• To provide a service which supports the curricular, recreational and developmental needs of all its users, both staff and pupils.
• To enable all pupils to achieve their full potential by providing them with access to a wide range of resources suitable for their needs.
• To equip pupils with Library and information handling skills which will enable them to use information beneficially and encourage pupils to appreciate the benefits of lifelong learning.
• To promote and encourage reading.

• S1 - S4 - can borrow up to 4 items
• S5 - S6 - can borrow up to 10 items
• Resources can be borrowed for up to 3 weeks which can be extended if required
• Reservations can be made on items that may be out on loan

Die Deutsche Ecke, or German Book Corner was set up with funding from the Goethe Institut to support our partnership with the German Federal Government - Schulen: Partner der Zukunft.

This partnership aims to encourage links with Germany and to promote the learning and teaching of German.

Die Deutsche Ecke resources include:

• a range of books written by German authors in German or translated into English
• a small collection of German teenage magazines
• a small selection of German language film DVDs
• iPads with a variety of German Language Apps are also available for pupils to use

These resources can be borrowed in the same way as library books and help to improve pupils' German language skills, enjoy German authors and learn about Germany and German culture.

We also have Die Deutsche Ecke notice board which displays work produced by pupils studying German.

Our school library subscribes to ePlatform’s eBooks service.  This provides pupils and staff at Bishopbriggs Academy with access to almost 3000 eBooks. Visit https://bishopbriggsacademy.eplatform.co/ to browse and select an eBook to read on your mobile phone, tablet or PC.

You can obtain your username and password by speaking to Mrs Thomas, school librarian or by emailing kmthomas@bishopbriggs.e-dunbarton.sch.uk

Pupils and staff can download two eBooks at any one time and they will automatically be removed from your account at the end of the two week loan period. No more overdue book reminders! If you are not finished the eBook, you will be able to download the eBook for a further two weeks providing it has not been reserved by another borrower. You are also able to reserve books which are currently on loan to another borrower.

Guidance on accessing and downloading eBooks from ePlatform

The Library has over 4000 fiction books to choose from. These books are split in to two sections - Fiction, which can be read by all pupils and Senior Fction which contains titles more suited to pupils in S4 - S6 and staff. If a younger pupil wishes to borrow a Senior Fiction book a permission slip is completed and sent home to parents before the book is issued to the pupil.

Fiction books are arranged on the shelves in alphabetical order by the author's surname.

For example

     Asquith, Ros

     Breslin, Theresa

     Higson, Charlie

     Horowitz, Anthony

     Hutton, Sam

     Laird, Elizabeth

Pupils are encouraged to suggest new titles for the Library. Some of the most popular authors this session include:

Karen McManus, Matt and Tom Oldfield, David Walliams, Becky Albertalli, Liz Pichon, Onjali Q. Rauf, Adam Silvera, Hajime Isayama, Sarah J. Maas and Tom Palmer.

Non-fiction books are FACT books. We read them for information. For example books on animals, cars, fashion, sports and different religions would all be found in the non-fiction section of the Library. The Library has approximately 3500 non-fiction books.

Non-fiction books are arranged on the shelves by subject. To keep books on the same subject together, we use the Dewey Decimal Classification Sysytem. This system was first introduced to libraries in the nineteenth century and is constantly updated to take account of new information. Many libraries use this method of organising non-fiction books. Using a numbering system it enables libraries to keep books on the same or similar subjects together. The Dewey Decimal Classification divides all knowledge in to ten main categories. These are

000 General works (including encyclopaedias)

100 Philosophy and Psychology

200 Religion

300 Social Sciences

400 Languages

500 Science and Mathematics

600 Technology (Applied Science)

700 The Arts, Sports and Recreation

800 Literature

900 Geography and History

Within a subject area, subjects (and books) can be classified from a very general subject to a very specific subject. As a subject gets more specific, the Dewey number gets longer.

For example

500 Science and Mathematics

    530 Physics

         537 Electricity

              537.5 Electronics

                     537.535 X-Rays

The Dewey number is marked on the spine of a book and on the label inside the book.

EDLCT

East Dunbartonshire Libraries provide free online access to a wide range of resources including eBooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, comics and newspapers.  You can access use by using your library card or join online.

Pupils who live in Glasgow, can access a similar service from Glasgow Life.  Join at https://libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/joinlogin

 Complete Issues and Issues Online

 The school library subscribes to www.completeissues.co.uk and www.issuesonline.co.uk . These websites provide access to a wide range of relevant, accurate and up to date articles, statistics and infographics. All resources have been checked and are suitable for use by secondary school pupils.  In many cases, links to appropriate websites are also provided. 

 To access these websites, please contact Mrs Thomas (kmthomas@bishopbriggs.e-dunbarton.sch.uk) for the usernames and passwords.

Bright Red Publishing

Online access to a wide range of resources supporting the Scottish curriculum.

Harper Collins

Free resources for the Scottish curriculum.

Authorfy

Free to join, lots of authors reading their work, creative writing challenges and activities to do.

Gutenberg Project

A library of over 60,000 copyright free eBooks. Choose from free ePublications and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online.  

National Parent Forum of Scotland

Links to a range of resources supporting the Scottish curriculum.

BBC

Range of resources supporting the Scottish curriculum.

Scottish Book Trust

The SBT provides a wide range of information on children’s books and authors. 

In addition, https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand provides recordings of many interviews with superb children’s authors.

Opening hours (out with class time):

The Reference Library contains books which cannot be borrowed to be taken home.  They can be borrowed for use within a class for a short period of time.  Books in the Reference Library include:

Encyclopaedias - both full sets such as World Book and the Encyclopaedia Britannica and single volumes such as The Glasgow Encyclopedia

Dictionaries - English language and foreign language dictionaries

Almanacs

Maps, atlases and street directories

Biographical dictionaries

Guinness World Records

Rare books - for example, the Library has a small collection of books on local man and political reformer, Thomas Muir.  Some of these books are now out of print and cannot be replaced.

Books produced by the school - for example school year books and poetry books produced by pupils.  These are only in print for a short time and cannot be purchased once out of print.

Pupils can also access online information sources which are helpful for discursive essays, talks, projects and general research.  These can be accessed from home or school.You can obtain the password to log in to each of these information sources from Mrs Thomas. 

Essential Articles and Fact File (published annually by Carel Press)

Issues Online (updated throughout the year by Independence Educational Publishers)

The library has a wide range of resources for pupils and staff:

• 8000 books (fiction and non - fiction), DVDs and magazines
• desktop PCs and laptops
• internet access
• an Active Whiteboard for use by teaching staff and the librarian
• a wide range of health and wellbeing leaflets
• Pupils and staff can also access a wide selection of eBooks through the ePlatform website or app

S1 pupils participate in classes on library and information skills throughout first year. 

The course covers topics such as:

• fiction and non-fiction and how they are arranged on the Library shelves
• reference material
• researching information including the use of indexes
• research skills such as skimming and scanning
• fake news
  
• general organisation and use of the Library

Pupils also participate in events such as Book Week Scotland, National Poetry Day, Banned Books week and World Book Day.