Oct. 9: Marie Curie biographies - coming up at the PA Book Club

The October offering from the PA Book Club is the story of Marie Curie's life -- with several biographies on offer.  Read one or all.

Come at noon with a finger-food lunch and socialize in the First Class Lounge on the upper level of the secondary library.  The book discussion proper starts at 1pm.  All are welcome whether you've finished a book or not.

NOTE:  The 1937 biography written by her daughter Eve is freely available on the internet.  To download, go to:

bit.ly/freemariecurie 

Sep. 17: "The Dinner" by Herman Koch will be discussed at the PA Book Club

Next Tuesday, September 17, the PA Book Club will be discussing The Dinner by Herman Koch.

Come at 12 noon with your lunch - and socialize -- if you want.

The book discussion starts at 1 pm and goes until about 3 pm.  All are welcome -- whether you've read the book or not.  In the First Class Lounge room on the upper level of the secondary library.

Contact Sabine Veron (veron_sabine@yahoo.co.in) for more information.

Our own JSTOR...

JSTOR is an online database of scholarly journals & books -- with a definite academic focus. So probably mainly of interest to Grade 11 and 12 students.

We used to have free access to it via the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore, but their membership rules have changed. Now we are getting our own subscription.  While the paperwork is being processed, they have given us a trial account.

The user name and password can be found in bit.ly/accessuwc -- which is the Google Doc containing all the login information for digital subscriptions at UWCSEA. Note: that document can only be opened by people logged into a @gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg account.

Once you are in the document, use Ctrl-F to "find" the word "JSTOR" and see the user name and password.

If you need help searching the database, just stop by the library desk.

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.

Google Doc link to PDF

Google Doc link to PDF

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.

Useful URLs relating to the library

General information

eastlib.uwcsea.edu.sg

Digital resources

research.uwcsea.edu.sg

Logins / passwords
(only accessible to people with
a @gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg account)  

bit.ly/accessuwc

Search the catalog

catalog.uwcsea.edu.sg

Mobile catalog apps

bit.ly/eastlibapps

Calendar / bookings / events

bit.ly/eastlibrarycalendar

Send calendar invites and general queries to 

libraryeast@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg

Twitter: 

@eastlib

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.

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.