Welcome to the LibraryWe are open 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

‘Library Boy’ from Sarasota Chalk Festival 2011. Image by kthypryn on Flickr

The Library is a place for learning

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Wikipe-tan the Library of Babel, drawn by ja:利用者:Kasuga on Wikimedia Commons

I.C.T.’s=

▪ Computers schoolwork only

▪ Wireless internet

▪ Printers/Photocopiers

▪ iPads!!!!! use your ID card to borrow

▪ The Library Catalogue

Information Communication Technologies

‘iPad library’ found on Flickr CC

Space for relaxation

▪ Quiet reading area with comfy chairs

▪ We have magazines, manga, comics, daily newspapers, as well as books.

‘Student relaxing’, photo by Wendy Moyle

Books!!! are cool :-)

▪ You can borrow up to 5 books for 2 weeks.

▪ Use your ID card to borrow

▪ Please renew your books by coming to see us

‘Stacked’ found on Flickrcc

FictionWorks of imagination

▪ look for the first 4 letters of the author’s name on the spine

▪ look for your favourite genre via stickers on spine

Photo by Jennifer Window

Non-Fiction‘true’ books about real facts

▪ Look for the Dewey Decimal number or CALL number on the spine

▪ all books on the same subject live together

▪ Look on the end of each bay for quick subject guide

Photo by Barbara Differding

Research Materials

▪ Newspapers- The Australian, The Age and The Herald Sun

▪ Books on your subjects

▪ Encyclopedias

▪ E-Library

NASA Earth from Wikimedia Commons

How do I get to the E-Library?

‘Footprints in the sand’ by Summer Skyes 11 on Flickr

library.strathmore.vic.edu.au

How to use the library

▪ Quiet study & reading

▪ Leave school bags in your locker

▪ Return books by due date

▪ Clean up after yourself before leaving the library

▪ Be mindful of others around you

▪ You need a pass from your teacher to visit during class time.

‘Quiet please’ by *christopher* on Flickr

How not to use the library

▪ No food or drink in the library

▪ No bags in the library

▪ No mobile phone use

▪ No playing games on the computers

▪ No disruptive behavior –

you will be asked to leave ‘104/365: Lockers’ by Rrrodrigo on Flickrr

Above all remember to.....

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