Monday, May 4, 2009

Library House Competition Term One

The Library House Competition is ON again. Last year, as published in the College magazine page 11, Barker won 4 points, Pisa 3, Roy 2 and Iron 1.

The rules are:
- The number of books issued by each student add points to his or her House;
- The number of overdue days remove points;
- Books that are returned on the day of the issue are not included. Do not try to borrow a book and drop it off immediately. It does not count!

This competition has been organised:
- to encourage you to borrow more books (and to actually issue them, otherwise it is not counted)
- to encourage you to return your books on time
- to promote a whanau culture of managing books
- to add a cultural aspect to the house competition which is otherwise pretty much sportive.

First term results

- Barker is ahead already this year, with more books issued and less overdue penalties.
- Iron MUST borrow more books.
- Pisa borrows enough books but MUST improve its returns habits.
- Roy can improve both.

Next week, I will distribute overdue listings to whanau teachers. Make a point to return those books promptly, collectively. Thus you save penalties to your house AND you avoid the 50 cts invoicing fee.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Audiobooks & Multimedia section

An audiobook is a reading of a book by the author or by an actor recorded on tape or CD.
MACLIC has a collection of 50 audiobooks which you can borrow, together with the book, if you wish to follow the text. Listening to an audiobook is a bit like being read aloud, it is easy and lively. It is great when you travel. If you struggle to read, audiobooks will help you greatly and will offer you the pleasure of discovering a story.

MACLIC also offers more than 20 selected or donated documentaries DVD and videos.

You will also find a few music CDs, mainly donated by Real Groove and NZ Symphonic Orchestra.

Have a look next to the library office. Ask the librarian for the CDs.
Click here for the list of all the section's titles: http://maclic.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/audiobooks-multimedia.pdf