Tues 27April to Fri 1 May 09

Here is an update on what’s been happening in the library lately.

The first day back, the Anzac Ceremony was held in the hall and went very well. Chris Raicivich and Jacob Leslie put on a first-rate performance with their duet of drums and singing. Of course, Marian video recorded this moving memorial.

Marian has had the TV technicians out to fix the reception on the television. They did a great job and the digital set-top box is picking up the extra stations. The reception is now much clearer.

A few senior classes have come in to collect their readers. Judy. Smith’s class ran short on To Kill A Mocking Bird, so another set has been ordered and will hopefully be arriving very soon. Also Maryanne Tyrell’s class for An Imaginary Life ran out so another 15 books of those have been ordered also.

Four red trolleys have been delivered and are already being used. Lots more books have arrived, with some back orders arriving as well. We are still waiting for the delivery of our new wave tables.

During the school holidays, the school’s network was upgraded. Unfortunately we haven’t noticed Unicorn working any faster. Two of the laptop towers have been upgraded, while the staff laptops and other towers are in the process of being upgraded.

Years 7 and 9 are both on camp from Monday 5 May to Wed 7 May, so the digital video cameras were in high demand, but TAS has loaned one of their camera’s to Carole Peare who is going on the Year 7 camp.

The students I.D/Library Cards should hopefully be given out to them by end of Week 2. When students are borrowing books from the Library they will need to present their library card from them on. The students have been advised that if these cards are lost, they will need to pay $5 to replace them. We tested a few in the library and they seem to be working fine. Let’s see how this goes.

On Thursday afternoons, the library staff will be working on their Web2 learning course for 2 hours. This way we will be able to assist each other in learning, and work together on what would work best in the library. Hopefully, this way we may finish the course within the required 6 months time frame. We have held one session and so far it has been good learning experience.

All in all it has been a very full on week, but we managed to get through everything OK.

That’s all for this week.