Library Induction Booklet (y7) 2010-11

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Library Induction Booklet Your guide for how to use the Library and its resources

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Welcome to the Library What does the Library offer?

A quiet space for you to read, do research and complete extended learning.

Lots of books, including non-fiction to help with your research, and fiction for reading for pleasure.

There are also DVDs and audio books that can be borrowed too.

The Library gets a selection of magazines and newspapers, including Match, Shout and Top Gear: Turbo.

Computers with internet access, from which you can print work for your extended learning.

Borrowing Rules How many books can I borrow? You can borrow up to four books at one time.

How long can I keep the book for? You are allowed to borrow books for three weeks.

What happens if I keep the book for longer than three weeks? You will be sent a reminder letter if your books are not returned by their due date. If you have overdue books, you will not be able to borrow any more books, or use a computer, until they are returned. Your parents will also be contacted if books are more than 20 days overdue.

What happens if I lose a book? You will be expected to pay for any resources that you lose. Books that are more than 30 days overdue will be considered lost.

Library: Opening Times

Before School

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8am – 8.40am

8am – 8.40am

8am – 8.40am

8am – 8.40am

8am – 8.40am

2.45pm – 3pm

2.45pm – 3pm

Break-time

Open for silent reading

Lunchtime

Open

After School

4pm – 4.45pm

4pm – 4.45pm

4pm – 4.45pm

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Find your way around the Library Label your floor-plan with these items: Fiction books

Non-fiction books

Reference books

Study area

Computers

Issue desk

Newspapers and magazines

Photocopier

Comfy chairs

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Non-Fiction and the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system The Dewey Decimal Classification system was developed by Melvil Dewey. The DDC system groups books together, by their subject with different subjects having their own, special number. The system was invented so that books were easier to find, with those about similar things closer together.

DDC 000099

Subjects Computer science, facts and general reference information

100s

Philosophy, psychology, ethics

200s

Religion

300s

Social issues and social sciences, e.g., law, education, crime

400s

Languages

500s

Sciences (physics, biology, chemistry), maths

600s

Technology and applied science

700s

Arts, sport and leisure

800s

Literature, poetry and plays

900s

History, biography and travel

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Dewey Decimal Classification Can you predict which Dewey range the subjects below will be found in? Fill in the middle column with your predictions.

Now for each subject, go to the section you have predicted and see if you can find a book for each, writing the Dewey number from the spine in the third column

Subject

Main Dewey Range (e.g.

200s)

Dewey Number

Rugby

700s

796.333

Photography Buddhism Computers Cookery Spanish World War One Islam Football Solar system (e.g. Mars), or the universe Ancient Egypt Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah Money (banks etc.)

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Eclipse Library catalogue The Library catalogue contains all the resources in the Library, including every book and DVD, and is available on any Academy computer. You can use the Library catalogue to search for resources in the Library, just like using an internet search engine like Google.

To access the catalogue, double click the Library Management System internet icon your desktop. This will open the Library’s home page.

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To search for a book, use the search box at the top-right hand corner of the screen

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Type the word rugby into the search box and press enter. This will open a new tab with the results of your search

How many results are there?

What class, or Dewey, number do the books have?

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Shows the number of results for each media type (e.g., book, website)

Number of results

Hover over one of the results and information about that resource is displayed here

Results: Each result from your search is displayed here

Copies in the Library and out on loan

Pages of results

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Searching for books Search the Library catalogue for books about ancient Egypt?

Write down the title of one of the books

What Dewey/class number does this book have?

Do you have any hobbies or interests? (e.g., music, sports, cooking etc.) Search the catalogue to see if the Library has any books about it.

How many books are there?

Write down the author of one of the books

What Dewey number does this book have?

Books Tip: To exclude (not include) websites, click the websites symbol and they will disappear from your results Websites

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Searching for books using advanced search When you begin to type a search term in the search box, a menu appears giving you a number of options to refine your search. The automatic, default option is to search “All Fields” which will look at all the information in each record for your search term.

If you wanted to search only in a specific field then you can choose where, in each record, you want to search from here.

For example, if you wanted to find books written by a specific author, then you can:

1. Type in an author’s surname

3. Click the binoculars to search

2. Click the Author button

How many books are there in the Library, written by an author with the surname (second name) “Wilson”?

Write down the title of one of these books

Search for a book by your favourite author.

Write down the title of one of the books

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Search using keyword Use one of the subjects from the worksheet on page 5, such as “money�, to search with as a keyword.

What Dewey number do your results have?

Are there any different numbers? If yes, why do you think that might be?

To start a new search by click the cancel search button,

Search for a book using title Type space in the search box and select Title.

Write down the title and Dewey number for two of the books

Do the same search, this time for chocolate Write down the author and number of copies for two of the books

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Extra search tasks Use the simple search, or more advanced search tools, to complete the next tasks.

Find a book about a particular religion (e.g., Judaism, Buddism) Who is the author and what is the Dewey number?

Find a book about the Olympics Write down the title for one of the books

Find a book about cars How many books have you found?

What subject class are these books in?

The Library catalogue recommends websites too

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Module Two: My Reading Profile What book did you love to read when you were a child? Why? What does it mean to you?

It could be: A book you used to read A book that someone at home used to read to you A book that you read at primary school

What was the last book you read? What was it about? Did you like it? Why?

What do you like to read in particular? (Do you have a favourite author, genre, magazine?) Why?

Why is it important to read?

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How can you develop your reading? (Set yourself two targets for Library lessons) Target One: Target Two:

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The Reading Game

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The Reading Game

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Book review Book Title Book Author

What was the story about? A short outline of what happens The story was about...

Who was the main character? What was he/she like? What did you think of him/her?

The main character was called...

I liked them because‌

What kind (genre) of story was it? (e.g. action/adventure, biography, fantasy, ghosts/horror, magical, romance, funny, poetry) The story was...

I enjoyed it because‌

What would you rate this book out of 5?

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Writing a book review on Eclipse The Library’s catalogue has a book review facility.

To add your own review on a book that you have borrowed and read, follow these steps: Search the catalogue and find the book you want to review

1. Search for and find the book

2. Click on the “review” symbol

A window will appear, like the one below

Type your review of the book

Give the book a star rating

Save your review

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Find and read book reviews If you search for a book you would like to borrow, you might want to see if anyone else has read and reviewed it.

To see if a book you have found on Eclipse has any reviews: Search for a book

Rating by pupils who have reviewed it

Click to list all reviews for this book

All the reviews and their star ratings will be listed

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Creating a book trailer First, you are going to create a slideshow for your book trailer using Powerpoint, which we will then make a video file from.

Step One: Choose a book you read recently and plan your slides using the boxes below. Include at least one slide with each of these •

Picture of the book cover – including book title and author if these aren’t clear, and your name

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Main character/s

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Two “plot” slides, which give brief details about the story

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Three slides with keywords describing the book

Slide 1

Slide 2

Slide 3

Slide 4

Slide 5

Slide 6

Slide 7

Slide 8

Slide 9

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Step Two: Using your plan, create your slideshow in Powerpoint.

First, create a new folder in “My Documents” called “Book Trailer” to save your work in

Choose a background colour that will reflect the mood (e.g., scary, funny) of the book

Keep the slides simple – not too much text and no more than two images

Step Three: Find images to add to your slideshow

Save images in the “Book Trailer” folder

Images should reflect what is on the slide and help tell the story

Your book, or its author, might have its own website (e.g., www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk)

Try using clipart to find images

Step Four: Review your slideshow, makes sure you are happy with it, and save your work Save your work in your “Book Trailer” folder

IMPORTANT Choose Save as type > JPEG

Step Five: Find music from the internet that you will add to your book trailer, for the soundtrack Music will help to reflect/create the mood

Save the music you find in your “Book Trailer” folder

Go to a copyright free music website, like http://freeplaymusic.com

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Time to create your video!

Step One: Open Windows Movie Maker (click Start > Programs > Windows Movie Maker)

Click “Import Pictures”

Find your slideshow pictures

Highlight them all

Click “Import”

Step Two: Add music in the same way as above, this time choosing “Import Music”

Step Three: Start creating you book trailer Drag and drop the slides from your collection…

…into the timeline

Drag and drop your music too

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Step Four: After adding your slides and music, you can now edit your slideshow Choose “Video Transitions”

Drag and drop the transition you want between each slide …

… into the timeline

Step Five: Preview your video to make sure you are happy with it

Click “Video”…

… then play your video in the viewer

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Step Six: Save your book trailer Click “File”

“Save Movie File”

Choose “My Computer”

Give your trailer a file name

Choose where to save the file

Finally click “Next” to save your trailer

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