The
Harley Stumm Centre – Senior Library
Staff, student & parent professional development
and Inservice - 2008
Staff Professional
development
These
sessions are available for all staff at TSS.
They are held in the Senior Library during lunchtimes.
These sessions should be booked in advance by contacting
the Library.
Senior
School Sessions
tba
Further inservice will be advertised during the school
year
What's
on for parents 2008
Pamphlets and brochures
from Parent Nights:
March
3rd - Senior Library 7pm
Thinking skills
This session will introduce parents to the TSS thinking
skills programme.
March
10th - Senior Library 7pm
Note taking and basic study skills
A session offered by the English Department on how
to be an effective note taker
March
17th - Senior Library 7pm
Essay Writing
A session offered by the English Department to help
parents understand how to structure and write an
essay
August
27th - Boarder Parents and the School
Web page
These are sessions specifically for Boarder Parents
to learn how to navigate the School homepage and
the Library homepage. A hands-on introduction
to the on line resources the library subscribes
to. Various sessions throughout these days.
Family
Information Session - Tuesday 6th May - Thursday
8th May 3.30-5.00pm
Learn to use the resources
of the library homepage together.
Looking at - Research Pathways
ANZRC
Electric Library
Edna
Good sites for research - including How Stuff Works
and Education Index
Using Search Engines more effectively.
Pamela.Sinclair@tss.qld.edu.au or phone 07
55319989 for booking,
Senior
tutorials
Senior boys are encouraged to attend
the information retrieval inservices. These sessions
are held during lunchtimes with the purpose of allowing
boys to develop expert search techniques in specific
databases. These databases can be found on
the library homepage under Resources
on line
Booking for these inservices is advised: Pamela.Sinclair@tss.qld.edu.au
All inservices run from the
beginning of lunchtime Boarders should see
Ms Reynolds beforehand to organise lunch.
| Date |
Topic |
| Tuesday
29th April |
Introduction
to Elibrary |
| Tuesday
6th May |
Introduction
to ANZRC |
| Tuesday
13th May |
Echo contemporary
issues and reference desk |
| Tuesday
20th May |
Inspiration
|
| Tuesday
27th May |
Using search
Engines successfully |
| Tuesday 3rd June |
Other good sites for
research |
|
