Overdrive is Live at St Brigid's!

At St Brigid’s, Marrickville our school library is a hub of learning, where students are keen to discover the latest in information technology and the benefits of engaging with reading.

Our library used to be inside a building, but the walls of this building are now opening wide.  Through our Oliver OPAC, we are able to access quality weblinks, connecting us with places and people all over the world.

Today we moved even further into the 21^st century, when we went “Live with OverDrive”. We now have access to eBooks 24/7 – every day of the year – during school terms and during holidays. These eBooks can be read on our iPads, laptops and desktops. It is now possible to change the font size, page colour and line spacing of text, allowing our students to tailor the print to their own preference.

Are we excited? We certainly are!

We’ve been waiting for OverDrive for many months now, with the excitement building each week. And it’s not just the students who are excited, it’s also our teachers, support staff and parents.

eBooks here we come!

Parent Workshop for the Library

This week I will be running a Parent Workshop in the library to inform parents about using our library computer system from home.

I will run the same workshop twice:

Wednesday 18th September   9:00am - 9:30am

Thursday    19th September   8:15am - 8:45am


If you are unable to attend either of these sessions, you can access the presentation (which contains explanations, screen shots and links) by clicking on the image below.

"Ronin" by Lucille Violet Molineux

This week in the library we have been sharing the picture 

book titled "Ronin" written and illustrated by Lucille Violet 

Molineux. This book is dedicated to Ronin Kelly. 

It is now available in St Brigid's Library for you to reserve on 

Oliver. Just log in with your CENet details.

Or you can purchase your own copy 

online by clicking on the link below. 

Proceeds from the sale of this book go to 

the Asthma Foundation. 

Buy the "Ronin" Book

Writing a Book Review

One of the great features of Oliver, our library computer system, is that children can write book reviews about books they have read. These reviews are uploaded and sent to me. Once I approve them (for correct spelling and punctuation) they will appear in the Oliver catalogue. There are also Google reviews for some books. 

This week in our library lessons, students from Years 2 to 6 read the information about the structure of a book review on the Oliver OPAC home page and begin their draft on a Word document as seen below:

Text Type: Response Review
Structure:  * Title of text  * Name of author and/or illustrator * Brief summary of the content * Judgement of the text using  personal evaluation  * Concluding comment or recommendation

During our library lessons, we viewed some videos of animated book reviews made by students at another school. 


Hot Dog Book Review - Dogzilla

Hot Dog Book Review - Daddy Could I Have An Elephant?

What do you think about this animated form of book review? Would you like to create an animated book review from the one that you write? Comment below.
   

Welcome back to 2013!

Welcome back to our new school year!

I've noticed how much everyone has grown over the holidays. 

I'm very lucky because I get to work with all the children from Years 1 to 6 again, and also work with the new Kindies!

During the holidays Oliver was updated and there are many new features. Click on the image below to check out the new Oliver.

Don't forget to choose St Brigid's from the drop down menu when you see the big red circle with the "i" in the middle, if you just hit enter, you will arrive in another school's library!

We are beginning library lessons this week and I am on the lookout for more bookworms!

I hope to get lots of comments from students on my blog this year. See you in the library.......

Welcome to Our New Library Blog!

St Brigid's is moving into the CloudShare computing environment. We will have many new tools to support our learning. This library blog is part of our new look in CloudShare. 

I'd love to read your comments on the blog posts. If you have anything you'd like to post, let me know.

The link to our Oliver library system is below. Just click on the word, Oliver. You don't have to log in to browse the catalogue.