1. WELCOME NORTH LAUREL MIDDLE LIBRARY

2. RESOURCES l OVER 23,000 BOOKS l FICTION & NON- FICTION BOOKS l REFERENCE BOOKS l BIOGRAPHIES l STORY COLLECTIONS

3. NEWSPAPERS l SENTINEL ECHO l CORBIN TIMES l SEVERAL ON LINE PAPERS AVAILABLE.

4. MAGAZINES We offer over 30 different magazines for our students. Magazines cover a wide variety of interests and are very popular part of the library.

5. VERTICAL FILE l PAMPHLETS, BULLETINS, CLIPPINGS ON ‘HOT’ TOPICS, SUCH AS DRESS CODES IN SCHOOLS

6. Voice Levels in the Media Center 0= No Talking 1=Whisper 2=Normal Conversation 3=Elevated Voice

7. Internet l Must have library card showing internet permission to use computers or the Internet l Only go to acceptable sites l Never give your name/address to anyone on the Internet l Abuse results in loss of privilege

8. FINDING WHAT YOU NEED l USE LIBRARY SEARCH- AUTOMATED CARD CATALOG l SEARCH FOR TITLE, AUTHOR, SUBJECT, OR KEYWORD l ASK FOR HELP

9. COMPUTER LAB/CLASSROOM RESOURCES l 39 STUDENT COMPUTERS l Automated Library Search l ACCELERATED READER STUDENT l STAR TESTING l MICROSOFT WORD/MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

10. CHECK-OUT POLICIES l EACH STUDENT HAS OWN ID CARD l MUST PRESENT ID CARD TO CHECK OUT BOOKS l EACH PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATERIALS CHECKED OUT ON ID l REPLACEMENT CARD WITH NEW ID NUMBER WILL COST $1.00

11. CHECK-OUT POLICIES l STUDENTS MAY CHECK-OUT TWO (2) BOOKS l ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS MAY BE CHECKED OUT FOR RESEARCH l NO CHECK-OUTS WITH OVERDUES

12. l BOOKS ARE CHECKED OUT FOR TWO WEEKS. l BOOKS MAY BE CHECKED OUT OR RETURNED AT ANY TIME. l DROP ALL RETURNED BOOKS IN BOOK DROP ! l DO NOT RESHELVE BOOKS.

13. ACCELERATED READER l INDIVIDUAL READING LOG l BOOKS ARE COLOR CODED FOR READING LEVEL l TESTS MUST BE TAKEN UNDER TEACHER SUPERVISION AND YOU MUST HAVE THE BOOK WITH YOU. l ACHIEVEMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON HALL BULLETIN BOARD l REWARDS WILL BE GIVEN ACCORDING TO HANDBOOK.

14. SPECIAL REQUESTS l IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR BOOKS, PLEASE LET US KNOW l THESE MUST BE CONTENT APPROPRIATE

15. HAVE A GREAT YEAR!