Welcome to the WDHS LMC

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Welcome to the WDHS LMC

• 2006 - 2007

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Mrs. Brown, Library Media Specialist

• "Librarians connect people to ideas."

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Our high school Library is

• A place where educational / school-related
  research is conducted
• A place where reading is encouraged

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Our library is not

• A place where students gather to talk
• A place where students gather to surf the net
• A place where students can roam

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Library Hours

• Open each morning at 730
• Closed each afternoon at 300 (Need to get some
  work done? No problem, let me know that you need
  to stay later)
• Access during school with a pass from your teacher

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Arriving at the library..

• Sign in on the list located at the circulation
  desk.
• Need to borrow tape, scissors, markers.? Sign
  them out on the list next to your name and cross
  them off once you return them
• Keep your bookbags out of the foot path! They can
  be hazardous.

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• No food or drink is allowed in the library
  especially near the computers.
• You may not use your MP3 players in school, so
  dont have your ear buds in
• The library may be closed for a class. Check
  with me if you are unable to get in

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• If you are asked to leave the library for
  misbehavior, the first offense will mean a
  one-week suspension
• Second offense is one month.
• Using the library is a privilege, not a right.
  Dont abuse this privilege!

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Circulation

• Materials are checked out for 3 weeks at a time.
• There are no fines at WDHS LMC. All I ask is
  that you return your books in a timely manner.
  (Dont leave them to mildew on the bottome of
  your locker!)

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Finding a book

• We have just installed a new library program
  called Infotrac.
• You are able access this from the Library Web
  Page.
• It is extremely user friendly!

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Virtual Library

• Available 24/7
• Personal business card allows you access to all
  databases from home
• Information will be added throughout the year to
  assist you in your work
• Help is an e-mail away ask me for help when you
  cant access something

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Computer Use in the Library

• Computers are for school work ONLY
• Please dont come in and plan to
• Play games
• E-mail a friend
• Surf music sites
• Keep password confidential

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Creating your own files

• You can all save your work in your own folder on
  the WDHS server.
• Create separate folders under your main folder to
  keep your work organized.
• Save that work!! Dont ever save it to My
  Computer or to the desktop.

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Research Help ASK!

• "Planning how to search is more important than
  the actual search."

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"Google doesn't teach students how to use the
information they find, but librarians do."
"The Internet is a thousand miles wide and an
inch deep." 
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There is life beyond the free web

• Our subscription databases, to varying degrees,
  come prefiltered for quality. They have already
  gone through the publishing process and have been
  approved by a variety of editors and publishers.
• The free Web, on the other hand, though it has
  much of value to offer, is an unfiltered,
  self-publishing medium. Its sources require
  critical evaluation!
• Quote by Joyce Valenza

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Keep in touch with Whats New

• Check my library blog by clicking on Whats
  New on the library home page. New books, new
  sites, information sharing all will be
  available from this blog throughout the year.