Presentation shown in Assembly on 25/11/08

1. The Dixie Grammar School Developing a Library for the 21 st Century

2. The school has appointed our first Chartered Librarian to help us to develop our Library Mrs Robinson was the School Library Association’s School Librarian of the Year in 2005

4. Why improve the Library?

5. “ A good education is a gift that lasts forever ” The Dixie Grammar School

6. “ What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education ” Harold Howe, former U.S Commissioner of Education

7. What kind of Library do we want? Maybe not this one!

9. What is a school library for? What kind of space ?

11. A reading space

13. … doesn’t always have to be from books Reading….

14. Websites Magazines Newspapers E-books … are all forms of reading! Comics Manga Graphic novels

15. A teaching and learning space

16. Learning research and study skills Learning how to find information And when you have found it… … learning how to assess it and use it

17. Learning how to use new technologies … to enhance your learning …

20. Space for your imagination

21. ICT development Extra- curricular activities Leisure & relaxation Study, coursework & homework Teaching & learning Research skills Reading development Library

22. So what will our new library look like?

37. We want to know what you think… … what do you want your library to be like?

39. So – how can we find out?

40. Survey of staff and students