1. Welcome!
to the
Holbrook Middle School
Library – Media Center
• Mrs. Morgan – Library-Media Coordinator
• Mrs. Turnipseed – Library-Media Assistant
• Hours: 7:45 – 3:30

2. Library Rules & Procedures
• Enter the library quietly.
• Listen and follow teacher/librarian’s directions.
• Only 4 people or less to a table.
• No food, drinks, or gum in the library.
• Please be courteous to library staff and student
assistants by keeping the shelves neat and
computer areas clean.

3. Check-out Guidelines
• Books may be checked out for 10 school days
(2 weeks)
• 2 books at a time unless you have an overdue
book.
• Line up at Circulation Desk and wait quietly for
your turn.
• You may request a book to be reserved for you
and may renew a book if no one is waiting for it.
• Some Reference books may be checked out with
permission.

4. Computer & Internet Use
• You MUST have an Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP) form signed by you and your parent in
order to use the network and the internet.
• Computers must be used for school purposes
only—no personal email, games, listening to
music, etc.

5. Library Arrangement
Fiction Books: Arranged alphabetically by the
author’s last name.
F F F
ABE ADK ADL
Story Collection: Located at the end of the Fiction
Section.
SC SC SC
CLE COH COL

6. Library Arrangement
Non-fiction (True books)
Arranged by subject in numerical order.
597 598 598.2

7. Library Arrangement
Collective Biography = 920
Lives of more than one person, for example,
Astronauts, Black Americans, Rock Groups
Individual Biography = 921
The life story of one person arranged
alphabetically by the person’s last name.
921 921 921
JAC JEF JOH
SPACE MAN
N.A.S.A

8. Library Arrangement
Reference Books:
Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.
Arranged in numerical order.

9. Dewey Decimal Review
• 000-099 General Knowledge
• 100-199 Philosophy and Psychology
• 200-299 Religion & Mythology

10. 300-399 Social Sciences and Culture

11. 400-499 Language and Grammar

12. 500-599 Pure Sciences
Mathematics
Biology
Natural World
Astronomy
Insects, Reptiles ,Amphibians,
Fish, Mammals

13. 600-699 Applied Science and
Technology
• Robots
• Space Travel
• Cars, Dirt Bikes, Airplanes
• Pets
• Cookbooks

14. 700-799 Fine Arts/Recreation/Sports
• Art and Drawing
• Skateboarding
• Baseball
• Football
• Basketball
• Dance
• Tennis

15. 800-899 Poetry and Literature

16. 900-999 History Biography Geography

17. Happy Reading!!!
• Always feel free to ask Mrs. Morgan for help in
finding the right book for you.
• Be sure to share what you are reading with
Mrs. Morgan and your fellow classmates.
• Have a great year of reading at Holbrook!!!