ORTING HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

RULES AND PROCEDURES

RULES

1. Please no food or drink in the library.
2. Student library access during class periods requires a signed note or being there with your class.
3. Student identification number is your library number. Please memorize it for use when borrowing materials from the library.
4. Please use patience and courtesy when requesting materials.
5. The library staff includes the librarian and student library aides.
6. The library is a quiet zone to allow for reading, writing, and studying. 
7. Computer use to accomplish school projects is given priority.
8. Recreational computer use is permitted if the computers not needed for school projects.  Game downloading to the hard drive or network drives is prohibited (Student AUG) and will result in the loss of computer privileges.

HOURS

CARD CATALOG AND SHELF CLASSIFICATIONS

Fiction:  F or Fic and the first two or three initials of the author’s last name
                                    For example: F                                  Fic
                                                           Ki (Stephen King)        Ste (John Steinbeck)

Short Stories:  SC and the first two or three initials of the author’s or compilers last name
                              For example:  SC
                                                      As (Issac Asimov)

Non-Fiction:  Dewey Decimal Number and first two or three initials of the author’s last name
                        For example: 609.73      (Technology’s Past 
                                               Ka           by Dennis Karwatka)

Individual Biography:  921 and first two or three letters of the person’s last name

                              For example: 921  (King of the World by
                                                     Ali   David Remnick) (A biography of Muhammad Ali)

Reference Books:  The letters REF or just R will be above the Dewey Decimal Number

Adopt-A-Books:  The letters AB will be above the Dewey Decimal Number

Classics or Superintendent’s Collections:  These will not have a number designation but will be arranged alphabetically by author in the first column of shelves by the computer corner.

LINKS
Pierce County Library System