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Thank you

okaras — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:55:48 +0000

To all the teachers and students that produced and brought work for us to display during Library and Information Week – Thank you. Your efforts helped St George College Library celebrate the week all the more. Thanks also to the Student Association for providing the prizes for the competitions; much appreciated, and thank you to the teachers who brought their classes to the library during the week to see the displays and enter the competitions.

77 snakes

okaras — Tue, 31 May 2011 04:33:19 +0000

A few of you came close, but amazingly, only one person guessed the right amount of jelly snakes in the jar to win the jar and its contents. Congratulations!

and the winners are…

okaras — Mon, 30 May 2011 05:22:38 +0000

St George College Director Russell Scott did the honours of drawing competition entries for prizes for the Library and Information Week competitions. The four lucky people will be contacted shortly. Congratulations and thank you to all who entered and to the Student Association for donating the prizes.

Last chance to win! Puzzles and quizzes, hunting and guessing

okaras — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:22:17 +0000

A main part of Library and Information Week at St George College Library are the different competitions you can enter to win prizes donated by our Student Association. All you need is a current TAFEcard to go on a treasure hunt to Locate Libby and Leo, enter the Library Quiz, match the word with the picture, or guess the number of snakes in the jar. There is also a maze you can try and draw your way through. Last chance to enter the competitions for fabulous prizes including movie tickets or a USB are by close of Library on Friday 27 May 2011.
Also, come and try to put a piece or two in our Community Jigsaw of an ocean scene.

National Simultaneous Storytime

okaras — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:28:20 +0000

Every year, at many locations around Australia, the same children’s book is read to thousands of people at the same time. National Simultaneous Storytime is held during Library and Information Week and this year it will be held on Wednesday 25th May at 11:00am. This year’s book is “Feathers for Phoebe” by Rod Clement, an Australian tale about appearances not being everything (among other things). St George College Library will be taking part in this event at Kameruka Cottage. The children at the childcare centre have made some beautiful artwork based on the book on display in the library during Library and Information Week.

Resources including Podcasts and an audio book for eReaders are available for download from the National Simultaneous Storytime website at http://www.alia.org.au/storytime/resources.html.

25 years young…

okaras — Tue, 24 May 2011 08:12:20 +0000

St George College Library is celebrating its 25th year of being in Building B. Come and see the history display during Library and Information Week showing the library’s humble beginnings in Montgomery St and Building A, and its construction to be what it is today. Come and celebrate our Silver Jubilee.

St George College Library is a Memorial Library dedicated to the memory of Mr Victor Warren Smith, the Principal of the College from January 1951 to September 1963.

Celebrate Library and Information Week 2011

rjin — Mon, 23 May 2011 06:41:57 +0000

Library and Information Week will be held from Monday 23 – Friday 27 May 2011.
The theme for this year is “Libraries: We find stuff!”

Some of the stuff you will find at St George College Library to celebrate this week are a range of competitions with prizes donated by the Student Assocation.
Come and see the various displays from Architectural Technology, Building, Fashion Design, Graphic Design and Spray Painting.

Watch this space to find out more about what is happening this Library and Information Week at St George College Library.

Library and Information Week- competition winners, community jigsaw etc

mibragimova — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:45:20 +0000

We started out community jigsaw on 24th of May

Jigsaw in progress

When it comes to jigsaw puzzle every single piece is important!

Well done!

Competition winners

Library Quiz

Answers are on whiteboard next to the Front Desk

1^st prize 2 Adult movie

2^ndprize Black leather folder

3^rdprize pack of photographic paper

What is in the box?

Answer: cymbals

Prizes: two 1GB USB flash drives

Guess number of lollies

Answer: 88 lollies

Prize: Jar of lollies goes to one lucky student who guessed the exact number!

Winners has been contacted and invited to the library to collect the prizes.

Thank you to St George College Student Association for the prizes.

Library and Information Week 2010 @ St George College Library

ssummersmorrow — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:52:06 +0000

This is the week when libraries across Australia celebrate LIBRARY AND INFORMATION WEEK. As normal we are marking this occassion at St George with a range of activiteis.

This year the community jigsaw is a 500 piece Australia water birds one.

On Tuesday the children from the college child care center (Kameruka) will be joining us for storytime as we celebrate National Simultaneous Storytime with thousands of other children across Australia.

Wednesday sees us hosting a late morning tea and raising funds for the “Biggest morning tea” as we raise money for cancer research.

There are displays from sections at the college and also daily sessions where librayr staff will be training staff and students of the college in some of our newer products and resources such as the WSGN database, Moodle and more.

Our ever popular competitions are back – “Guess what is in the box”, “Guess how many lollies are in the jar” and our library quiz. All 3 carry some terrific prizes in the main donated by the St George College Student Assocation.

Come along and join us and have some fun and help us celebrate.

What ideas do you our students and staff have that we can implement for Library and Information Week 2011?

What is happening at the Library!

carol.liell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:15:49 +0000

The new semester is well under way and we are now looking towards the Easter break. The Library will be closed from Friday 2nd April until Monday 12th April inclusive. The Library will be closed during this period for a network upgrade. We will be open from Tuesday13th April to Friday 16th April from 9:00am to 3:pm. The second term resumes on Monday 19th April.

Library Week will be a feature of second term. Mark the week 24-28 May in your Diary and come along and join in the fun and activities. We will have the” Biggest Morning Tea” on Wednesday 26th May to raise money for Cancer research.

Library Week & Hemp fashion display

gail.simmons — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Hemp Fashion Display, showing 6 designs from fashion students

Hemp fashion display in library

Library week was a terrific success. Competition winners have been notified and nearly all prizes have been collected.

The book sale and the jigsaw are still in progress

At present, until the end of term, we have a hemp fashion display with six mannequins dressed in garments designed and constructed by our Advanced Diploma in Fashion (Stage 1) students from fabrics donated from HEMPGALLERY.com.au.

Australian Library & Information Week 2009

stacey — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:11 +0000

Well, Library & Information Week 2009 is in full swing at St George College Library. There have been numerous activities to celebrate our week ,such as our 1st ever book sale, a book hospital, the community jigsaw, and National Simultaneous Storytime for the children at Kameruka Cottage (St George College’s Child Care Centre) with plenty of songs and cupcakes (thanks to Carol) .

Three competitions are being run – the ”Crossword”, “Guess how many M&Ms in the jar” and “Passport – getting to know the library.” We hope you have enjoyed Library Week. Thanks to all those who helped celebrate this week with us. Keep checking the blog for a wrap up and photos to follow.

Cheap books

ssummersmorrow — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:53:12 +0000

Australian Library and Information Week is also being used by St George College Library to launch its first ever book sale of old and donated stock.
Most items are only $1 – what a bargain!
The sale will run Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm only, and will continue after Library Week until all items are sold.
Click here to access the information flyer for more details.

Book hospital

ssummersmorrow — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:23:28 +0000

Have you ever wanted to know how library staff manage to achieve that super smooth covering with adhesive plastic? Or how repair books that are showing their fair sign of wear and tear?
Come along to our book hospital and find out. You can bring up to 2 of your person books to repair or cover under the expert guidance of library staff.
There will be 8 book hospital sessions altogether – 4 on Monday 25th and 4 on Thursday 28th. No need to book just turn up.
Click here to access the information flyer.

Library week passport

ssummersmorrow — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:17:10 +0000

The theme for this years Australian Library and Information Week is: “Libraries : your passport to discovery”. In keeping with this theme St George College Library is running a competition in the form of a passport. Students will need to collect a passport and move around the library identifying one aspect of different facilities. Library staff will remove the student information slip from the passport and enter the student into the prize draw.
Click here to access the passport information flyer.

Australian Library and Information Week – Crossword

ssummersmorrow — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:08:00 +0000

One of the competitions that we will be running during Australian Library and Information Week is a library themed crossword. Three prizes will be given to the first 3 correct entries drawn. The prizes are being supplied by the St George College Student Association. Entries need to be handed in by 6pm Friday 29th May 2009.
Click here to open a printable copy of the crossword.