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"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading." - Logan Pearsall Smith

"Reading maketh a full man." - Francis Bacon

"The reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries." - Rene Descartes

"A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit." - John Milton

"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever." - Martin Tupper

"Books think for me." - Charles Lamb

"All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words." - Amy Lowell

"People die, but books never die." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Books do furnish a room." - Anthony Powell

"A good book is the purest essence of a human soul." - Thomas Carlyle

"The proper study of mankind is books." - Aldous Huxley

"I have rather studied books than men." - Francis Bacon





Library Resouce Centre

Welcome to the Library section of the website. Here you can find out all about the school library:

 

The Library Resource Centre offers the following resources to staff and pupils:

Books Audio-visual material (‘talking books' and videos)

Computing Facilities Newspapers and magazines

Careers Library Internet access

CD Rom facilities.

 


Combined with the LRC is the Information Technology Base which contains computers for pupils compiling Progress Files, or working on coursework. A computerised catalogue and circulation system ( ALICE ) is used which allows pupils rapid access to every item held in the LRC.

The Library Resource Centre is a whole school resource, and all year groups are encouraged to make full use of its facilities.

 

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