Library
LibraryGeneral InformationDiscovery College library endeavours to support the students and staff in their pursuit of quality information and leisure reading material. As our school grows, so does our collection and access to information. The library is staffed by Mrs McKenzie, a teacher librarian, and Miss Annie Yeung, the library assistant. Our opening hours are from 8.00am - 4.00pm with students able to borrow and access the library before school, recess, lunch and after school, as well with their classes in class time. There are a number of different resources arranged in the library to cater for the different age groups we have in the school. More details of the arrangement can be found under our policies page. Parents are welcome to register to borrow from the library, and will be issued with their own library card after completing a form. Parents are asked to come before 8.30am and after 3.00pm to reduce disruption to the students needs. Donations of books and other resources are welcome, please understand that we are selective in what we accept for the collection to maintain a high standard of resources. If you wish to donate, we will take everything, but some donations may be donated to a third party if we can't use them. Please see our policy page for the selection criteria. News updates29 June 2009 Please download the library annual report from the following link
25 November 2008
The library is being decorated for the festive season in the promotion of Christmas and other festivals. Christmas themed books will be available soon for families and classes to share for three days each. We are continually receiving new books for the library, the latest being "The dangerous book for boys", and "The daring book for girls" both best selling fiction of the finer aspects of being a boy and a girl. Resources and linksDiscovery College Library Open Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
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About Battle of the books The BoB progamme was started in Hong Kong in 2001 by Bryant McIntyre, a Teacher Librarian from the USA. The BoB model is based on the original concept formed in Noth Carolina, USA. It is essentially a literature quiz based on a set number of books. There are two categories of the reading programe - Primary School which involves years 5 & 6 and Middle school, which involves years 7&8. In each category the students are asked to read from a list of 20 books. In May, a number of schools in HK battle it out according to regions and a day of rounds. The winners of the rounds move into the "BoB Grand final" where two schools in each category battle it out. This year, Discovery College would like to field two teams from each category, and BoB will be offered as an CCA in term two and three. Mrs McKenzie and Mr Hudson will co-ordinate the teams. For further information on BoB please visit the following website http://bobinhk.com |
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Policies
Purpose of the school library
The purpose of the school library is to provide developmentally appropriate instructional materials and recreational materials so that each student has the potential to develop to the best of his or her ability, mentally exploring the widest possible opportunities. The collection should support the curriculum in all disciplines as well as provide a common body of knowledge.
Access
Library Opening hours : 8.00am - 4.00pm
Access to Library Materials -
Students, teachers and parents have access to most of the library resources, and have borrowing priviledges on the understanding that if any resources are lost or damaged they will be replaced by the borrower. Students may be in the library before school, lunch and after school. They may borrow at any of these times, as well as during their class borrowing times.
Year 1 = 3 items
Year 2 = 4 items
Year 3 = 5 items
Year 4 = 6 items
Year 5 = 7 items
Year 6 = 8 items
Secondary students = 10 items.
Books can be borrowed for 2 weeks, DVD’s and audio books for 1 week and magazines for 3 days. Renewals are available for books and audio books. Only 1 DVD and audio book can be borrowed at a time.
Students cannot borrow if they have overdue resources, and if in year 1-3 they need a library bag to borrow. Students from year 4 need their smart card. This is for identification and to ensure the borrower is who they say they are.
Overdue reminders are sent out every two weeks. If a student has lost a resource they need to approach the circulation counter to be given a letter which outlines the cost of replacing the resource, there is also an administration fee of $30 per item to cover the cost of shipping and processing.
Parents are welcome to join the library, they can borrow up to 10 resources for 2 weeks. They are asked to come between 8.00 – 8:45am and 3.15 – 4.00pm to minimize disruption to classes.
Restricted Access
Some items are restricted to specific borrowers, these include:
Senior Fiction is for students in year 7 and over unless a note is written from parents for year 6 giving permission for specific titles.
All students may not access the teacher resources.
Parents may not borrow from the teachers section unless permission is granted.
Years 1 – 4 cannot borrow the magazines.
Donations
Donations of books, DVD’s and magazines are welcome, however, the selection criteria outlined in the collection development policy be applied to all donations. Any donations not meeting the criteria will be returned to the donor or discarded.
The collection development policy states that all resources need to be appropriate for a school setting and which will support the curriculum or recreational reading in English or other languages. Donations must be good condition. Pages with scribble, tears or yellowing are not acceptable.
A copy of the full library policies is available upon request.
Online databases and encyclopedias
Students will have 24 hours access to the online catalogue and resources. Passwords and instruction on their use will be given in school. Every secondary student is also encouraged to belong to the HK public library so we can access the databases they provide.