Library Terminology
Another term for a library user, which at MHSHS can be students or staff.
What is a patron?
The maximum number of books a patron is allowed to check out at one time at MHSHS.
What is five (5) books?
The piece of information you must enter into the 'Find' box before scanning a piece of equipment to check it out to a student.
What is the student’s name or student ID?
After determining the genre, fiction books are shelved alphabetically using the author's this.
What is the last name?
The Dewey Decimal range that covers the main categories of Science.
What is 500-599?
The desk in a library where patrons can check out or renew books, place holds, and inquire about books.
What is the Circulation Desk?
The media center is open from this time in the morning until this time in the afternoon.
What are 6:30 am to 2:00 pm?
The specific tab on the left you must click, under the Circulation tab, to return equipment.
What is the Check In Items tab?
When shelving fiction, if you have multiple books by the same author, you must use this part of the book to determine the order, while disregarding articles like "A" or "The".
What is the title?
The Dewey Decimal range that covers the main categories of Technology.
What is 600-699?
The administrative interface of our library management system, where library staff circulate books, apply fines, and run reports.
What is the AccessIt Management App?
The exact amount a student must pay for one page of color printing at the Student Resource Center.
What is $0.25 (twenty-five cents)?
When checking in equipment, the part of the screen where you should verify that the item successfully returned.
What is Most Recent Checked In?
The shelving principle in non-fiction that requires a book with a call number like 973 to be shelved before a book with a call number like 973.03.
What is the rule that "nothing comes before something"?
The specific three-digit number used for a Collective Biography, followed by the first three letters of the author's last name.
What is 920?
This subtype of the biography genre is narrative nonfiction based on the author’s personal memories, but may not cover their entire life.
What is a memoir?
The policy stating that water is allowed in the media center, but all other food and drinks must be enjoyed in this specific school area.
What is the Commons area?
This is the three-step process to find a Chromebook's item barcode if you only have the serial number, which usually starts with "5CD".
What is going to the Catalog tab, selecting Resource Search, and choosing Serial Number from the Where Item dropdown?
The call number for a Graphic Novel consists of this two-part structure, and is on a white spine label.
What are GN plus the first three letters of the author's last name?
The color of the spine label used for the Fantasy genre.
What is Purple?
This symbol is assigned to each piece of media, identifying its broad subject field, and for non-fiction, it begins with the Dewey Decimal classification.
What is a call number?
The two conditions under which a student may receive a loaner computer from the cart in Mrs. Sly's office.
What are if they have a Chromebook issue OR they are testing that day?
The two pieces of information about a patron that the Patron Status screen shows, indicating any current responsibilities or issues.
What are the current Items Out and if the student has any Fines?
If you see a shelf that is completely full, the two steps you should take to improve the accessibility and appearance of that shelf.
What are to ask Mrs. Sly for an extra bookend and ensure the shelf is only ⅔ to ¾ full?
This genre, a true story written in the style of a fiction novel or story, is distinguished from Informational Nonfiction, whose primary purpose is simply to inform.
What is Narrative Nonfiction?