Monday 26 August 2013

Posters re the most common printing problem

Many of you use the library printers - and many of you have problems.

Below are two trouble-shooting posters which I have pinned above each printer.

As other departments with printers might find them useful, I have uploaded them to Google Docs.




NB:  If you accidentally entered the wrong username and password AND you clicked the "Remember" box, then go to IT Support and they will clear the wrong username and password from your Keychain.

Friday 23 August 2013

Useful URLs relating to the library


General information
Digital resources
Logins / passwords
(only accessible to people with
a @gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg account)
  
Search the catalog
Mobile catalog apps
Calendar / bookings / events
Send calendar invites and general queries to 
Twitter: 

Katie Day, Teacher-Librarian

kda@uwcsea.edu.sg / (+65) 8233-2922

3 Research Tools for Middle School Humanities

Did a session this morning with three grade 8 Humanities classes at once - as a kick-off to them starting to research authoritarian regimes and dictators.

Began with my old favorite - water as information - metaphor, highlighting the quantity and quality problem of internet research.  Then showed them Culturegrams and ABC-Clio World History as two alternatives to Google and Wikipedia.  Finished with the "Google Doc - Tools - Research" feature (a smart Google search box inside a Google Doc) -- which luckily most of them had seen before.

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Yes, parents can borrow books!

Parents are welcome to borrow books from both the Primary and Secondary libraries at UWCSEA East.

We definitely believe in the "trickle down" effect.  Take out big beautiful books, small interesting books, graphic novels, poetry, history, biography, whatever - spread them around your house.  The passive exposure is positive.  You will be helping to expand your child's map of the literate world.

Most importantly, read the books you take out.   Then talk about them.

Your children need to see you reading.  In fact, I had one parent come in and say, much as he enjoyed his Kindle, he realized that when he was on it, his children were not perceiving him as reading.  So he wanted to switch to some physical books to visually reinforce his activity to his family.  Role modeling....

How do you sign up for the library?  Either come in and see Ms. Ernie or Mr. Haniff at the Information Desk on the upper level or fill out the form below.  Remember to press the SUBMIT button at the very end.

Do you have.... in the library?

Do we have a book?

You can always find out by going to our online catalog: http://catalog.uwcsea.edu.sg

Select "East Secondary Library" and start searching.

If you have an Apple or Android mobile device, you can have the library catalog instantly available for searching using the free  Destiny Quest app.


iTunes version



Android / Google Play version


After you install it, you need to tell it where to find our library catalog on the internet.

Select the East Secondary library and you're in!

To simply search, explore as a "guest".

To see your own account and books out on loan, log in.

Students/Teachers:   You can log into your account with your regular UWCSEA id (e.g., smith12345) and password to see what books you have out.  

Parents:  Your UWCSEA login/password is NOT automatically loaded into the library system (as there are so many of you).  Instead our library staff hand-create you a library account, so you can tell us what you want your library login/password to be.  Come into the library or email us at libraryeast@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg to set up login information.

For more information on using the app, see these YouTube videos made by Follett, the company that makes our library catalog software: