Library News

Book Week

The theme of the 2024 Book Week is - Reading is Magic and Kildare Library has been celebrating the week with various events and activities to engage students and support a reading culture in the school. Book Week is presented by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) every year as a celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading.  

A highlight of the events is the Kildare Bookmark Competition. Students are invited to create their own bookmark design in any medium to reflect the Book Week theme of magic. Entries will be judged on creativity and originality, relevance to the Book Week theme, and artistic quality and storytelling abilities. The winning entry will have their design professionally printed onto bookmarks that will be available at Kildare and Brigidine Libraries and the artwork will be framed and displayed in the Kildare Library for the year. Entries can be submitted to the Kildare or Brigidine Libraries and close this Friday 23 August.  For more details please contact the College Libraries. 

A feature of Book Week celebrations is the announcement of the CBCA notables, short list and Book of the Year Awards. The awards recognise and promote quality literature for young Australians by Australian authors, support and encourage a wide range of Australian writers and illustrators of books for young people, and celebrate contributions to Australian children’s literature. The most suitable of the 2024 selection of CBCA books have been purchased and are available to loan or place on hold in the College Libraries.  

For the full list of CBCA nominated books and award winners go to: 

2024 Book of the Year Award winners - The Children’s Book Council of Australia

Accessing the library catalogue

The Library catalogue is available on every students’ laptop, including options to borrow ebooks and e-audiobooks. To get to the Library catalogue students can:

1. Go to Compass.
2. Click on “School Favourites” (star icon on top toolbar).
3. Scroll down to “Library Catalogue”.

To continue to the student app for ebooks and e-audiobooks:

1. Click on “Reading Room Board” (under “Quick Links” top left of screen).
2. Click on Sora and follow the instructions. 

Borrow and open books with one tap to read anywhere at any time, adjust font size and page colour to be more readable, and access collections including the 2024 CBCA shortlisted books, to name a few features.  The app can also be downloaded free through the app store.

Student reminder

Just a timely reminder to students that if they move chairs/desks before school, during recess or lunchtime, that they are required to put them back in their normal place before leaving the library.

The Library Team