Bemin Secondary College

Library News

We’re excited to share some library news with you! 

 

🌐Our Library Catalogue is Live

Our Library Catalogue is now available. Students and staff can: 

  • Search our collections
  • Request books
  • Reserve titles in advance

Explore the catalogue here: Bemin Library Catalogue

 

📖Reserving Books 

For students & staff

  1. Search for the book you are wanting to borrow from the campus library via the library catalogue, place a reserve
  2. Once you receive your Reserve/Hold notice visit your campus library
  3. You can collect your item from the Reservation Shelf

 

Senior Campus

 

Junior Campus

 

Returning Books

A reminder to students and staff that they can return their items into the return chute at either campus. If library is closed, reception will pass on library books to library staff. 

 

  

Overdue Books

Students are expected to return library books within two weeks of borrowing. Borrowing time can be extended except for reservations and end of year return deadlines.

 

To help with this process: 

  • Reminder notices are sent to students, classroom teachers, and parents/guardians. 

  • If a book is lost or damaged, we kindly ask parents/guardians to either replace the item or cover the cost of replacement. 

     

Returning books on time ensures that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy our growing collection. Thank you for supporting your young person in developing responsibility and helping us keep our library resources available for all students. 

 

📚Growing Our Collection

Our libraries continue to expand, with new titles being added. We are working closely with staff to: 

 

  • Grow our Health and Wellbeing collection
  • Support learning across all subject areas

  • Provide resources for teacher professional development

     

This growth reflects and supports the instructional model that Bemin Secondary College follows, aiming to ensure our resources are aligned with teaching and learning priorities. By strengthening our collections in this way, we strive to enrich classroom practice and foster deeper student learning. 

 

🎉Congratulations to students and staff that participated in Book Week activities and Premiers’ Reading Challenge. Here are some photo snippets from our Everton campus library: 

    

 

Alongside Book Week activities and competitions students at Everton Campus were invited to borrow a mystery book, keeping with the 2025 Book Week Theme “Book An Adventure”. 

 

 

Final image courtesy of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), © 2025.

 

🧾When is the library open to students? 

Junior campus is open during Tuesday lunchtime. Senior campus is open when Homework Club is operating and Friday lunchtime. 

 

 

We look forward to increasing opening hours next term, keep up to date via the library catalogue: Bemin Library Catalogue

 

Krissy Barr Teacher Librarian and the library team.