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Beanland Memorial Library

Opening times:

• during term time: Monday to Friday: 7.00 am to 6.00 pm [Circulation desk closed to students at roll call and morning tea] • during holiday time: 7.30am to 4.00pm • on staff professional days: 7.00am to 4.30pm • The library building is unavailable during the Christmas/New Year break when the School is closed. Booking procedures: • It is advisable to book ALL services, facilities, resources, and personnel in advance. • Bookings for library spaces are made through Minerva>Resource booking. There is a wide range of different spaces and facilities for a variety of groups, numbers, and purposes spread over all levels of the RLC. Please ask any library staff member if any clarification is required. • Minerva>Resource booking>choose the building or special space from the list at the top of the page e.g. RLC L1 – Library areas o The choices will appear below. Choose the appropriate space; e.g. L1.04 o Choose time>Create booking> Complete the start and finish times o Complete purpose; e.g. 09.05 EN [Period 3] CKE [This provides all the detail required.] o The Notes page may be completed [if required] with information about the content of the lesson; e.g. wider reading – Mystery or Health assignment: AskClio presentation [Kildey]

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• Library staff should be informed if special facilities, services, resources, or personnel are required. As much notice as possible would be appreciated. • Assistance from teacher librarians, Librarian: Special collections, or the Academic research librarian should be booked in advance via email directly to the staff member required. All appropriate library staff may be contacted via the GGlibrary email group if this is more appropriate. This email group also reaches the Senior librarian, the library assistants, and the circulation desk workstation. • Special borrowing and access to resources for subjects or classes should be organised with library staff before the start of a new unit or task. This ensures all students receive equity of access. • Students should be encouraged to be independent by locating the booked area themselves and settling down quietly to work, even before the teacher arrives. • Students should be prepared by staff before they arrive at the library space. They should know the lesson and the library space. Please refer to the following table to discern which space best suits the subject, the task, and the class.

Level

Space L1.01

Descriptive name

Facilities

1

Foyer

Couches Vintage desks and benches Dewey 100s

L1.02a

Grand staircase

Bleachers Beanbag and bench Dewey 000 [beside stairs] 3 booths with screens 2 tables with lounge chairs and ottomans 3 long tables, each with 8 chairs 4 chairs at bench Fiction A-CRES 7 tables for 4 vintage teacher desk One bench [6 chairs] 4 beanbags and low table Fiction CREW – KWON Picture book collection

L1.02b

Booths

L1.03

Tables and chairs

L1.04

Fiction 2 [double height space]

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2

L2.01

History/Geography 1 Bridge entrance to Hancock Wing

7 tables for 4 One bench with 6 ottomans Printer/photocopier Dewey 900 - 946

L2.03

Estelle Burke Room

antique wooden tables with 16 blue-backed wooden chairs 2 benches with ottomans printer/photocopier Dewey 200 – 305.899 Fiction LA - NYS 7 tables for 4 2 benches with ottomans Dewey 396 – 399; 641; 700 – 759.059 7 tables for 4 One bench with ottomans Access to balcony Lectern Access to kitchen 500s

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L3.04

Mainly art, activities, and cooking

4

L4.05

Natural and applied science

Digital access:

• Library services are available via Minerva > Library : both onsite and remotely o Oliver The catalogue offers access to information about non-fiction and fiction books, eBooks, journals, and DVDs. Oliver also provides AskClio guides for academic research and wider reading activities for Years 7-12. o External databases (via Databases button) The Library subscribes to over twenty academic research databases to support assignment research across all subjects in Years 7-12. All databases can be accessed onsite and most can also be accessed remotely. Where students require a special username and password to access information, these details are listed on the Databases page beneath the specific database logo. A very limited number of databases are only accessible onsite; this constraint is listed on the Databases page. The Gale Virtual Reference Library provides access to an eBook collection.

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o Citemaker (via Research help) This is academic referencing software to allow the creation of APA reference lists. o Book Review Databases (via Databases) The library subscribes to a number of book review databases which support wider reading in classroom English lessons for Years 7-9 students, plus students who are undertaking reading challenges through Libellum.

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