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Welcome to the SBHS Libraries
 
There are two Libraries at Sydney Boys High - the K J Andrew’s Junior Library and the McDonald Senior Library. Past parent donations for buildings and present parent donations to the Library Fund has allowed the establishment of two well-resourced libraries. Both libraries open early. Our libraries are extremely well used and popular, with 131,000 students visiting in the last 12-month period. It is our libraries’ policy to nurture High’s uniquely talented students by providing quality learning environments and a chance to experience maximum engagement via increasingly on-line, 24/7 resources. Both libraries work in concert to offer students generous opportunities to access online resources 24/7 for self- directed learning and a constantly refreshed range of young adult literature and popular high interest non-fiction titles, 3000 eBooks, ClickView educational videos, LinksPlus curated educational websites and Issues in Society PDF’s via Oliver search. Our two libraries share the web-based Oliver/SoftLink library management system. Students can search our catalogue from school or home. They can borrow eBooks or watch ClickView videos from school, home or holiday destinations. They log in via their own personal Oliver account to do this and can see their overdues, borrowing history or renew books from a distance using Oliver online and through their student Portal. Both libraries allow students to borrow up to 10 hard copy books and magazines plus additional online resources. The loan period for paper resources is one month with an opportunity to renew for a second month. The eBook loan period is two weeks. High use items such as Study Guides or magazines have a one week loan period. Our busy students are encouraged to borrow during the holiday period by our librarians. Both libraries maintain the Oliver News Page to display new books, links to Reading Lists and direct links to subscription databases such as Britannica Online Encyclopaedia, ClickView (videos), LinksPlus (websites) and Wheelers or OverDrive eBooks. Students are able to do Advanced and Federated searches using Search Other Sources to combine State Library resources, Google Scholar, Google Books, ProQuest and so on with any library search and well as search results for other subscription databases above. Students are regularly emailed library information such as a monthly email about new resources, the annual library survey, or requests to return or renew books. Both Libraries run “Events” throughout the school year including the Chess King blitz Chess Competition, Author visits such as a talk by Phillip Wilcox Slam Poet as well as Film Festival and the Harmony Day book to movie film week. The KJ Andrews Junior LibraryAs the Andrews Library is more commodious than the McDonald Library it is open and welcoming to both Senior and Juniors. 83,000 students visited the Andrews Library over the past twelve months. Opening hours:
The KJ Andrews Library consists of:
Mr Rodney Love The McDonald Senior Library
The Senior Library at Sydney High is open to Senior School students (Years 10, 11 & 12). Junior students have access when they need to request items from the Senior Library at any time. Opening hours:
If the Senior Library is closed during school hours, students can use the Junior Library. The Senior Library collection consists of:
In addition, the Senior Library offers research assistance and reader advisory from the Teacher Librarian. All students in Year 10 participate in the State Library program, join the library, and learn how to access and use the e-resources available. The Senior Library also holds regular literary and reading promotional events such as author visits, book days and film showings throughout the year. Other Services offered by the Senior Library:
Please feel free to contact to the library staff: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ms Beth Hinton |
Sydney Boys High School
