Stromness Academy Library

Books, reading and life in a school library

August 22, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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What happened in the library over the summer?

The long summer holidays have come to an end and we are ready for the start of the new term, but what happens to the library in the holidays? Contrary to popular belief, not all school staff get the long holiday and admin and support staff, including the Librarian will continue to work for part of the holiday often managing to get jobs done that often can’t be got to during the hectic term times.

So, what does the Librarian do during the time she works in the holidays? There is a lot of administrative stuff to do, as well as tidying up after a busy year. Here is a list of some of things that were done during the summer hols:

  • A really BIG tidy of all the book shelves and other resources, including removing old books off the shelves
  • Emptying the library office so that it can be repainted
  • Disposing of LOADS of out-of date resources from the office and tidying of filing cabinets
  • Refilling and reorganising the office
  • Processing, cataloguing and displaying new fiction
  • Preparing for S1 Library Induction course
  • Checking pupil lists against library management system
  • Writing up library cards for, and inputting new S1 pupils onto the LMS
  • Replacing library notices
  • Checking PCs all working correctly
  • Doing the backlog of filing
  • Checking and replacing library posters / guiding where necessary
  • etc, …

You may or may not notice changes, but this shows you that a lot does go on behind the scenes.

July 21, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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A New Library for Stenness Community School

Back at the end of  May, I was honoured to be invited to the opening a a “small but perfectly formed” library in Stenness Community School . It is good to see the importance placed on reading and the need for a dedicated space by the pupils, staff and parents / carers of the school. The pupils, staff and invited guests gathered in the school’s communal area to listen to introductions and speeches and to recognise the work that the three parent volunteers, all qualified librarians had put in. After the ribbon was cut we were invited to view this little library.

Users, which include those in the school and folks in the wider community can borrow books, recorded in a computerised Library Management System. Pupils have been trained in using the system so they can self-issue.

Such a library space will stand pupils in good stead when they come up to Stromness Academy and use the library here. They will be familiar with the arrangement of books, especially Dewey classification used to arrange non-fiction books and will hopefully have a good understanding of the importance of libraries and books, even in this age of technology and the internet.

June 6, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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P7 Visits

P7s from the West Mainland Primary schools will be visiting the school on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The visit will include a session in the school library looking around and filling out a survey. The pupil librarians and Mrs Sinclair, the Librarian, look forward to meeting them. FS

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