It’s been fantastic to see students and staff settling into the new library, discovering favourite couches, tables or lounges to sit and do work or read a book.

Speaking of new discoveries, I hope that many students have already discovered the newest additions for their seating comfort—our fabulous new black beanbags!

They can be found scattered about the library, but just a reminder for shoes to come off if you plan on putting your feet on them. And while I’m reminding you about behaviour expectations, please remember that there is to be no food or drink brought into or consumed in the library (bottled water with a lid on is okay).

We’ve also received several new issues of our new magazines. Last week saw new issues of the following make it onto the shelves:

• ABC Football
• The Economist
• Four Four Two (shipped directly from the UK!)
• Modern Fishing
• Rugby League

So if you haven’t already found the beanbags, come in, check them out and take a seat, perhaps with one of our new magazines!

Library staff have also been settling into the new library too. We’ve been busily running orientation sessions for staff and students. I’m inviting Heads of Department to hold their departmental meetings in the library, so I can show them all of the fabulous resources that the library has to support their teaching and their students’ research and reading.

We’ve also commenced orientations for students, starting with Year 7. Mr Carron, Ms Jagger and I have been running sessions which have seen our new Year 7 students wandering around the library, discovering all of the different collections and accessing our online catalogue (OPAC) using the very cool new touch screen computers.

So a very busy start to the term for the library, and we look forward to an even busier rest of the year!

Ms Choi
Head of Library Services