Typical Mass Borrowing Outreach

This particular outreach was at Poi Ching School in July. The teacher had scheduled a two-days Mass Borrowing session for all levels (P1-P6).

So I would first notify the vendor staff two weeks in advance so they would have time to select and pack the books into boxes (all labelled accordingly; J/JS/JP - Fic/NFic). At the same time, I would need to arrange for transport as well to bring the boxes to-and-fro.

We would discuss beforehand the logistics required. As Poi Ching had done mass borrowing with us before, there wasn't a need to recce the area. For first-timers, usually the librarian would go down personally to choose the best spot (wide area for tables, lan point etc).

This Mass Borrowing session started at 8.30am so we (myself and two other Library Officers) were there at 8am for set-up. We opened the boxes and displayed some books in order for the students to browse.



While some did the unpacking, the other would set-up the Outreach laptops, along with the scanner and dongles to connect to the Internet. We also brought along a portable printer to print the loan receipt.



Let the browsing/borrowing begin!




The students were a delightful bunch! We had a double loan promotion going on and they were so excited, grabbing books left and right. Avid readers :)

Some who had borrowed their books sat down immediately to read. While others who could not borrow (had fines, didn't bring card etc) also picked up a book and read on the spot.

See the row of readers? Awesome picture, isn't it?


We'll have to remind the students repeatedly NOT to return the books at the school library. But it's inevitable to receive such cases. All in all, it was a good and fruitful outreach.

We had almost 80% of the books borrowed (brought 2000).

Tome Keeper ♥

First Raise-A-Reader workshop

This interactive workshop is for parents and caregivers to discover ways to cultivate and foster the love for reading in a child; create a supportive reading environment for a child through meaningful activities and play and understand how the parent-child bond can be strengthened through reading together. Our librarians will also share tips on how to select books for your child.

-www.pl.sg

Storytelling @ Pri School : a typical scene

As a value-added service, librarians do get invited by their schools (under their respective account) for story-telling sessions.

Usually, I will go during the recess hours and the age-group is more specific. I'll prepare the necessary materials beforehand; books, tokens for quizzes, bookmarks to be given out freely.

So the session is only half an hour but most of the time, I am requested to do 2-3 sessions on the same day to cater to the different primary levels.

In this picture, I was covering for a fellow J lib @ Fengshan Primary. Had a pretty neat visualiser to help me along.

Let me tell you a story


Rawr-pow-bang-bang!
(It was the book 'The Great Monster Hunt')


Guess the monster!



~@~

The kids are usually very responsive and fun to talk to. I always get a chatty bunch for my classes. And did I mention they adore bookmarks?

Tome Keeper ♥

Anchor Green's Snazzy Library

Of all the school libraries that I had the opportunity to go to, this has to be the loveliest ever. It befits the theme (the teacher said Anchor Green is rather marine-themed) and a lot of thought has been put into the design.

There's a BOAT with a raised wooden pier for the kids to sit and read their books. Adorning the sidewall is a mock lighthouse.

By gosh, I really ♥ this library. It's pleasant, friendly and definitely kid-friendly. That's how it attracts the crowd, I say.

How can you not love this??

Tome Keeper ♥