Library guide for staff

guide for staff The basics: What does the Library offer?

A quiet space for pupils to read, do research and complete extended learning.

Books: Non-fiction to help with research and fiction for reading for pleasure.

Magazines and journals.

National and local newspapers Thirty computers The Library can be booked for lessons. Just speak with the Librarian (Mr Iona) to find out when the Library is available and how we can support and cater for your class.

The provision of resources also depends on input and advice from you.

Please book a meeting, send an email or drop-in for a chat to discuss how we can best support the teaching and learning of pupils in your subject area.

What can the Library and Librarian offer you?

Here is a (by no means exhaustive) list of some of the ways in which the Library and Librarian can support your teaching and learning.

Support with the stages of the information competency A range of quality resources to support teaching and learning Book, journals and other information sources to complement your curriculum and the needs of our students A seating area of desks for 30 students with an interactive white board to facilitate teaching A space that can be booked for lessons Help with planning research tasks Finding and facilitating access to quality, web-based information sources to support student tasks Providing models for effective referencing and bibliographies Advice on how to avoid plagiarism and effective use of sources Providing reading lists for topics Providing book boxes for specific subjects and themes Using web-based tools to support teaching and learning opportunities

Resources: the highlights The Library has a variety of resources available to support teaching and learning across the Academy. Listed below are some of the key things available. If you can’t see something you think we should have then please let me know.

Books (fiction and non-fiction) The Library is here to encourage reading for pleasure and to support emotional and social development. A broad range of fiction is available for pupils of all reading abilities. There is a large collection of non-fiction to support the curriculum, including revision guides, textbooks, encyclopaedias and lots more.

Audio Books and Listening Books The Library has a range of audio books on CD. If you would prefer to listen to a book, rather than reading it, come and take a look.

The Library has also subscribed to an online audio-book service, called Listening Books (http://www.listening-books.org.uk), which provides audio-books streaming service.

To access the service visit the website and log-in using the following details: Username: xxx

Password: xxx

Newspapers and magazines We have a range of magazines and newspapers available in the Library. There are national daily newspapers (The Mirror and The Guardian) and a weekly newspaper called First News. Also available is a copy of the local newspaper.

Other curriculum-relevant journals available include…

National Geographic Hindsight Caterer and Hotelkeeper Focus

Wideworld Flipside

Computer Active

This online encyclopaedia should be the starting point for any fact-finding, research tasks you have. It is an accessible, relevant and trustworthy web-resource for you to use.

To use this resource, use the link on your desktop called ‘World Book Online’.

This is a collection of articles on current, topical, social issues which cover a range of opinions, comments and opposing viewpoints on the topics. The book is available in the Library, as well as being online.

To access the online version go to: http://www.carelpress.co.uk/EA12 and log-in with the following details: Username: xxx

Password: xxx

The Fact File book provides statistics about a wide range of key social, political and economic topics, for both the UK and the rest of the world. A good resource if you need facts and statistics about social/economic topics and issues.

Access and search this resource online at http://ff.carelpress.co.uk. Log-in with Username: xxx

Password: xxx

Oxford Art Online An online resource for Art, with all the information you could wish for including biographies of artists, images, timelines, thematic guides and a dictionary of terms.

You can log-in at http://www.oxfordartonline.com with the following details: Username: xxx

Password: xxx

This is a great online database for pupil to use for their science research. This resource contains full text for nearly 200 full-text science periodicals, including Scientific American, New Scientist, Discover, and 626 full-text science reference books Visit http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid and use: Username: xxx

Password: xxx