BSE College Library

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The library has an essential role in teaching and learning at the College. Resources have been developed to complement and enhance the curriculum needs of the College community. Students are assisted to develop information literacy skills that will help them to become effective, independent learners. The provision of an extensive and up-to-date fiction collection to promote the importance of reading to student learning and to develop a love of reading for recreational purposes is a priority of the Library. The library is a welcoming and adaptable learning space that can be used by individuals and classes before, during and after school.

OPENING HOURS

8.40am to 4.30pm. Open at recess for borrowing only. Closed occasionally for meetings, or alternate library bookings.

STAFF

Teacher Librarian - Helen Watson. Library Assistant - Nola Buzza.

Please ask us for help when using the library.

THE CATALOGUE

The library collection is listed on a computer catalogue program called v-Library. v-Library can be accessed from the BSE homepage on any computer throughout the College. There are 2 PCs dedicated to the catalogue in the Library to help you find resources via eLibrary.

RESOURCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES

The Library provides access to:

Non-fiction, fiction and reference books.
Newspapers: we subscribe to the Age, Herald Sun and the Bendigo Advertiser each day.
These can be read but not cut up or removed from the Library Back copies are housed in the Library workroom and accessed via our current newspaper indexing service.
Desktop computers for research use.
Digital cameras, video cameras and scanners for class projects.
Digital projectors.
DVDs, videos, compact disks and other audiovisual resources.
Posters and maps available for borrowing - housed in the Hanging File
Photocopying – costs 10c. for a black and white A3 or A4 size copy. Change is available
Binding is available on request – cost $1.00 per item.
Laminating – poster size available – cost $3.00 per metre.
Tracing paper – good quality for sale at 10c a sheet.

LIBRARY PASSES

Your teacher will fill in a library pass each time you need to come to the library during class time. You do not need a library pass before school, during lunchtime, or after school.

BORROWING RIGHTS

Students may borrow 3 items each. These may be fiction, non-fiction, or a mix. Most loans are for a 2-week period. These may be renewed for a further period of 2 weeks. Some books (e.g. copies of class sets, reference books, topics that are being researched by a number of classes at the same time) may be borrowed on an overnight basis only. These books must be returned before period 1 on the next school day.

RESERVING BOOKS

A book can be reserved for you to borrow if is currently on loan to someone else. Ask at the loans desk to reserve a book.

OVERDUE LOANS

Students with overdue loans may not borrow anything else until the overdue item is either returned or renewed. Reminder notices of students with overdue items are regularly given to Learning Team Mentors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Library users are expected to treat both our collection and their fellow users with care and respect. Borrowing a book implies a contract to return that book promptly (to ensure other users can have the same access) and in the same condition in which it was borrowed. It is not always possible to ensure that an item will be returned if it is passed on to another person instead of being returned by the borrower. Books that are lost or damaged must be paid for or replaced by the person responsible. Please tell library staff about any damage to our books.

HOW TO CHOOSE A BOOK TO READ

Ask your friends or teachers to suggest a good author or title.
Browse along the shelves in an area you’ve never used before.
Judge a book by its cover - if the cover attracts your attention, give the contents a try.
Read other books by an author whose work you’ve enjoyed in the past.
Look at the books that have been returned by other students.
Use v-Library to find books about a specific topic. Use Keyword or Wizard.

RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS

There are 6 aspects you should make plans about when preparing and presenting research assignments.

You need to make decisions in advance about:

Task definition.
Information seeking strategies.
Location and access.
Recording information.
Synthesis and presentation.
Evaluation.

Your teacher and teacher-librarian will help you with this when you begin library research.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

When you are using information in a research project, you need to list the sources of your information in a bibliography.

Include these things :

Author or name of person who was responsible for the contents of the book you used.
Title of the book, article, CD ROM or internet site you used.
Publisher’s name and place of business.
Date that the book or article was printed, or the internet site was last updated.
URL (address) of internet site.

An easy way to remember this is to think of NAPPY: Name (of book), Author, Publisher, Place, Year.

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