ABOUT THE LIBRARY

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION

The library adopts the open shelf system wherein users can access freely the books and other materials on the shelves. The library collections are designed to challenge and support the students' intellectual growth and academic excellence and help them to identify themselves as responsible citizens

ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS

In organizing its collections, the library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System which divides human knowledge into 10 main classes/topics, which are broken into smaller and smaller topics. Different topics are assigned numbers, known as "call numbers" pasted on the spine of the book. To easily locate a book on the shelves, the following categories of library materials are assigned with the following color codes for its call numbers: General References (Blue), Reserve (Green), Circulation (White), Filipiniana (Yellow), Picture Books (Orange).

BORROWING POLICIES

• How to borrow a book

1. Only faculty members, employees/non-teaching staff and bonafide pupils of DWCL Grade School Department are allowed to check out the library materials.

2. Pupils can borrow a maximum of 2 books of any type (ex. fiction and filipiniana book).

3. Present your library card at the Circulation/Reserve Section whenever you want to borrow book either for library use or for home use.

4. Fill up the book with your name for proper identification in the library file/record.

• How to return a book

1. Return the borrowed book to the assigned staff on or before the date due.

2. If the book is overdue, return the book to the assigned staff and pay the appropriate fine.

• Lost book

1. A lost book which is on loan must be reported immediately upon loss.

2. A lost book must be replaced or paid based on its current value.

3. When missing books are returned after a period of 30 days, fines will be computed from the first overdue date up to time of the return of the book.

• Mutilation and stealing of library materials

Any person/pupil who shall willfully and maliciously tear, deface, mutilate, injure or destroy any book/periodicals or carry it away with intent, shall be forfiet his/her library privileges, as the case maybe. He/she shall be recommended by the librarian to the principal for disciplinary action.

PROPER CONDUCT IN THE LIBRARY

• SILENCE must be observed at all times. All library users are expected to respect the rights of others to study in a quiet conducive atmosphere. It is the library staff's responsibility to enforce the law of silence.

• Sleeping or lying on the table/chair/floor, eating and drinking are strictly prohibited.

• Library users should keep things in order. Every user is expected to return the chairs to their proper places before leaving the library. Everybody is enjoined to always keep the library clean and orderly.

• Cellphones must be switched off to silent mode while inside the library.