Mrs.Vandini Johari

(Librarian)

LIBRARY

ORIENTATION

PROGRAMME

Let’s Learn

Library Language

There are many words that tell about books and help you understand how a library is organized.

Let’s have a look

The cover of a book protects the pages.

The spine label of the book

indicate accession no.

The title page is one of the starting pages in a book.

It usually tells about title, author,editor,publisher of the book.

The title is the name of the book in title page.

The author is the person who writes the book.

The editor is the person who edits the book.

The illustrator is the person who is responsible for the pictures in the book.

The company that makes the book is called the publisher.

The copyright date tells the year of the book was printed in first edition.

Ex:-c2002

The call number (class no.+ book no.) is like the book’s address. It tells where the book lives in the library.ex 500.03 REF

The class number tells about the subject of book.

EX-500,300,020,200,

600,800 etc

Acc.no.tells about the entries of books done in Library Accession Register. It contains details of books.like your ad.no.

The barcode (ar ) is the book’s identification no. in the computer. It is read with a scanner called ‘’Bar Code Reader’’.

Types of Reading Material:-

1.Text books

2.Reference books

3.General books

4.Periodicals

5.Audio-Visiual

The books related to syllabus are known as Text books.

The books for reference or consultation are known asas Reference books. e.g. dictionaries encyclopedias

General books are two types-

1)Fictions

2)Non-Fictions

A fiction book is a made up story.

Once there was a

penguin named Pete.

He lived in a beautiful

house in the Antarctic.

One of Pete’s favorite

things to do was ski.

One day when Pete

went skiing he got

lost………

All fiction books tell a story.

Fiction books have characters, a setting, a problem, and a

solution.

We read fiction books for fun.

A non-fiction book gives true facts and information.

Penguins are very interesting

animals. They are birds but

they can not fly. They can

however, swim very well.

Penguins live in the southern

half of the world.

We read non-fiction books to find answers or to learn more about something.

**There are some books in the non-fiction section ,like Grammar, Agni Ki Udan, Amazing answers ,world of facts and personality development etc.

Now you know some of the words used to talk

about libraries.

The End

Thank you