Borrowing
Hand your CanDo card to Library staff.
Books are issued for 3 weeks; you can loan up to 5 books at a time.
Juniors are welcome to borrow Senior Fiction at the discretion of your teacher or the Librarian.
Our Fiction collection includes Quick Reads, Classic Reads, Short Stories and Graphic Novels.
Vertical File material and magazines may be borrowed for one week— these contain information on a range of topics and is collated from magazines and newspapers.
You may borrow over the holidays during the school year.
Reference books must not be taken out of the Library.
Permission Slips Students visiting the Library without a teacher during class time must hand to Library staff their permission slip. The completed slip is returned to the students, who give it to the teacher in class upon their return.
Renewals If you have not finished reading a book when the 3 week limit has expired, see Library staff for further renewal. Do not pass a book on to a friend. If a book goes missing, the person whose name is last on our records is responsible for its replacement.
Returns
Place resources in the Returns box near the Issues window.
Return resources promptly; they are provided for the whole school.
Students with overdues might be refused permission to borrow further resources. You will be notified during house group if you have overdues. Replacement costs for books are: $40.00 for fiction and non fiction.
Requests
Complete a yellow request slip (at the Issues window) and hand to Library staff or fill in the whiteboard located near the entrance.
Reserves Popular resources for assignments are likely to be placed on reserve, so that all students have equal access. These books are to be used in the Library, not taken out.