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Library Word Wall
LMC – (Library Media Center) – Another name for the library
Library – A place that lends books and other media to people for reading and research
Library of Congress – The largest library in the world
Librarian – An organized professional who helps people with books and other informational materials
Quiet – What you need to be in the library so that others can read and work
Media materials – Films, videos, audiotapes, etc.
Patron – Person who uses the LRC and checks out books and materials
Circulation – Checking out and checking in books and materials from the library
Check-out – Where one checks out library materials; also called the circulation desk
Check-in – The process of returning books to the library
Due date – The date that materials need to be returned to the library
Overdue – When books are kept beyond the due date
Stacks – Library shelves full of books
Caldecott Award – An award given each year to the most distinguished children’s book illustrations
Newberry Award – An award given each year to the most distinguished American children’s book
Periodicals – Another name for magazines and newspapers
Newspaper – Paper printed weekly or daily containing news, features, opinions and advertising
Magazines – A periodical containing articles, stories, editorials and poems
Magazine guide – A book that references articles in many magazines by subject
Genre – Types or categories of books
Braille book – A book created for the blind
Fiction – A story from the author’s imagination
Nonfiction – A true or informational book that helps a person gather more knowledge on a subject
Biography – A book about a person’s life
Autobiography – A book about a person’s life written by that person
Dewey Decimal Classification System – An organized number system to find different types of books in the library
Card Catalog – Filing system still used in many libraries as a tool to look up the location of a book
Database searches – Computer searches for information on a topic
Call number – The numbers used to find a book on the library shelf
Zebra stripes or bar code -Lines on the front of the book used to check out and in books
Reference books – Books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias that help you research different topics
Dictionary – A book that provides spelling, pronunciation and definition of words
Thesaurus – A book containing synonyms and antonyms
Almanac – A book containing lots of general information arranged by days, weeks, months or years
Atlas – A collection of maps and geographic information
Spine – The part of the book that keeps the pages together and has the call numbers
Title – The name of a book
Title page – The page in the front of the book where the author, illustrator and publisher are located together
Author – The person who wrote the book
Illustrator – The person who created the artwork or drawings for a book
Publisher – The company that prints and distributes a book
Copyright date – The date that an author or publisher was granted the legal right to publish and sell a work
Dedication – A section of a book where the author or illustrator thanks or honors someone
Table of contents – A section at the beginning of a book listing its subjects or ideas
Bibliography – A list that an author uses to give credit to ideas or words that are not his or her own
Glossary – A list of words with definitions located in the back of a book
LMC – (Library Media Center) – Another name for the library
Library – A place that lends books and other media to people for reading and research
Library of Congress – The largest library in the world
Librarian – An organized professional who helps people with books and other informational materials
Quiet – What you need to be in the library so that others can read and work
Media materials – Films, videos, audiotapes, etc.
Patron – Person who uses the LRC and checks out books and materials
Circulation – Checking out and checking in books and materials from the library
Check-out – Where one checks out library materials; also called the circulation desk
Check-in – The process of returning books to the library
Due date – The date that materials need to be returned to the library
Overdue – When books are kept beyond the due date
Stacks – Library shelves full of books
Caldecott Award – An award given each year to the most distinguished children’s book illustrations
Newberry Award – An award given each year to the most distinguished American children’s book
Periodicals – Another name for magazines and newspapers
Newspaper – Paper printed weekly or daily containing news, features, opinions and advertising
Magazines – A periodical containing articles, stories, editorials and poems
Magazine guide – A book that references articles in many magazines by subject
Genre – Types or categories of books
Braille book – A book created for the blind
Fiction – A story from the author’s imagination
Nonfiction – A true or informational book that helps a person gather more knowledge on a subject
Biography – A book about a person’s life
Autobiography – A book about a person’s life written by that person
Dewey Decimal Classification System – An organized number system to find different types of books in the library
Card Catalog – Filing system still used in many libraries as a tool to look up the location of a book
Database searches – Computer searches for information on a topic
Call number – The numbers used to find a book on the library shelf
Zebra stripes or bar code -Lines on the front of the book used to check out and in books
Reference books – Books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias that help you research different topics
Dictionary – A book that provides spelling, pronunciation and definition of words
Thesaurus – A book containing synonyms and antonyms
Almanac – A book containing lots of general information arranged by days, weeks, months or years
Atlas – A collection of maps and geographic information
Spine – The part of the book that keeps the pages together and has the call numbers
Title – The name of a book
Title page – The page in the front of the book where the author, illustrator and publisher are located together
Author – The person who wrote the book
Illustrator – The person who created the artwork or drawings for a book
Publisher – The company that prints and distributes a book
Copyright date – The date that an author or publisher was granted the legal right to publish and sell a work
Dedication – A section of a book where the author or illustrator thanks or honors someone
Table of contents – A section at the beginning of a book listing its subjects or ideas
Bibliography – A list that an author uses to give credit to ideas or words that are not his or her own
Glossary – A list of words with definitions located in the back of a book