LIBRARY

GOODBYE AND THANK YOU

This is my last newsletter as Manager of the Resource Centre as I will be retiring. I would like to take this opportunity to say good bye to all my colleagues and the students of McKinnon. McKinnon Secondary College has been a great place to be a part of and everyone who works or comes here as a student realise it is a special place. I am sure it will continue to be that way!

YEAR 7 BOOKS

When they returned from their camp the Year 7 students were quick to borrow the books they had selected. It was great to see their enthusiasm. There are still a lot of great reads in the library. Does your son or daughter have a book to read over the holidays? If not, why not? This is a very worthwhile conversation to have.

CBC BOOK SHORT LIST

Click here for a list of the short listed books (in the various categories) for the CBC book of the year

https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2019

THIRTY YEARS AGO

The widely read and much loved novel “Looking for Alibrandi” was written.  It took until 1992 to publish Melina Marchetta’s debut novel looking at life in multicultural Australia from the point of view of an adolescent girl. It was made into a film and is still widely read.

The internet was first switched on for the first time in March 1989. Can it be switched off? Lol. It has certainly made the running of a library a lot easier and changed the way we work and the services we can offer (amongst other things!).

Russell Absalom started at McKinnon (1988 actually but close enough).

Russell Absalom

Library Resource Manager