South Street Library
 
 
 
 
 
 

The South Street Library is situated on the upper floor of the main 1833 building, as viewed from South Street, above the Rector’s Office and and the School Office.

Opening times:
Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri Open during classtimes;
for the first 10 min of interval;
lunchtimes from 1:20;
and after school to 4.30.

Thursday

CLOSED to S4 and S5. Open to S6 during classtime only.

 

 
Facilities

The Main Library area seats 60 people.

It also has has an IT Area, with 12 PCs, usually used for individual research and word processing. There is a mono laser printer.

Personal laptops may be used in the Library, but may not be plugged in to the mains sockets.

The Library also manages an IT suite, the LRC (Learning Resources Centre), which is a teaching room with 20 PCs, for staff to use with pupils.

 

Resources

Books

South Street Library has a stock of over 4,000 fiction books, including some audiobooks; and 7,000 non-fiction.

We subscribe to a daily national newspaper and a weekly local paper, and offer journals and magazines. There are separate collections:

  • Local history and local information,
  • Newspaper cuttings
  • Everyman’s Millennium Library (Classics from the past 2000 years in English)

A Careers Library is set up in the Library, which includes information on Colleges and Universities

 

Borrowing

Pupils are allowed one fiction book and one non-fiction book at a time. This is only reduced if there is a history of books being returned overdue.

  • Pupils may borrow one fiction book (or audiobook) and one non-fiction at a time. Extra books may be borrowed by pupils taking Advanced Higher courses, by arrangement with Library staff.
  • Books are issued for a two-week period. If pupils are due to have a planned absence (eg hospital or holiday) they can arrange an extension at the time of issue. Books may be returned at any time before the due date.
  • Loans may be renewed, but the book must be presented to be restamped.
  • If books become overdue, no further books are issued until the loan is cleared.
  • Pupils are responsible for the items they take out. If any are lost or damaged, they are charged a replacement cost.
  • Overdue reminders are sent to class. If we get no result from the reminder, or if we are approaching a holiday period, letters are sent home with a note of the replacement cost due if the book cannot be returned.
  • Books must be returned to Library staff to be "discharged" from the reader's record on the Library system. If the Library is closed, books may be handed in to the Main School Office. Pupils wishing to renew loans when the Library is closed should leave the book with the School Office, together with a note requesting a loan extension,  and the book will be passed back to them at Registration or in their English period the following day.
 
 
 

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