There are two libraries at Sydney Boys High School. The KJ Andrews Junior Library and the Senior Library.

It is Library Policy to nurture High’s uniquely talented students by giving them quality learning environments and a chance to experience maximum engagement.

Both Libraries work in concert to offer students generous opportunities to access cyber equipment for self directed learning and a constantly refreshed range of traditional book, periodical and DVD material to borrow.

Both libraries share the OASIS Library System. Students can search the catalogue from any school computer or from home via the Library Enquiry link. Students can enquire about their personal loans via the My Library section of the Sydney Boys High School Student Portal.

Both libraries offer access to online databases. Students can access this on any school computer or from home via the Online Databases section of the Student Portal.

In both libraries students can borrow up to 10 items. The common Loan Period for most items is one month. High use items, including DVD’s, study guides and magazines have a one week Loan Period. Students are encouraged to borrow books for over school holiday periods.

The KJ Andrews Junior Library

As the Andrews Library is the present repository for book and DVD resources for both Senior and Juniors it is open and welcoming to both Seniors and Juniors with preference particularly for computers given to Junior students.

Opening hours:

The KJ Andrews Junior Library collection consists of:

• Over 18000 fiction, non-fiction and reference books
• Over 850 DVD or video resources for student loan
• 21 regularly arriving magazines
• Newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, the Daily Telegraph and The Australian
• Teaching resources and professional development collection
• Special collections such as:
  • The Old Boys’ Collection
  • The LOTE and LOTE Literature Collection
  • The Asian Literature Collection
  • The Classics Collection
  • The new Graphic Novel Collection.

In addition the Andrew’s Junior Library offers Junior Students a Literary Circles Activity specially designed to run through Moodle Forums as a special introduction to a lifetime of sustained interest in reading and discussing the most recent publications.

The KJ Andrews Junior Library offers:

• Instant and friendly research assistance upon request at the Circulation Counter
• A genre dotted fiction collection for easy searching.
• 30 desktop computers
• Resources which have been painstakingly given syllabus reflecting and current search terms
• A resource reservations system – please reserve popular items.
• Scholastic Book Club. Book Club availability is normally advertised through the school's daily notice sheet and displayed prominently in the Library.
• The HSC success pack (available to all SBHS students) as a student newspaper subscription
• Colour photocopying, printing and scanning.
  Students pay for printing. Costs and recharge instructions are provided in the Student Portal.
• Taping of free to air video or DVD resources upon request from staff.

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Ms Veronica Crothers - Teacher Librarian
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Library facilities are covered by a video surveillance system.

The Senior Library

The senior library is open to senior students. Junior students may come to borrow at any time.

Opening hours:

The Senior Library collection consists of:

• Over 20 magazine and periodical subscriptions
• Newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, the Daily Telegraph, The Australia and the Australian Financial Review
• Closed reserve
• Study guides
• Careers information

In addition the Senior Library offers a 24/7 online resource collection and research assistance. These include a HSC subject wiki, English, History and Social Sciences document databases, access to past papers online, a citation writer and plagiarism checker and more. This can be found via students logging into Moodle and selecting Study Assist.

The Senior Library offers:

• 24 desktop and 16 laptop computers
• Colour photocopying , printing and scanning
  Students pay for printing. Costs and recharge instructions are provided in the Student Portal.

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Ms Suzanne Gordon - Teacher Librarian
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Library facilities are covered by a video surveillance system.