2. Welcome to your Library “You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.” --Michelle Rodriguez

3. The 5 Ws and an H Why? What? Who? When? Where? How?

4. Why? “The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.” --Carl T. Rowan “A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” --Henry Ward Beecher “Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future” --Ray Bradbury I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” --Jorge Luis Borges

5. What? More than 16,000 titles! Books! (Fiction! Nonfiction!) Magazines! Playaways! Reference: encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, online databases! Computer lab / laptops! Printers! Photocopier! Supplies!

6. Who? Mrs. Hartmann Mrs. Johnson

7. When? Hours: 7:15 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday-Friday Lunch Passes are available to middle school students every day outside the MPR during the first 10 minutes of lunch. You must have a pass in order to come to the library. Sign in & leave your pass.

8. Where? Here. Second floor of the high school building.

9. How? http://www.portjeff.k12.ny.us Use the online catalog to find a book Check it out with Mrs. Johnson or Mrs. Hartmann Use the online databases for research Login to the Internet: research research

10. Pop Quiz! Ready?

11. Pop Quiz 1. When entering the library, I should a) run at high speed b) talk as loudly as I can c) act civilized and sign-in d) keep chomping away at my sandwich

12. Pop Quiz 2. Food is allowed in the library a) if I’m careful to hide it b) when I forget to eat breakfast c) only if it’s “quiet” food d) NEVER!

13. Pop Quiz 3) I can use my phone and headphones in the library a) when my Mom or Dad call me b) if music helps me think c) if I hide them really well d) ONLY at lunch

14. Pop Quiz 4. When I’m in the library, I can a) read b) draw c) study d) talk quietly with my friends e) research f) daydream g) run around like I’m on a playground

15. Pop Quiz 5. When I’m done using library supplies, I should a) leave them in a big mess as soon as the bell rings b) stash them on the floor when the bell rings c) put them neatly away before the bell rings

16. Pop Quiz 6. I can check out any title in the library. a) True b) False

17. Life in the Library Some scenarios….

18. Scenario #1 Your English teacher wants you to find a book by Avi to read for class. Where do you go? What do you do? Bonus: What do you do when you’re done with it?

19. Scenario #2 Your Social Studies teacher asks you to make a copy of a print map of Burkina Faso. Where do you go? What do you do?

20. Scenario #3 You and your best friend are having a disagreement as to how to spell a word. Where do you go? What do you do?

21. Scenario #4 You’re going on a long car trip with your family and really need something to entertain yourself. Where do you go? What do you do? Bonus: What do you do when you’re done with it?

22. Scenario #5 Your math teacher would like you to find biographical information on Einstein. Where do you go? What do you do?

23. Hooray! You did it! Give yourself a hand….