Library Staff
Ms Joy Jones
- Teacher-Librarian
- Mrs Toni Gurr
- Senior Library Assistant (Thursdays and Fridays)
Library Facilities
The School Library is constantly evolving to support ever-changing educational needs. Special furniture defines the learning and knowledge spaces.
The senior individual private study cave is reserved for boys in Years 11 & 12. It is a silent area to allow students to work without disturbance.
The dynamic flexible learning space accommodates one or two classes for project-based learning, research units or special functions. This learning space flows into a digital forum designed for the personal device use and varying group projects or collaborative learning.
The organic reading space offers a wide range of seating arrangements including Ottomans, sombreros, tables and chairs. It is a space in which boys can relax and enjoy reading for pleasure.
Le Galerie is located in the lower area of the Library. It houses students art works and the connected classroom.
School Archives are held in a separate, secure room. Old boys regularly communicate with Library Staff to access the wide range of records, achievements and memorabilia from the mid-1940s to present. This material, along with VHS recordings are currently being converted to digital format.
Resources - extensive collections of:
- Reference materials including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases etc.
- General Reference print and electronic
- Periodicals
- Fiction and non-fiction
- Senior fiction for reading pleasure
- Senior non-fiction selected to support HSC curriculum
- Closed Reserve of HSC Past papers and study guides
- NSW Premiers Reading Challenge for all Year 7 & 8 boys
- Visual Literacy including graphic novels, picture books and highly illustrated books
eLibrary
- Via Student Portal – My School Library – OLIVER home page – search for books by title, author, subject or series. There is an eBook icon beside each eBook
- Via Student Portal – My School Library – OLIVER home page – direct link to World Book encyclopaedia online or
- Via search engine – www.worldbookonline.com - (user name: ballyboys – password: library)
- Via Student Portal - eBooks and audiobooks – https://bbcnsw.wheelers.co/ or
- Download an ePlatform app from your app store, log in using school ID and read anytime, anywhere on your own device.
Hours
Senior School
8.3am – 3.20pm (Every day)
Other times by negotiation
Junior School
8.30am – 9am
1pm – 1.40pm (except Wednesday)
Other times with class teacher
Library closed Wednesday and Friday at recess for Staff Meetings