21 February 2006
World Book Day is Thursday 2 March
Something for everyone!
• Decorate-a-Door-as-a-Book Competition. Decorating takes place on Wednesday, with judging at lunchtime on World Book Day.
• Whole School Reading, 3.45 - 4.00 p.m. The three afternoon lessons are shorter by 5 minutes so everyone can stop and read. Stay with your teacher from period 8, but remember to bring something to read, or visit the Library earlier in the day.
• A Good Read! Teachers will be starting their lessons with a recommendation or tell you what they are enjoying reading. If they forget – remind them!
• Book Sale in the Library all week, Tuesday and Thursday until 4.45 p.m., with a huge selection of books courtesy of our local book shop, The Bookstore. Use your World Book Day voucher. Reserved books must be paid for by Friday, please.
• Book Quiz - the closing date is 4.30 p.m. Tuesday 7 March.
• Decorate-a-Door-as-a-Book Competition. Decorating takes place on Wednesday, with judging at lunchtime on World Book Day.
• Whole School Reading, 3.45 - 4.00 p.m. The three afternoon lessons are shorter by 5 minutes so everyone can stop and read. Stay with your teacher from period 8, but remember to bring something to read, or visit the Library earlier in the day.
• A Good Read! Teachers will be starting their lessons with a recommendation or tell you what they are enjoying reading. If they forget – remind them!
• Book Sale in the Library all week, Tuesday and Thursday until 4.45 p.m., with a huge selection of books courtesy of our local book shop, The Bookstore. Use your World Book Day voucher. Reserved books must be paid for by Friday, please.
• Book Quiz - the closing date is 4.30 p.m. Tuesday 7 March.
# posted by BH @ 10:45 pm
15 February 2006
Book Wizard
One of the ways to choose a book at OLCSS Library is to use the new Book Wizard. This fun program has a delightful cartoon wizard who asks your age and a series of questions to find out what sort of books you like to read. The result is a list of books showing a picture of the front cover, a synopsis of the story, and whether the book is currently available in the Library. Comments overheard so far have included, “He’s cute!” and “I’m going to borrow that book.”
You can try a Book Wizard demo at http://www.softlinkfrance.com/products/bookwiz.htm
This software is part of the recent upgrade to the Library’s software, Alice, which also included an SDI module (‘selective dissemination of information’ in library & information speak) - an alerting service to teaching staff about new resources.
You can try a Book Wizard demo at http://www.softlinkfrance.com/products/bookwiz.htm
This software is part of the recent upgrade to the Library’s software, Alice, which also included an SDI module (‘selective dissemination of information’ in library & information speak) - an alerting service to teaching staff about new resources.
# posted by BH @ 10:16 am
05 February 2006
Weblinks
Over 7000 carefully selected weblinks are now accessible through the library’s catalogue, which is available on all the computers around school. In this way online sources of information, as well books, are listed together.
Weblinks are updated monthly and have been selected by teachers and librarians who choose sites which are authoritative, safe, and directly relevant to the secondary school curriculum. Read more about weblinks at http://www.carelpress.co.uk/weblinksresearch.htm
# posted by BH @ 2:34 pm
