Library and Resource Centre
Welcome to the Glen Eira College Library and Resource Centre. Our aim is to provide quality resources, services and technologies to ensure successful and rewarding outcomes for all of our students.
In addition to providing resources that support and enrich learning and promote the enjoyment of reading, the library provides a caring and inclusive environment well patronized by both students and staff.
Lunchtime activities include:
Book Club
Chess Club
Trivia Quiz
Board Games
After School Activities include:
High Achievers' Club
Homework Help
Instructions in the use of e-Resources and Web 2.0 technologies
The Library is Staffed by:
Ms. Carmel Eyre – College Librarian
Mrs. Evelyne Reichmann – Library Technician
Opening Hours:
9.00 am – 4.30 pm
The National Year of Reading 2012
'Is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It's about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It's about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it's about Australians becoming a nation of readers'. (National Year of Reading website).
The Glen Eira College Library, is committed to providing an environment conducive to the promotion of reading for pleasure. Author visits, literary competitions, scheduled reading programs as well as a number of lunchtime activities have been planned for 2012. The acquisition of fiction will be a library priority with greater emphasis placed on student involvement in text selection.
In recognizing the National Year of Reading, a number of special events have been organised for Term 2.
They include:
The Great Debate - Are Libraries necessary?
Write a book in a day
Book Talk (Penguin Publishing)
State Library of Victoria
To fully prepare our Year 11 and 12 students for the year ahead, all VCE students attended an Information Skills workshop at the State Library of Victoria. Beginning with a tour of the Library and the various exhibitions, an Information Skills workshop followed. Concentrating on a number of areas, such as, study techniques, research skills and accessing and using e-resources, in particular, databases; the excursion proved to be extremely useful with very positive feedback from our senior students.
Electronic Databases and Search Engines
Please note: Echo can be accessed using the following details:
Username: gleneira Password: sunrose
In order to access the State Library of Victoria's (SLV) databases you will need to be a member of the SLV. Membership can be completed on-line and is an invaluable research tool allowing users remote access to a large number of subject specific databases at no cost to the user.
Search Engines
