Library News

“Dolly’s Dream” Mother’s Day Treasures Stall

The Library ran a Dolly’s Dream Mother’s Day Treasures Stall outside the College Library Thursday 6 May to fundraise for this important cause, create awareness around anti-bullying, and give our students the opportunity to buy lovely Mother’s Day gifts for just $1 or $2.  Funds raised were $232.55.

The goal of Dolly’s Dream is to encourage discussion around changing cultures and behaviours to prevent bullying, by increasing understanding of the impact of bullying, anxiety, depression, and youth suicide and by providing support to parents.  

Thank You

We would like to thank the Echuca library for their generous donation of 150 Young adult books to add to our collection.

Library and Information Week 2021

Library and Information Week was held 17-23 May, organised by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).  This year the theme was “Adventures in Space and Time”, recognizing that Libraries are places of adventure where people take a journey in search of specific information, by browsing collections, or by coming together with others to learn. They are also online spaces for virtual interaction to stay connected to

 information and each other at times when we need to stay physically distant.  

This is the Library and Information Week display (right) still up in the College Library.

Your student’s next read

Author Allison Tait and teacher/ librarian/ author Megan Daley, co-founders of the Your Kid’s Next Read community, talk books and reading for children of all ages in their regular podcast that can be accessed at https://childrensbooksdaily.com/podcast/. From board books and picture books, to junior fiction, middle-grade novels and Young Adult blockbusters, they help find the perfect next book and give practical tips on getting (and keeping) kids reading and writing.

Not too late for your student to register for the Premiers’ Reading Challenge

St. Joseph’s College is once again participating in the 2021 Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge.  All students Yr 7-10 have received an email with their individual password to participate in the Challenge.  Please encourage your student to open the email and register for the PRC by following the instructions.

PRC books are on display in the Library, and all PRC books in the Library catalogue are identified with a blue icon and show the PRC reading level when the mouse cursor is hovered over the icon.

Students can access the Library catalogue at SIMON/ Student links/ Library catalogue.