Library Use

General Information: Library Use

AFTER SCHOOL

Junior school students MUST BE supervised by an accompanying adult when in the library after 15:00. This is consistent with Junior after-school policy.

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP AND LIBRARY USE

All Wellington College students and teachers are automatically issued with book borrowing privileges. Parents may also use the library facilities. Those wishing to become patrons should come to the library and fill in a membership form.

Each class has one timetabled library session each week where book borrowing and /or short information literacy or reading development lesson takes place. As the library is usually a rather busy place, it is important that all users of the library understand and appreciate the idea of quietly and carefully sharing and respecting the space and the resources found there.

LIBRARY BOOK BORROWING LIMITS

Early Years - 1 book Years 1-6 - 2 books Years 3-6 - 3 books Years 7-9 - 3 books Years 10-13 - 4 books

General information: library collection

The library resource collection is divided into the following main sections and resource types. Book categories can be recognised by their book spine labels:-

English Language Collection [white labels]:

Picture fiction books [+blue dot]
Graded fiction books: - Early / First Chapter [+green dot] - Junior fiction [+red dot] - Middle fiction [+orange dot]
Non-Fiction [numbered according to Dewey Decimal Classification - ie.DDC] Early non-fiction also with a green dot.
GN Graphic Novels
Tapes/CD's and Books & Tapes/CD's [media stands]
Reference section [in house use only]
Children's Magazines [can be borrowed]
Resources of interest to parents in the parents corner

Chinese Language Book Collection [yellow labels]:

Picture fiction & Board Books [+pink dot]
Graded fiction books: - Early [+green dot] - Intermediate [+light blue dot] - Confident level [+dark blue strip]
Non-fiction [numbered according to DDC]
Reference section

International Collection [purple labels]:

Children's fiction and nonfiction books in different languages

Teaching resources collection for staff: For teaching purposes the library also stores Big Books, videos, DVDs, professional magazines, professional texts and educational catalogues.

In addition the library has:

Networked computers for research work
an interactive whiteboard
a 'stand alone' OPAC [online personal access catalog] for searching for resources

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