning with A, An,
and The are shelved under
the second word in the
title.
For Example: A Summer of
Kings is shelved under F
NOL recognizing Summer
as the first word in the
title.

20. Non-fiction books are shelved in
accordance with the Dewey Decimal
System.

21. Non-fiction books are
shelved under The
Dewey Decimal
System in the
following categories.
• Anthropology
• Geography
• History
• Political Science
• Sociology /
Psychology
• Biography
• Reference

22. If a book has numbers after the decimal point,
arrange them in numerical order with their
whole number first. The numbers are shelved
in order from least to greatest after their
whole number.
For example:

23. When using the Dewey Decimal System, begin
by shelving whole numbers together. Then
shelve in alphabetical order by the author.

24. Special Collections
Audio Visual – Includes DVD,
VHS, books on cd, e-Readers,
Play-a-ways, digital cameras,
and flip videos.

25. Thank you for volunteering at the
Created by: Amy VanFossen