Monthly Archives: September 2020

Welcome!

Welcome to the Eastbank Academy Library! Your librarian is Miss Neumannova
and the library is open Wednesday-Friday.

What books can you find in the library?

Shelf-help – We all struggle with mental health sometimes and it is important to seek help. These books will help you tackle and understand issues such as anxiety, depression, self harm, eating disorders, exam stress and more.

Comics & manga – DC (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman)  and Marvel comics (Star Wars, Moon Girl, Spider-Man, Avengers) but also comics like Adventure Time, Doctor Who or Riverdale. Manga section is small but we are working on getting as many manga books as we can! Look for Maximum Ride, Monster Hunter, Natsume’s Book of Friends and more. 

Junior Fiction – Want to read Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson, Jeff Kinney, Tom Palmer, Lemony Snicket and others? Have a look in our Junior section.

Teenage Fiction – For readers between 12 and 18 years of age.

Romance –  Enjoyed the movies The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns or the TV Show Pretty Little Liars? You will love these books!

Adventure & Crime – Books for all adventurers and detectives out there.

Fantasy & Horror – Do you like vampires, zombies, dragons, demons, ghosts, wizards or witches? Browse our Fantasy & Horror collection!

Non Fiction – Want to learn about the world or want to learn a new skill? Look here. Topics include: Geography, history, animals, space, science, human body, crafts, drawing & painting, music, cooking & baking, sports, fashion, make-up, cars, poetry, biographies, equal rights and many more!

Senior Fiction – This is where you can find classics such as Little Women, The Handmaid’s Tale, Animal Farm or graphic novels Maus and Persepolis. And many more!

Career Guides – Thinking of what’s next for you? Have a look in our helpful section of career guides.

Reference – Dictionaries, bibliographies and atlases. For studying in the library only.

LGBT+ 🌈 Anything related to sexual orientation or gender! You don’t need to identify as LGBT+ person to check these out. These books are for everyone!

Quick Reads – Don’t read often or struggle to do so? Or just looking for something short? No worries, these books are for you!

DISPLAYS

There are many new literature-related displays both in the library and in the English corridor where you can find inspiration for what to read next.

New books display changes every month so don’t forget to check it out anytime you come to the library!

KEEPING UP

I tweet often → @EastbankLibrary ← (follow me!) to inform you about new books in the library, writing competitions, opportunities and much more. I also post interesting articles about literature, education, empowerment, mental health and equality.

CONTACT

Do you need help with finding a perfect book for you? Can’t access free online resources? Is there a book you long to read but it isn’t in the library? I got you. Just email me at gw20neumannovadana@glow.ea.glasgow.sch.uk!

We’re back!

We are finally getting round to updating this again as we finally have much to talk about again!
Since we started back, the library has been operating a little differently: We are only open during lunchtime, can only allow 15 in at a time for study and 2 in at a time for borrowing/dropping off, you must try and avoid touching books if you do not intend to take it away with you and all returned books must now be quarantined for 72 hours. *breathes*

Now, enough of what you CAN’T do. What CAN you do?

As with lock down, we are still encouraging everyone to make use of the eLibrary apps. Your iPads can come in handy for this as they can be used to download apps such as Borrowbox (books/audiobooks), Libby (books/audiobooks), RB Digital (Magazines) and Freegal (music). Again, just contact me via email if you require your card number and/or PIN – gw19mcgregormark@glow.ea.glasgow.sch.uk

Our click and collect service is also up and running and we have had a few takers so far but we would like to see more!  Dotted around the school, are some posters which include a QR code. The code will take you to a form and in just four simple questions, you can request your book and collect it the next day (or lunchtime on the same day if before 12pm). I appreciate not everyone has a QR code function on their iPad/device, so you can alternatively follow this link, or just email me your order.   There have been changes to some of our book displays. As we are trying to minimise contact with the books, we have put handy descriptions beside them helping you to get some kind of idea what the books are about. We will be rotating these every once in a while.

We are also hoping to get our class boxes out to you ASAP but we are still waiting on said boxes being delivered!

For September, we are hoping to get the Manga Club back up and running. I am currently in discussions with a few young people about a lunchtime club since an after-school one is no longer possible.

If anyone has any thoughts/requests/problems then feel free to drop me an email. Equally, contrary to popular belief, my door is always open if anyone wants to come and talk in person. I will be here at the usual times Tuesday to Friday.

August 2020 Roundup – St Margaret Mary’s Secondary School Library

Welcome back pupils and staff! As we adjust to evolving social distancing guidance, access to the Library is currently limited. It will regularly be reviewed in line with the official guidance.  In the meantime, the Library has been reaching out to pupils in alternative ways to ensure access access to resources to support their learning.

The school library newsletter is back, now more  compact featuring new books, eBooks and eAudiobooks from Libby and BorrowBox, and free music available through Freegal, along with author spotlight, reading lists, reading challenges, and book reviews. The newsletter will be circulated monthly in addition to the new Glasgow School Libraries eMagazine, Swatch, which will be circulated quarterly. Keep a look out for the first issue due shortly.

View the reading list of books featured on Twitter. Don’t miss our Middle Grade Monday books for S1-2 pupils, Senior Tuesdays, What’s Next Wednesdays to find your next read, Nonfiction Thursdays, YA Fridays for S3+, Comic Book Saturday, and Scots Book Sunday featuring titles set in or written by authors living in Scotland. We also run an Author of the Week every Monday and themed rading lists to coincide with cultural/literacy days.

August 2020 Roundup – Shawlands Academy School Library

Welcome back pupils and staff! As we adjust to evolving social distancing guidance, access to the Library is currently limited. It will regularly be reviewed in line with the official guidance.  In the meantime, the Library has been reaching out to pupils in alternative ways to ensure access access to resources to support their learning.

The school library newsletter is back, now more  compact featuring new books, eBooks and eAudiobooks from Libby and BorrowBox, and free music available through Freegal, along with author spotlight, reading lists, reading challenges, and book reviews. The newsletter will be circulated monthly in addition to the new Glasgow School Libraries eMagazine, Swatch, which will be circulated quarterly. Keep a look out for the first issue due shortly.

View the reading list of books featured on Twitter. Don’t miss our Middle Grade Monday books for S1-2 pupils, Senior Tuesdays, What’s Next Wednesdays to find your next read, Nonfiction Thursdays, YA Fridays for S3+, Comic Book Saturday, and Scots Book Sunday featuring titles set in or written by authors living in Scotland. We also run an Author of the Week every Monday and themed rading lists to coincide with cultural/literacy days.

This month, the Library has targeted S6 pupils, introducing them to online databases ProQuest, Core, and Gale Literature Resource Centre that will prove invaluable to their independent research topics this year and for university/college work.

ProQuest is an online database service that holds scholarly journals, dissertations/theses, articles, trade journals, multimedia files and much more. Pupils studying Higher and Advanced Higher subjects will benefit from the resources available from ProQuest as they prepare for academic study. The workshop introduced them to different functions of the website, including search and browse functions, navigational and refinement tools and how to use the citation generator. ProQuest is only accessible with their school or community library cards.

Pupils were also introduced to a similar online service called CORE. CORE is the world’s largest collection of open access research papers, meaning the information is accessible to anyone with a device and internet access.

The Advanced Higher English class benefited from learning how to use GALE Literature Resource Centre.   GALE is a Literature specific data base of scholarly articles, literary criticism, primary source, and multimedia which will be useful for their dissertations.