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

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

Why improve the Library?

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

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

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

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

A reading space

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Richard Steele

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Richard Steele

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

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

A teaching and learning space

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

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

Space for your imagination

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

So what will our new library look like?

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

So – how can we find out?

Survey of staff and students

Look at our Library Online Website http://library-online.org.uk

Look at our

Library Online Website

Sources Pictures are from the Flickr website at: http://www.flickr.com by m kasahara, angela_trigg, paulbence, square_eye, premiardiego, Terinea, Stewf etc. Wordle image created at: http://www.wordle.com Library pictures from a range of school librarians from the SLN mailing list and also DEMCO, Point Eight library design companies.

Pictures are from the Flickr website at:

http://www.flickr.com

by m kasahara, angela_trigg, paulbence, square_eye, premiardiego, Terinea, Stewf etc.

Wordle image created at:

http://www.wordle.com

Library pictures from a range of school librarians from the SLN mailing list and also DEMCO, Point Eight library design companies.