Summer borrowing of library books for pleasure reading has not been allowed in past years, however, many families who are staying in Singapore for the long holiday break have asked for the privilege.
One issue has been books being taken out for 8 weeks, and taken out of the country, increasing the likelihood of them not returning. The other has been access to the library itself, as our staff process books and do inventory (plus take their own holiday breaks), so are not necessarily available at their desks all the time.
We've decided to trial a new policy:
Opening Time for Weekly Book Exchange: 9 to 11 am, every Wednesday during the holiday, in both the primary and secondary libraries for people to borrow and return.
The loan period will be 2 weeks.
Please don't take out books if you are leaving the country or take more books than you can read in 2 weeks.
Note: The libraries will not be open for general use -- only for book exchange. We want to maximize access to books for the whole community (students, parents, staff), while minimizing disruption to the holiday work tasks in the library.
So come get your weekly selection of books Wednesday mornings, starting June 19th.
