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The library at Merrimac SHS is the hub of literacy and leisure. Everyone at school has a close and immediate access to a welcoming and well organised collection of library resources that is appropriate to their educational needs and interests. The library is open every school day including morning tea, lunch times and before and after school, and is ably managed by the teacher librarian and two library assistants.
Aims of the library
- To support the educational goals of the school and promote life-long independent learning
- To support the teaching and learning of students through the provision of relevant materials
- To work co-operatively with teachers and students in developing and implementing information literacy skills
- To provide students with relevant resources so as to nurture their love of reading
Services
The library is the school’s information centre and uses collaborative strategies to integrate the process of learning across the curriculum. In this environment, the staff of the school library resource centre works with teachers and school management to provide:
- Students with learning contexts, processes and skills as well as opportunities for personal growth and fulfilment
- Teachers with the support they need to develop information-literate students
- Resources to cater for curriculum needs
- The services and technologies needed to gain maximum access to information
- Advice in personal selection of reading resources
Facilities
- Fully computerised catalogue
- Word processing and printing facilities
- Digital cameras, audio cassette and cd players
- Photocopying facilities
- Overhead projectors and screens
- Display areas for student work
- Computers for CD-Rom access as well as other computer programs
- In-house Careers centre which has career-related materials
- Three teaching areas
- One open reading area
- Internet access
- Digital video library
- AV/Seminar room - equipped with data projector and surround-sound speakers for multi-media presentations
Resources
- Over 20 000 fiction, non-fiction and reference books
- Video recordings and DVDs to support curriculum directions
- Periodical collections
- Daily newspapers
- Map and poster collections
- Newspaper clippings and vertical file
- Access to CD Rom encyclopaedia and other databases
- Intranet
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