Exploring the Library with Miss Mildred Turnbottom
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An educational video which helps students learn how to use the library, designed for EDP 279 at Miami University.
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[scene opens with a young woman (wig of grey hair pulled up in a bun, glasses, pearl necklace, high-collared dress) speaking directly to the camera, as "Mildred Turnbottom, Veteran Librarian" appears on screen]
MILDRED: Well, hello there! My name is Mildred Turnbottom, and I am here at the Hamilton Lane Public Library, where I have been employed for the past forty five years. Today, I am going to take you on a fabulous tour through our library, where you will learn how to use many of its wonderful resources. So come on, let's see what the library has to offer!
[cut to the woman standing in the library, as "Nonfiction - works of factual information" appears on screen]
MILDRED: Let's begin in the non-fiction section, shall we? The non-fiction section is labelled numerically, using the Dewey Decimal System, which was created by Melvil Dewey in Eighteen-Seventy-Six.
[cut to a closeup of a shelf of books]
MILDRED: [in voice over] The Dewey Decimal System classifies books by the following numbers ... Zero, computer science and information. One hundred, philosophy and psychology. Two hundred, religion. Three hundred, social sciences. Four hundred, language. Five hundred, science and mathematics. Six hundred, technology and applied sciences. Seven hundred, arts and recreation. Eight hundred, literature. And nine hundred, history and geography.
[cut to another closeup of the books' spine labels, as "The Dewey Decimal System has many subcategories" appears on screen]
MILDRED: [in voice over] There are also many subcategories to the Dewey Decimal System. For example, you can see that these books are numbered "Nine Hundred and Forty One," for the general category of "history" and the more specific category "history of Europe for the British Isles."
[cut back to the woman standing in the library]
MILDRED: Now that we know how to use the Dewey Decimal System, let's apply that knowledge to finding a book. I, for example, like books about cats. So, let's find a good cat book for me. I know that animals are under the number "six hundred," and cats are under the number "six hundred and thirty six."
[she starts walking over to the bookshelf]
MILDRED: So, I can go to that section, and ...
[she stops and pulls a book from the shelf]
MILDRED: Oh, this looks delightful! "The Cat Owners Manual" ... This is a perfect book for me, I own seven cats! But with your knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System, you can find the perfect book for you!
[cut to another shot of the woman in the library]
MILDRED: Now that we've mastered the non-fiction section, let's go up to the childrens' library.
[cut to the woman in another part of the library]
MILDRED: Welcome to our childrens' section. Our childrens' books are marked with an "E" for "elementary readers."
[cut to the woman standing in another part of the library]
MILDRED: Our childrens' section also houses books for older readers. These books are marked with a "J" for "junior." Like our fiction section, our childrens' section labels books alphabetically by the author's last name.
[cut to the woman standing in another part of the library]
MILDRED: Welcome to the reading room. The reading room is where the library houses its newest works of fiction.
["Fiction - creative stories, rather than facts" appears on screen]
MILDRED: Fiction books are grouped according to the author's last name. So, for example, authors whose last names start with "S" would all be grouped together.
[cut to a closeup of another shelf of books]
MILDRED: [in voice over] Here you can see that these fiction books are ordered alphabetically by the author's last name ... "Sil" comes before "Sim."
[cut to a closeup of another shelf of books]
MILDRED: [in voice over] There are many other useful areas of the library. We have the large-print section ...
[cut to a closeup of a sign reading "Audio Visual Area"]
MILDRED: [in voice over] The audio-visual area ...
[cut to a closeup of a shelf of DVDs]
MILDRED: [in voice over] And a wide selection of DVDs.
[cut to a closeup of a shelf of CDs]
MILDRED: [in voice over] We also carry audiobooks ...
[cut to a closeup of a shelf of newspapers]
MILDRED: [in voice over] Newspapers ...
[cut to a closeup of a shelf of magazines]
MILDRED: [in voice over] And magazines.
[cut to an exterior shot of the library]
MILDRED: [in voice over] And here is our drive-thru, where you can pick up items on hold, or turn in books after the library has closed. Last but not least, there's our reference desk, where you can ask any other questions about the library.
[cut to the woman sitting at a computer behind the reference desk]
MILDRED: This is where I sit. This is the reference desk. If you have any questions regarding the library, you can find me here!
[cut to another shot of the woman standing in the library]
MILDRED: This concludes our trip to the library. Thank you so much for joining me, and I do hope you come back again soon!
Starring
Mildred Turnbottom
Directed by
Katherine T.
Filmed at
The Hamilton Lane Library
Credits
Created for EDP 279
at Miami University
Made with
Windows Live Movie Maker
Music
"The Maid with the Flaxen Hair"
by Claude DeBussy
played by Richard Stoltzman
Written and Performed by
Katherine
Photography by
Katherine
Filmed by
Lynne
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