So many new books delivered over the summer holidays. Just in time for our S1 inductions.
Check them out!
New School Year, New Books!
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Genrify!
The library looks a little different after the holidays. It was a big job but now the fiction has been rearranged by genre. This should make it much easier for everyone to find their favourite types of books.
The process:
The result:
May in Bellahouston
We received a wonderful delivery from Waterstones. Naruto 1-27 especially will fly off the shelf.
I also visited the School Library Outreach department in the Mitchell Library and sourced some amazing non-fiction titles to add to our collection. Watch this space.
I had the opportunity to participate in the English Department’s S1 curriculum meeting. Really looking forward to supporting the new curriculum themes in the library, through book buying, displays, activities and more.
Our new library class visit timetable starts next week!
May in Rosshall
We had a wonderful delivery of new books from Waterstones.
I also visited the School Library Outreach department in the Mitchell Library and sourced some amazing non-fiction titles to add to our collection. Watch this space.
Our application for the Scottish Book Trust’s Danielle Jawando tour has been sent. Fingers crossed!
March – World Book Day in Bellahouston
We celebrated World Book Day in Bellahouston with free WBD books and tokens, a book giveaway and a display of award winning and nominated books of the last year.
March – World Book Day in Rosshall
We celebrated World Book Day in Rosshall Library with free WBD books and tokens, competitions, a book giveaway and a display of award winning and nominated books of the last year.
Well done to our two competitions winners Ella and Seeret!
Celebrating LGBT History Month in Bellahouston
In February we celebrated LGBT History Month in Bellahouston with our display.
Rosshall Feb Roundup – Celebrating LGBT History Month
To celebrate LGBT History Month, the librarian visited the LGBTQI+ pupil group for a chat, our LGBTQI+ participatory budgeting session books arrived and members of the pupil group did a great job creating our LGBT History Month display.
Rosshall January Roundup
This month in Rosshall:
Participatory budgeting session to further diversify our stock. Great choices everyone!
A new display for the New Year – Try Something New!
New senior books courtesy of the SLIF White Water Writers project. List below:
| Bernardine Evaristo | Girl, Woman, Other |
| Haruki Murakimi | Nowegian Wood |
| Toni Morrison | The Bluest Eye |
| James Baldwin | Go Tell it on the Mountain |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | Never Let Me Go |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | Klara and the Sun |
This Project is supported by the Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund.
Bellahouston January Round Up
As promised, we have a display of our newly purchased stock from our participatory budgeting session last term. A great addition to the collection. Great choices everyone!
Also, we received some new senior fiction stock as part of the same project. List below:
| Bernardine Evaristo | Girl, Woman, Other |
| Haruki Murakimi | Nowegian Wood |
| Toni Morrison | The Bluest Eye |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | Klara and the Sun |
| Toni Morrison | Sula |
| Colson Whitehead | The Nickel Boys |
“This Project is supported by the Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund”
