Information Center
Nova Middle School Information Center supports Literacy. Our Library contains a collection of Print/Non print, Audio Visual, Periodicals, and Computer Software Materials. The Nova Middle School Library Collection exceeds SACS(Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) standards that require schools with an enrollment of 1,500 students to provide at least 15,000 usable volumes, or 10 books per students. At the present time Nova Information Center collection represents over 18,000 usable volumes and provides 12 books per student. Each school year the collection is enhanced with additional titles.
Media Specialist
Ms. Peg Thompson
Media Clerk
Mrs. Kutcher
Operating Hours
The Library is open to all students from 9:00A.M. - 4:30P.M. with the exception of Early Release Days when the library closes at 2:25P.M.
Library Atmosphere
The Media Specialist, Media Clerk, student library assistants, high school students working toward service hours, adult aides in the preschool hours, and library personnel all assist in maintaining a relaxing atmosphere in the library conducive for students to read, study, or do other tasks. Soft instrumental music is played daily in the library. Books representative of special events are often on display, along with student projects exhibited in the Center.
Student Visitation
Passes are required at all times with the exception of 9:00A.M.-9:25A.M.
Types of Print Resources
Print materials represent books that are shelved by genre: fiction, non-fiction, biographies, story collections, reference ,and accelerated reader titles.
Locating Books
Fiction books are arranged on the library shelves, labeled with an F for fiction and placed alphabetically (A-Z) by the first 3 letters of the authors last name. A fiction title by Gary Paulsen would be labeled F Pau .
Non-Fiction books are labeled with an NF for non-fiction, arranged by the Dewey Decimal System (numbers designating specific areas of interest), and followed by the authors first 3 letters of the author's last name. A non-fiction book on science by John Gustafson would be labeled NF 500.00 Gus. A history book by Barbara Johnson would be labeled NF 900.Joh
Biography books are labeled with a B and arranged on the shelves alphabetically by the first 3 letters of the last name of the person who the story is about. A Biography about Martin Luther King would be labeled as B Kin.
Story Collections are labeled as SC and further identified as fiction, non-fiction or biography and follow the specific labeling for the particular genre, and are located in the shelving area that supports the type of collection it is. A fiction story collection book would be found in the fiction section,a non-fiction story collection is located within the non-fiction section, and biography story collections are located within the biography area.
Reference books are located in the long middle shelving unit in the center of the library. One side of the unit contains specialized encyclopedias, general encyclopedias, while the opposite side of this section is arranged as non-fiction by Dewey (numbers designating specific areas of interest), and labeled with an Ror REF for reference. A reference book dealing with an area of literature would be labeled REF 800 or R 800.
Accelerated reading books are arranged by genre: fiction, non-fiction, biography, and are located in the Information Center on the shelving units under the Mural, and in the first two oak units upon entering the library. Accelerated Reader books are labeled according to Reading Level, Points, type of genre(fiction, non-fiction, biography). Students participating in the AR program take quizzes upon the completion of their book on the library computers.
