LIBRARY

LIBRARY OPENING HOURS

Welcome back for Term 4.

I would like to remind students and parents about the library’s opening hours this term.

MONDAY – THURSDAY  8:15am – 5:30pm

FRIDAYS  8:15am – 4:30pm

The library can provide a quiet place for students to study with a minimum of distraction and disruption and library staff can assist with resources for school assessments. The library has private corrals for personal study and larger tables for group work. Remember no eating, no computer games and no phones in the library.

NEW LOOK OLIVER

In the last newsletter I mentioned the upgrade to our library catalogue. Our library system is named Oliver and last term library staff upgraded to a new improved interface. The new look Oliver provides new ways for students to explore and discover books in the library collection. The improvements include browsing by customised lists, by genre and by reading lists.

Links to our electronic resources can be found on the library homepage:

·         World Book Encyclopedia

·         Encyclopedia Britannica

·         Online newspapers (The Age & Australian Financial Review)

·         Clickview and Enhance TV

·         Echo - Contemporary Issues in the Media

·         Online Referencing Generator

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Students have access to both Britannica and World Book encyclopedias via the library homepage. Both provide comprehensive coverage with thousands of encyclopedia articles that include multimedia such as photos, videos and animations. Both products provide quality information that is reliable and credible. Please see library staff for assistance. 

NEW BOOKS

Happy Reading!

Janene Watson

Resource Centre Manager