Being a Media Assistant

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Being a Media Assistant

• By Jaimee Cassidy

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• You will participate in a learning laboratory,
  working with hundreds of students and staff
  members as you acquire media and research skills,
  clerical skills, and a general knowledge of the
  operation of a library.
• You will develop a very important skillthe art
  of working with people in a business environment.

• You must have a positive , pleasant, and willing
  attitude to succeed in this course.
• You will be in a training program that keeps you
  a step ahead of your fellow students. (You will
  be assisting them in the media center when
  needed.)
• You must be able to work independently and be
  responsible for using your time productively.

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The Purpose of a School Media Center
To provide resources and services relevant to the
school's curriculum and to the students, the
faculty and the administration.
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Circulation

• Providing information on the media centers
  services hours, policies, procedures, etc.
• Checking resources in and out
• Shelving books

• Filing magazines
• Helping patrons locate materials

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Clerical

• Assisting with inventories
• Maintaining magazine display racks and backfiles

• Keyboarding (bibliographies, lists, memos, etc.)
• Locating and organizing reserve collections
• Maintaining vendors catalogs

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• Checking new resources against invoices
• Stamping ownership imprint on new materials

Processing
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Reference Tools

• Using the following reference materials and
  assisting patrons in using the materials.
• Online catalog
• Subscription databases
• Encyclopedias (general and specific subject)

• Dictionaries (general and specific subject)
• Almanacs and atlases
• Special subject reference books

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Guidlines For Media Assistants

• I know media center procedures.
• I show initiative.
• I offer assistance to students.
• I wear my nametag.

• I follow directions.
• I inform staff whether or not I have completed
  the assigned task by the end of the period.
• I show initiative by asking if there is anything
  else I can do.

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Guidlines For Media Assistants

• I am respectful to students and staff.
• I am responsible and dependable.
• I help students on computers.
• I help students at copier.
• I get along well with others

• I shelve books regularly and check my assigned
  shelves.
• I contribute to general maintenance by
  straightening furniture and shelving stray books.
• I stay on task.

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Dewey Decimal System of Classification

• Melvin Dewey devised a numbering system using
  numbers 000-999 for ten broad subject classes of
  nonfiction books.
• Each subject class was divided into ten
  divisions, and each division was then subdivided
  into related topics.
• It would be useful for you as a media assistant
  to learn the ten main Dewey classes.

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The Ten Main Dewey Classes

• 000 Generalities
• 100 Philosophy
• 200 Religion
• 300 Social Sciences
• 400 Language

• 500 Pure Sciences
• 600 Technology
• 700 The Arts
• 800 Literature
• 900 Geography/History

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Fiction

• The symbol F or FIC is placed over the first
  three letters of the authors last name to
  provide a call number and shelf location.
• Fiction books are shelved in alphabetical order
  by the authors last names. Two or more books by
  the same author would be shelved alphabetically
  by titles.
• Two authors with the same last name would be
  alphabetized by their first names.

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Story Collection

• The symbol SC with the first three letters of the
  authors, editors, or compliers last name
  underneath is used to make the call number.
• Story collection books are shelved in
  alphabetical order by the authors, editors, or
  compliers last names.

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Nonfiction

• Dewey Decimal Classification on numbers identify
  the subject class and have the first three
  letters of the authors last name underneath to
  make the call number.
• Nonfiction is shelved in numerical order,
  beginning with the lowest number on the left.

• When two or more Dewey Decimal numbers are
  identical, books are shelved in alphabetical
  order by the authors last names.
• When two or more call numbers (Dewey Decimal
  Numbers and author letters) are identical, check
  the authors last names.

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Biography

• The symbol B is used with the name of the person
  the book is written about.
• The Biography section is arranged alphabetically
  by the name of the person the book is about.
• When two or more biography or autobiography call
  numbers are identical, the same rules apply as
  for nonfiction.

• When several authors have written books about the
  same person, check the title page for the
  authors name and arrange all books about one
  person in order by the authors name.
• An autobiography is the story of a persons life
  written by himself. It has the call number
  derived from the symbol B and his name, and is
  shelved alphabetically with other biographies.

Chipper Jones
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Collective Biography

• The number 920 is used with the first three
  letters of the authors or editors last name.
• The books in the Collective Biography section are
  arranged alphabetically by the authors last
  names.
• When two or more collective biography call
  numbers are identical, the same rules apply as
  for nonfiction.

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Professional

• The symbol PROF is used about the Dewey Decimal
  Classification number and the first three letters
  of the authors last name to derive the call
  number.
• Professional materials are shelved in numerical
  order and alphabetized by the author letters
  according to the same rules as for nonfiction.

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Reference Collection

• The symbol R and REF is located about the Dewey
  Decimal Classification Number and the first three
  letters of the authors last name or main entry
  name.
• Reference material is shelved in numerical order
  and alphabetized by the author letters according
  to the same rules for nonfiction.

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North Carolina Collection

• The symbol NC is placed above the Dewey Decimal
  Classification Number in specified locations on
  the media and on the cards in the card catalog.
• The North Carolina Collection is shelved by Dewey
  Decimal Classification and includes fiction,
  nonfiction, and biographical materials.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Atlantic Beach
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Being a
Media
Assistant is
FUN!!!
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The End