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The Dixie Grammar School

Junior School Library

Library Services & Resources for Staff

The Junior School Library is developing to support teaching and learning, and also to extend the curriculum. This booklet outlines of some of the main resources and services the Library has to offer. The Junior School Library is also a part of a virtual service offered across the whole school—Library Online Services. The last part of the booklet explains more about our local Schools Library Service, LSE.

1) Staffing Professional Librarian: Mrs Anne Robinson School Library Association School Librarian of the Year 2005 for the UK. I manage the resources, services and facilities across the libraries at the Junior and Senior Schools. I work alongside the Library Co-ordinator, Mrs Enston, at the Junior School. My role is to plan and deliver research and study skills lessons, inductions for students and staff, INSET, reading development, ICT skills development and extra-curricular activities in collaboration with teaching staff. We hope to be able to extend more of this kind of work to the Junior School in the future. I work full-time 8.15-5.15 and spend two mornings each week at the Junior School. Email: library@dixie.org.uk Telephone: 01455292244 ext: 225 Library Co-ordinator: Mrs Debra Enston Mrs Enston organises an exciting range of events and activities throughout the year in the Junior School Library to encourage reading and literacy. She also manages the Student Helper Team, alongside her very busy teaching commitments.

Library Services & Resources for Staff

2) About our Library The Library is situated on the top floor of the main building opposite the ICT Room. Since the Summer of 2011, we have been re-developing the Library including: a. Weeding the existing stock to remove out-dated and damaged books. b. Cataloguing the remaining books onto a computerised Library Management

System, Junior Librarian. c. Labelling the stock to help students and staff find books more easily. d. Re-arranging the shelving to enable a logical flow. e. Making new guiding to help with location and selection. f. Putting up new displays. g. Purchasing loads of new books and cataloguing them onto Junior Librarian. h. Monitoring and posting about our progress on the Library website—Library Online. i. Setting up new management systems for the Library. j. Creating publications with teaching materials and guidance on using the Library.

3) Resources Print Resources:

Fiction: including Picture Books, Disney Corner, First Reads, and general fiction. Non-fiction: to support and extend the curriculum. Displays, booklists and reviewing magazines: we hope to make more of these

available soon. Digital and Online Resources:

Research Guides: this is a service I offer to the Senior School, but it could easily be extended to the Juniors. I collect and organise a range of evaluated websites to support any curriculum subject. These are then made into a Research Guide on our LibGuides platform with videos, books, downloadable materials and so on. The look and feel of the platform is very flexible and could be made more appropriate for Junior pupils.

For examples, see our Research Guides on LibGuides: http://library-online.libguides.com/index.php

Subscription Databases: We now have a series of superb online subscription databases available, through our subscription to LSE (see below), for use by staff and students. These are suitable for a range of subjects. More may be added during the year—please ask me for access details and training.

If you are a member of the public library, then you will be able to access an extensive range of online resources. There is a link to these from our website, Library Online—see URL below.

Library Online Services: Our libraries have an extensive range of websites

designed to support and extend our services—Library Online Services. This virtual library is available any time anywhere with library information, reading guides, rolling news feeds, downloadable resources and much more! Please ask me for a demonstration of how these services can support your work.

Our main website, Library Online: http://library-online.org.uk

Resource Collections from LSE (see also last two pages): We subscribe to LSE, our local Schools Library Service. This enables me to borrow collections of books on your behalf. These resources may be used in the Library or your classroom. All staff have personal membership and can borrow a range of resources, including artefacts and DVDs. It is helpful if you can let me know your requests with plenty of notice as I visit LSE during most school holidays. The books are then delivered by LSE to the school and I catalogue and box them up for you.

Senior School (Junior School Staff are welcome to use these if you wish)

Credo Reference Essential Articles Guardian and Observer Digital

Archive

History Study Center Philip Allan Archives Science Reference Center

Junior School

Curriculum Visions - access via Library Online or use this URL: http://www.curriculumvisions.com/

Ask your Librarian for the username and password.

4) Library Layout and Organisation The plan below shows the current layout of the Library shelving:

General Fiction Books (Stories): General Fiction is shelved in the order of the Author’s Surname. e.g. Roald Dahl’s books can be found at Each book is labelled with the first three letters of the Author’s Surname. The sequence starts by the Fire Exit with A and ends on the shelves next to the Main Entrance with Z. There are shelf guides to help students to find their books. Picture Books, First Reads and Disney: Picture books are housed in the Kinderbox. First Reads are shelved on the Yellow Shelf between the main door and the kinderbox. They are not in any particular order. Christmas books are on the yellow shelf. Disney books are in Disney Corner! They are not in any particular order.

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Non-fiction Books (Facts/Information): Non-fiction is shelved by Subject. Our books have been classified according to the Dewey Decimal System as used in most Public Libraries. This number system keeps books on the same subject close together. They are also colour coded to help younger students. Every book has the correct colour for the subject with the Dewey number label on top like this: The shelves have guiding to help with location and we have posters and Subject Indexes available. Please ask me if you would like more guidance on any aspect of helping students to locate books. The table below shows the main Subject Areas, their Dewey Numbers and the Colour Code we are using:

Dewey Codes Subjects Colour Code

000-099 General Knowledge & Computers

Pink

100-199 The Mind Grey

200-299 Religions Dark Blue

300-399 Society Red

400-499 Languages Purple

500-599 Science & Maths Light Green

600-699 Technology, Human Body, Pets, Cooking

Orange

700-799 Arts, Music, Sport Yellow

800-899 Literature, Poetry Light Blue

900-999 Geography & History Dark Green

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5) Borrowing from the Library All books are catalogued onto Junior Librarian, our Library Management System, when they arrive. Everyone must borrow books using Junior Librarian—even if a book is only going to be taken out of the Library for a short while. This enables efficient stock management and gives us useful statistics which then feed back into future stock purchases. All books borrowed on your behalf from LSE are also catalogued onto Junior Librarian and issued to you, so that I can keep a record of what we have in school. Please encourage your students to borrow books and return them on time! Full details of how to use Junior Librarian to issue and return books can be found in the red folder on the desk. Please ask me or Mrs Enston if you are unsure how to use Junior Librarian.

6) Reading Development Encouraging our students to read: You are welcome to bring your classes in once a week to use the Library for reading and borrowing books. I am hoping to make some leaflets to support this work. Please let me know what your students enjoy reading and encourage them to leave messages for me in the Message Book on the desk. Mrs Enston undertakes other activities to support reading such as managing the Puffin Club, book fairs and competitions. Please talk to her if you want any more information.

7) Information Literacy Skills Developing skills for the future: Research and Study Skills: At the Senior School I offer support with teaching

research and study skills such as planning research, locating and evaluating information, citing sources, avoiding plagiarism and creating bibliographies. I am planning to offer this kind of service to you in the future, using the Library and ICT Room as a whole space.

8) Management Information Useful statistical information: The Junior Librarian Library Management System enables me to produce useful

reports on borrowing figures by gender, class and year. You will be sent the borrower histories for all students in your class each term. Please ask if you would like any other borrowing information for a class or individual student.

9) Feedback Please give me and Mrs Enston feedback about our library services—the more you tell us, the better we can make the service for you and your students!

I hope this quick tour of our Library resources and services has been useful to you!

The Dixie Grammar School, Library Services 2013

LSE Services—our local Schools Library Service Library Services for Education is a team of professional library and information specialists, based at County Hall. They provide a fantastic range of resources and services that we can access as a

school through our annual subscription.

Opening times: Mon-Wed 9.00-5.30 Thu 9.00-6.00

Fri 9.00-5.00

Contact details: Eastern Annex, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8SS Tel: 0116 305 3800 Fax: 0116 305 3839

Email: lse@leics.gov.uk

Project collections: We can borrow boxes of books to support specific areas of the curriculum. These can be used in the Library or in the classroom. To order a collection, please see me, giving a few weeks notice. I will then go to LSE and select books for these collections on your behalf. The collection may then be kept in school for a term and must be returned complete and in good condition. Other Services: Access to online databases—Credo Reference, Curriculum Visions, Guardian and

Observer Digital Archive, History Study Center, Philip Allan Archives, Science Reference Center.

Reading Group sets. Artefact boxes—mainly multicultural subjects and RE—full list on next page. Professional advice and INSET. Whiteboard resources. Publications including booklists, library management titles etc. Personal Membership For all school staff Borrow up to 6 items at a time for 6 weeks. Choose from the wide selection of resources at County Hall:

books, videos, DVDs, CDs professional development resources

Please see me if you need any further information about this service.

Multicultural, R.E. & Curriculum Resources Centre

Eastern Annex, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8SS Tel: 0116 305 3800 Fax: 0116 305 3839

Email: lse@leics.gov.uk

ARTEFACT BOXES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN Please note that demand for artefacts is high so book in plenty of time.

FAITHS & FESTIVALS:

BUDDHISM HINDUISM BUDDHIST FAITH CHILD HINDUISM NAVRATRI

CHRISTIAN CHILD ISLAM

CHRISTIAN CREATION STORY (FS/KS1) ISLAM (FS) CHRISTIANITY MUSLIM CHILD

CHRISTIANITY EASTER JEWISH FESTIVALS (FS)

CHRISTIANITY HARVEST FESTIVAL JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY NOAH'S ARK (FS) JUDAISM (FS)

CHRISTIANITY PICTURING JESUS JUDAISM BAR MITZVAH

CHRISTMAS (FS) JUDAISM HANUKKAH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS JUDAISM STARTING POINT

DIWALI SACRED TEXTS

FAITH THROUGH THE ARTS SIGNS & SYMBOLS HINDU GODS SIKH CHILD

SIKHISM MULTICULTURAL SUBJECTS AND OTHER ITEMS:

ABORIGINES INDIAN TEXTILES

AFRICA INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE (Chembakolli) AFRICAN CARVINGS INDIAN WEDDING

AFRICAN MUSIC HINDU/SIKH WEDDING

AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS ISLAMIC DESIGN AFRICAN TEXTILES JAPAN

ASIA JAPANESE LIFE

ASIAN FASHION KENYA AUSTRALIA MASKS AROUND THE WORLD

CARIBBEAN SEASIDE MASKS

CARVINGS MEXICO (including Tocuaro) CASAS ESPANOLES MIDDLE EAST CERAMICS MOROCCO/TUNISIA

CHILDREN OF THE WORLD MOROCCO

CHINA MULTICULTURAL DRESSING UP CHINESE DRAGON HEADS MULTICULTURAL PUPPETS (FS/KS1)

CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NATIVE AMERICANS

CHINESE NEW YEAR (FS) PERUVIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CHINESE NEW YEAR PUPPETS (FS/KS1)

CHINESE PUPPETS (MIXED)

CONTAINERS, BOXES & BOWLS PUPPETS (WORLD) DES TRUCS FRANCAIS RAINFORESTS

DOLLS DISABILITY (FS/KS1) RECYCLING

DOLLS ST LUCIA FLAGS SOUTH AMERICA

GAMBIA SOUTH ASIAN COOKING UTENSILS INDIA SOUTH ASIAN TEXTILES

INDIAN CLOTHES STEEL PANS

INDIAN TEXTILES THAILAND INDIAN CULTURE WORLD TEXTILES

INDIAN LIFE WORLD TOYS

INDIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

We may borrow two artefact boxes at any one time. Please ask me and I will organise this on your behalf.