Library News
Book Club News
In 2018 the Library is running three Book Clubs. The Tuesday and Thursday clubs are open to all students, while the Senior Book club is aimed at students in year 9-12. As well as discussing our holiday reading this year, we have also taken part in a book tasting, which involved “tasting” books from a number of categories. The menu included:
- Best Young Adult books of all time
- Let the reader beware (banned books from across the years)
- Award winners
- There’s more to Graphic novels than Manga
Students also received their bookmarks from the Braće Radić school in Đakovo, Croatia as part of the Connecting Communities & Cultures initiative we were involved in last year. In 2017 Book Club members were fortunate to receive a grant from Lisa Chesters, our local federal member of parliament, and in early May, Bookclubbers will be heading off to Readings and Minotaur bookshops in Melbourne to purchase items for the Library.
Guest speaker
On March 21st the Library hosted a visit by local photographer, artist and illustrator Lorena Carrington. Lorena has recently collaborated with author Kate Forsyth to create a beautiful book exploring strong female characters in fairy tales. Lorena’s presentation was both inspiring and informative. Vasilisa the Wise (by Kate Forsyth and Lorena Carrington) is available for borrowing from the Library.
Library website
The Library has its own website, which can be accessed via the CSC Moodle or the College website. It provides information on research skills, study tips, copyright, Library databases and reading recommendations, as well as Library programs and events. Members of the CSC community are welcome to visit the Library website and use its resources. Please contact the Library if you have any questions.
Library Orientation
During Term 1 all year 7 students participated in the Library Passport program as part of their introduction to Castlemaine Secondary College. Students undertook a variety of activities including:
- Logging on to the network and digital citizenship
- Getting to know the Library (including a treasure hunt)
- Wide reading booktasting
- Research skills testing
- Introduction to plagiarism and bibliographies
- Introduction to databases (focussing on the World Book encyclopaedia)
Library Catalogue – Oliver
Our new Library catalogue is up and running, and making life much easier for students and staff alike. Oliver v5 provides access to our print and online resources, from home as well as from school. Users can search by title, author, series and subject, and there is also an advanced search option available. Students are able to login to Oliver, where they can renew loans as well as reserve items that are not on the shelf. The catalogue can be accessed via the CSC website (using the Library link), or the CSC Moodle.
Andrea McDonald
Librian
Castlemaine Library Event
