Library News
Library News:
Dear Students and Staff,
I hope you have all settled into Term 3 well!
It’s a fast-moving term with many great events coming up. Please feel free to come up to the library any time that you’d like a book suggestion or to suggest a book for us to get into the library, I love to hear your ideas and suggestions.
The Readers' Cup Challenge 2022: The Opposite of Disappearing – Short Stories in Uncertain Times
You are all invited to participate in the annual Readers’ Cup Challenge!
This year the theme and title text will be: The Opposite of Disappearing – Short Stories in Uncertain Times. Everyone is welcome to enter!
We are aiming to hold the event- a fun Kahoot event where you enter as teams to answer questions on selected short stories from the text The Opposite of Disappearing.
You can sign up in teams of up to 5 (individuals are also welcome to enter) and help each other in answering the Kahoot questions.
Please sign up through this Google Form here- only one team member needs to sign up their team:
We will hold the event in Term 4 Week 1 (Friday 07 October) during lunchtime (13:25 – 14:15) hopefully on the Wood Bridge.
In preparation for this event start gathering your teams together and we will have multiple copies of the short stories text available as print to loan out for you to start reading soon. I am holding the event next term so that you can have the holiday period to read the short stories. You must sign up to enter and you can come up with a device for your team to sign into the Kahoot together.
The short stories are:
The Opposite of Disappearing (p.10 Laura Norris)
Between Spaces (p.39 Sandy Bigna)
Uplifted (p.65 Frances Prentice)
Almost (p.86 Carla Fitzgerald)
The Dark Day (p.96 Peter Clarkson)
Wallpaper (p.129 R.A. Stephens)
Izzy’s Swing (p.136 Kate Gordon)
The stories are slightly shorter than last year so there are a few more 😊
Winners will have their names engraved on the Readers’ Cup Trophy.
I look forward to this great event and hope you all enjoy the short story selection and sign up to join us!
Here are some resources both for your personal reading and studies:
Overdrive eBooks:
Our library subscribes to Overdrive, a service offering a great selection of both eBooks and eAudiobooks. Listening to eAudiobooks in particular is a great way to give your eyes a rest from the screen and have narrators tell a story.
Goodreads:
A good challenge and a fun way to enjoy your personal reading is to start up a GoodReads account! You can start tracking what you’ve read and even challenge yourself with the Goodreads personal annual reading challenge. There is no pressure and it is a fun way to track your personal reading, seeing your online bookshelf is a great wat to see what kind of books you really enjoy and what you read most of. This can lead you to trying new genres and even suggested reads from GoodReads.
The SLV and Public Libraries: Sign up today!
Signing up to the State Library Victoria (SLV) is a really helpful resource and beneficial for your research. Signing up is free, can be done online and you will have access to all their databases and journals online.
Sign up to State Library Victoria (SLV) to become a member: Sign Up
1. free to join
2. access academic journal articles
Video 'Get to know State Library Victoria's online resources'
Please remember that public libraries have fantastic online resources. If you are already a member of your public library it is worth looking into what they can offer online and if you aren’t already a member you can sign up easily online to be a member and have immediate access to their online resources. Their online resources often include: eBooks and eAudiobooks, online magazine publications, subscriptions to services such as Linda.com and video streaming services.
Issues in Society:
We have the online .pdf versions of Issues in Society a very current and Australian focused publication which tackles interesting issues facing society in a graphic and easy to follow format with up to date statistics, illustrations and graphs. We also have the current issues in print at the library!
Here is a direct link to our site and it can also be found on the portal.
These can be accessed digitally from the portal and Issues in Society site and as a print copy through the library.
New Books at the library:
We have some great new books at the library, come up to have a look! I have also collected some of the modern classics from the last 20 years making best reads lists- well worth a look.
New Scientist Essential Guides:
We now subscribe to the New Scientist Essential Guides as print resources and have received our first editions focusing on:
NO1 THE NATURE OF REALITY
NO2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
NO3 HUMAN HEALTH
NO4 OUR HUMAN STORY
NO5 QUANTUM PHYSICS
NO6 EVOLUTION
NO7 THE HUMAN BRAIN
NO8 CLIMATE CHANGE
NO9 NUTRITION AND DIET
NO10 EINSTEINS UNIVERSE
NO11 LIFE ON EARTH
Library Book Club:
For any students interested we have a Library Book Club. We will start our fortnightly meetings on Wednesdays 10 minutes into lunchtime at the library from Wednesday 24/08/22 (Week 7 Term 3). This is a great way to stay connected and to join in the discussion with other students who love to read, please let me (Ms. Veldsman) know if you would like to join!
August Book Review: Pick up a modern Australian Classic – Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Boy Swallows Universe is a beautifully told story about family and friendship – with a lot of suspense and tension thrown in for good measure. Set around Brisbane starting in 1983 and spanning the high-school years of Eli Bell. The book is written from Eli’s perspective and although it covers many tough topics and intense moments, he brings a lightness to the book with his optimism and open minded view of his word. Eli and his brother move through growing up in a family they love but where there are many obstacles for them to come to terms with and overcome. I think this is a book that will appeal to many of you and can’t recommend it enough!
Have a great start to next week!
Take Care All!
Ms. Veldsman