The Harden Library

SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

Vivien Bond, ALA

Joan Kelly, BA HDipLIS

library@kingshospital.ie

"The more that you read,

the more things you will know.

The more that you learn,

the more places you'll go."

Dr Seuss

Opening Hours

Mon / Tues / Fri : 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wed : 9.30am - 4.00pm
Thurs : 2.15pm - 10.15pm

Prep every evening 7.00pm - 10.15pm for 5th / 6th Years
Thursday evening 4th Year / 6th Year / Prefects

A class studying in the library

The Harden Library- named after a former Headmaster and Chaplain in the 1920s - stocks a wide variety of resources :

* Books - Fiction / Non-fiction / Reference
* Online Library Catalogue (Dewey system)
* Multimedia - audio books, DVDs etc
* 6 PCs with internet access
* Periodicals
* Daily newspapers
* Study Guides
* Careers Library

The aim of the library is to promote reading for pleasure and to support the curriculum. Information Skills classes are available for all subjects and run throughout the year. They cover :

* How to use the catalogue and make the most of the library collection
* How to evaluate resources including the World Wide Web
* How to do a project

To promote reading for pleasure the library organises various activities :

* Bookclub
* Competitions
* Author visits

Other facilities include : printer, photocopier

		Document Type
Form 1 Reading List 2010	Click here to download

Form 4 in the National Library on their recent visit

Form 4 in the TCD map room recently

Members of form 2 with the award-winning author, Mary Finn, on her visit to the school library on Tuesday 26th January 2010.

Reading for Pleasure

BibliomaniaThis site provides free full text for those who like to read the classics.

Children's Books Ireland has information about events and authors in Ireland.

Dublin City Libraries is the public library service in Dublin. It has digital downloads for audio books and many other resources online. If you are a member you will gain access to Encyclopaedia Britannica online, which is a quality resource for all types of research.

Fantastic Fiction is a UK website with a focus on fantasy fiction.

Reading Matters is a great website for recommendations and reviews. There is an interactive feature, "Bookchooser", which helps you find a book to your taste.

Teen Reads is an American site which is dedicated to teen readers. It has reviews, prewviews and author interviews.

Reference Tools

EasyBib Bibliography and Citation Maker This site offers the facility to cite sources using the APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA styles.

The Harden Library is named after a former Headmaster Chaplain in the 1920s

The Harden Library has a sophisticated Internet-based software system, which allows access to an up-to-date database for cataloging purposes

Author and historian, Conor Kostick, with pupils on his visit to the school library to speak to Form 4 in February 2010

'Relax & Read '

Bookclubs are organised through the library in The King's Hopsital

“Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill ag léamh a filíochta i leabharlann na scoile i rith
Seachtain na Gaeilge.”

“Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill reading her poetry in the school library during
Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Online Resources Links

General

BBC Learning: The BBC provides excellent information on all topics and relates to the UK curriculum.

Borrow Books is a library loans service enabling a search of the online catalogues and websites of Irish public libraries and Inter-Library loan requests

Scoilnet is designed to support the Iriah curriculum, teachers and students. It has interactive aspects and has useful quizzes for revision.

Skoool.ie Interactive Learning supports the Irish curriculum.

Ireland

Ask about Ireland features information, rare images and documents from Irish public libraries.

Irish Government This Government of Ireland site provides information on the Irish state.

National Archives The National Archives holds a wide variety of records relevant to Irish geneaology and local history. The 1901 and 1911 census for the 32 counties are available here.

History

American Memory American Memory is a multimedia web site of historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, books, pamphlets, maps, and other resources from the Library of Congress.