LIBRARY

FAREWELL FCC LIBRARY - WELCOME FHS LIBRARY

This is it - the final year of Footscray City College Library! We’ve had a great year in the library and we’d like to thank all the students and staff who have made it such a great place to work, read, study and socialise. 

We look forward to returning in 2020 as Footscray High School Library. Over the summer break and early next year we’ll be working to merge the collections of FCC and Gilmore College into one single, amazing library collection for everyone to enjoy. In order to do that, we need to shut down our catalogue over the break but you can still access our ebook and audiobooks via: footscrayhigh.wheelers.co/

Students can login using their Compass username and password.

We hope everyone has a fantastic and safe summer holiday. See you next year!

Daniel Micallef - Library Manager

ENGLISH TEXTS FOR 2020

The following site includes links to eBooks, audiobooks and film versions of the majority of next year's texts:

https://sites.google.com/footscray.vic.edu.au/fccenglishtexts2019/english-texts-2020

The site also includes links to other local libraries and to the Vision Australia library which offers a variety of resources and services for young people who are blind, have low vision or have a print disability.

For more info about Vision Australia's Services for young people, try here:

https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/library/youth

NEW SPACES NOW OPEN AT THE STATE LIBRARY

Our beloved State Library has added a world of unexpected spaces for creation, collaboration and play.

Features of the $88.1 million redevelopment include:

• a revitalised Swanston Street entrance, featuring a new foyer and digital technology that keeps visitors up to date with what’s on at the Library
• The Ian Potter Queen’s Hall, the Library’s original reading room and one of Melbourne’s most breathtaking heritage spaces, which will act as a reading room by day and an opulent events venue by night
• Hansen Hall, supported by the Hansen Little Foundation, a vibrant new collaborative space to meet, work and connect
• The Quad, the ground floor of the Library, connecting all four of its activity courtyards, with the information centre at its heart
• Conversation Quarter, endowed by the Hansen Little Foundation, a state-of-the-art public forum for lectures, conferences and workshops
• Ideas Quarter, home to StartSpace, a new service enabled by the Christine Christian Foundation and a dedicated co-working space for early stage startups and small businesses
• Create Quarter, featuring spaces for group work and school programs, with a calendar of pop-up talks and events
• Pauline Gandel Children’s Quarter, a purpose-built space for children and families to read, learn and play
• Victoria Gallery, endowed by the John and Myriam Wylie Foundation, a brand new world-class exhibition space