KRC Update – November 29, 2018

KRC holiday opening hours

The KRC will close for the holidays on December 12. We wish you all a wonderful holiday. The KRC will reopen for study and borrowing during the holidays on January 21, 2019.

Holiday reading

eBooks & eResources

eBooks are available for all students through our eBook platform here

We have a range of fiction and non-fiction books covering a variety of genres. Students can use their St Pat’s log in details to borrow eBooks.

We also have a wide range of eResouces including a subscription to Choice -“ the consumer advocacy group in Australia that tests products to give independent reviews. Click here to access our databases.

eMagazines

Students can read the latest edition of the following magazines online or through the Flipster app. Click here to see how.

To read newspapers from around the world go here!

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Author /Illustrator Talk

Earlier this term our very own Classroom Assistant Karla Strambini talked about her picture book, The Extraordinary Mr Qwerty. We learnt about the different stages of production and some of the challenges in working with editors, graphic designers and international publishing houses. Karla gave two presentations, one to our students and the other to our local school library network. Both were very well received.

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New directions

In my last Crest article as Director of the Kelty Resource Centre, I’d like to thank the KRC Team for their humour, creativity and hard work. From our early arrivals at 8.00 until the last students working at 5.00, the KRC Team support our students’ various learning needs. With the Team’s knowledge of Young Adult fiction and the rules of many games like Uno, they also support the recreational needs of the College community. I am pleased to leave the KRC in the capable hands of Leonie Darken who takes up the position of Director of Library and Information Services next year.

We wish you a wonderful holiday.

Happy reading!

Ms Julia Petrov

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