Borrowing

Loan Periods

•  Book loan 2 weeks
• DVD & Audio resources 1 week

Fines:

Overdue items are charged at one penny per day not including weekends and holidays.  Fines are donated to the library charity ‘World Vision’.

Facilities:

•  8 Desktop computers
•  13 Laptops
•  Photocopier for student use (10 pence A4)
•  Interactive whiteboard
•  Silent Study Room

Resources

• Fiction (storybooks)
  • are arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.
• Quick Reads
  • Fiction stories for students who may find shorter stories more appealing.
• Graphic (Graffix)
  • Novels Comic books and picture versions of popular books.
• Non-Fiction (information books)
  • are arranged by numbers, organised according to the classification scheme devised by Melville Dewey in the 19th Century. They are arranged in 10 subject areas- you can see these over on the right of the page:

•  Reference books remain in the library and are integrated with all subject areas.
• DVDs for education and curriculum.
•  Audio CDs  a collection of popular titles.
•  Newspapers   Bolton News, Guardian, I.  First
•  Magazines for education and recreation.
•  Careers Library support resources and guidance for education and employment

The Dewey Decimal System