Library Policies and procedures

Library Policies:

• Students may have up to 3 books at a time (given there are no outstanding fines or substantially overdue books.)

• Books may be renewed if you bring them in for renewal and there are no holds placed on the book.

• You may place holds on books using "Destiny Quest." (The link is on the lefthand side of the catalog search page.  Username and password are the same as your AAPS Gmail account.

• When you come into the library please sign in and show me your pass.  

Library Arrangement:

In our library, books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal system.  Fiction books begin with FIC and are followed by the first three letters of the author's name.  For example, Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech would have the spine label, "FIC CRE."  Fiction books are arranged along the outside wall of the media center.  The following genres are labeled and grouped in their own section: Science fiction and Fantasy (SCI FI/FAN label), Historical Fiction (HIST FIC label), Mystery (Mystery label), Horror (Horror label), and Series (SERIES followed by name of series.)  Books labeled as a Series are housed in the front room with new books. 

Non-fiction books (information books) have Dewey decimal call numbers.  Each set of call numbers corresponds to a topic area.  For example, dictionaries will be in the 500s, biographies in 921.  Sometimes the numbers get more specific and will follow the first three digits with subsequent numbers.  For example,  a french dictionary would be 512.20.  The call number is then followed by the first three letters of the author's last name.