Annual report 2016 2017

RCHK LIRC Renaissance College, Hong Kong Library and Information Resource Centre Comprising the Primary Library, Secondary Library and Virtual Libraries ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - 2017

MISSION STATEMENT We are dedicated to providing and promoting access to an extensive range of print and electronic resources, tools and technologies to: ◦ Support the academic, artistic and recreational needs of the school community ◦ Encourage our staff and students to become competent users of information and independent lifelong learners ◦ Stimulate a love of reading, learning and inquiry

What has changed?

The Primary Library saw a major upgrade during the summer break. The upgrade used the principals of The Design Thinking Routine to cater for busy timetabled periods of 4 classes and catered to the physical and reading needs of children from Y1 to Y6. A big thank you to the RAPT for supporting the library and allowing the purchasing of additional soft seating.

The Secondary Library saw some upgrades to the fiction reading space, new high whiteboard tables for collaborative work and magazine area.

The Secondary Library created “The Reading Retreat”, a small quiet space permanently setup for comfortable quiet reading and browsing our graphic novel collection. It’s proved a great shared reading space when primary come to visit.

The LIRC introduced 2 Apps, the RCHKLIRC App and Library Link Oliver Catalogue App. Students can now use their smartphones to access all the library resources. These will be used by students in the Secondary Library

The library catalogue Oliver allows students to use Google Single Sign on to access their accounts. The library catalogue Orbit in the Primary was updated to a colourful child friendly interface.

Visiting authors

Libby Lam is sharing her new books with our Year 3-6 students.

Wonderful day in October with Jacqueline Harvey!

Children book author, Reena Bhojwani, presented her story with Yr 1-3 and ran a writing workshop with some of the Yr 3s. We learnt about kindness.

Christina is reading her story "The Shadow in the Moon� with primary in September.

Book and Languages Week Read more on the Book Week weebly http://rchkbookweek.rchk.edu.hk/

Major Events in the LIRC Pokemon in the library and lunchtime club

Booktober peer shared reading college wide.

RCHK Sustainability Group introduced Green Week. To support Global Earth Day they turned off the electricity across the college. The Secondary Library was a popular place.

Battle of the Books (BoB) Hong Kong Primary BoB

Secondary House BoB The inaugural House BoBs - and the winner is QING.

Secondary BoB Secondary BoB saw 6 schools from across HK come to RCHK to compete - the RCHK team did not progress to the finals but played very well and made the event a resounding success.

Secondary Chinese BoB For the first time RC entered a team in the Chinese BoB competition with thanks to Mr Leo Chan.

The team found the competition tough against several local schools, but enjoyed the experience.

Resources from the LIRC Borrowing Statistics

Online Resource Usage Statistics

Books read 5,614

Books assigned to students by teachers 6,324 Books browsed or read 32.887

1,391 logins

2,180 logins

399 logins

Articles accessed 1,335

Searches total 1,674 (students 1,605 and teachers 69) Documents accessed total 6,079 (students 5,721 and teachers 358)

Classes active 542 Submissions uploaded 3,182 Feedback/comments given to students 37,762

Purchasing Statistics

LIRC Staff Achievements beyond RCHK Ms Shirley Chan, PYP Teacher Librarian, presented at the English Schools Foundation Professional Development Day in Hong Kong and at the International Association of School Librarians Conference in Tokyo.

Ms Michelle Roberts, MYP Teacher Librarian presented at the English Schools Foundation Professional Development Day in Hong Kong and at the International Association of School Librarians Conference in Tokyo. She became a Certified BrainPOP Educator.

Ms Monica Morscheck, PYP DP Teacher Librarian and LIRC Coordinator, received Flipped Global Learning Ambassador status, was a finalist in the Turnitin Global Innovation Awards Asia Region and subsequently ran global webinar series on technology. She ran workshops at the The School Librarian Connections Conference in Prague, and presented at the English Schools Foundation Professional Development Day in Hong Kong.

LIRC Staff Farewells and Welcomes Farewell Ms Monica Morscheck, PYP DP Teacher Librarian and LIRC Coordinator. Ms Morscheck leaves to return to her home in Australia. She will coordinate a new information centre, incorporating library and IT, in a grammar school in Melbourne.

Welcome Ms Susana Fung, Library Assistant. Ms Fung has a Bachelor in Fashion Design and comes to us from the Hong Kong Public Library and most recently St Stephens school library in Stanley, Hong Kong.