Exciting Times

In January, our school will be transforming into a Trust School, with close links to neighbouring establishments and the University of Hertfordshire. We recently attended a meeting with them about the possibilities of allowing our students and staff access to their well stocked LRCs, and to our delight, they’re in complete agreement about going forward with this. This means that when it’s all set up (hopefully well before the next academic year), we’ll have access to all of their e-resources, journal and database subscriptions, with access to the LRCs for all of our students on a reference basis, and hopefully interlibrary loans, if we can arrange the logistics. What’s so wonderful about this is that this means access to advanced resources that we could never dream of affording. Our Information Literacy course for sixth form can be expanded to include an induction to the University LRCs, so those who go on to study at University will have a huge head start. For more information about the University’s LRCs, please follow this link.

There is also the possibility that the library will start to stock Kindles from next Easter. There’s a lot to look into in terms of licensing, but keep your fingers crossed! At the very least, they’ll be stocked with the freely available classics, and we can look at buying ebooks for requested titles.

And of course, most importantly, it’s nearly Christmas! The library is looking gorgeous, decked out in fairy lights and strewn with snowflakes, so a big thank you to all who have made decorations. Also thank you to the IT support folks who borked Eclipse for a day so that Miss A had to spend a day cutting out paper and sticking it everywhere. Aces.