Welcome to the West Elementary Library

Prepared by Mrs. Doperalski

August 2011

Rules

• Students enter and leave the library quietly• Students keep hands, feet, and objects to

themselves• Students follow directions• Students are respectful to teachers and

classmates• Students leave books neatly on the shelves• Students do not run in the library

Consequences

• Warning• Teacher intervention•Parent intervention•Administrator intervention

Features of the Library

• Fiction Books A-Z (this includes picture books and chapter books)• Non-Fiction Books• Reference• Magazines

What Are Fiction Books?

•Books that are not true and arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.

What Are Non-Fiction Books?

Books with factual information arranged on shelves by the Dewey Decimal or call number.

Reference Books

• These books may be checked out in the morning and returned in the afternoon.

• Dictionary• Encyclopedia• Atlas• Almanac

Biographies

• Books about a person’s life arranged alphabetically. The call number is 92 plus the first three letters of who the book is about.

Enjoy the library !!