Romsey School Library

About the Library

The Library opened in its present location in September 1997. It is housed in a purpose-built centre adjoining an I.C.T. suite. Fundraising by parents and pupils helped pay for this exciting and modern facility.

Opening Times Library Staff How to Use the Library Resources Other Facilities

Opening Times

The Library is open every school day from 8-30am until 4-00pm. Anyone may visit the Library before or after school, break or lunch time. Pupils may also be sent to work or research in the Library during lessons or come as part of a timetabled lesson.

Behaviour in the Library should be according to the Library Code of Conduct.

Library Staff

Mrs Fiona Crowther Full-time Librarian	Mrs Maureen Cardy Reprographics Technician	Miss Fiona Hardy Teacher responsible for the Library	Mrs Jane Potts Curriculum Manager, English

A team of pupil librarians from Years 8 and 9 help in the Library at break and lunch time each day.

How to use the Library

The Library is fully computerised and the catalogue of resources, “Searchstar”, is networked to all computers in school, for easy access by pupils and staff.

Pupils are “fingerprinted” when they join the school. Their fingerprint is used to access their library file. This means that library cards are not necessary and the confusion of pupils borrowing resources in another pupil’s name is avoided.

Pupils may borrow two items at a time. Loans are for two weeks. Overdue items are charged at a rate of 2p per day to a maximum of £2 per item.

Resources

There are around 10,000 books in the Library. These include around 3,000 fiction titles and a reference section of around 1,000 books. There are books covering all the curriculum areas at all levels and many books on hobbies and interests. There are also some books on tape.
New books are added to the Library frequently.

There is a substantial video library. There are over 800 videos in the staff video loan library and over 250 videos for loan to pupils. These include films, classic serials and educational videos, such as GCSE Bitesize. Pupils may borrow videos on an overnight loan.

The Library subscribes to a variety of newspapers and magazines. We take the Times and the Daily Echo and magazines including Top Gear, BBC Wildlife, Good Food, Which, Books for Keeps, Hindsight and Catalyst.

There are several networked computers in the Library. They all have internet access, applications such as Word, Publisher, Excel and access to Searchstar, the Library catalogue

Other Facilities

There is a photocopier for use by staff and pupils. A4 copies cost pupils 5p each.

The Audio-Visual Room has a computer with editing facilities. This is mainly used by the Media Studies department. There are also facilities for small groups of pupils to watch videos.

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