News, events and special announcement: Congratulations to Dominic Hinderberger (K6B) who participated in the first line competition organized by Haven Books and Adrian Tilley. Dominic won a Book Prize for creative writing. Adrian Tilley is planning a return in November for a Creative Writing Workshop for GSD. Details will be announced in September 2010. This summer will be a very busy time for the Senior Library staff as we will be moving to a new facility located in the Middle Building, M201, M203, M206, M209, M212 and M211. If you would like to offer your assistance, please contact the librarian in August, 2010. I. New Resources for Research and Learning Starting September 1, 2010 the library will resubscribe to Cengage Learning History and Student Resource Center for your research and reference needs. The Literature Resource Center and Science Resource Center will not be renewed. - Student Resource Center (Gold)
- History Resource Center (World)
Please access the resources under the "eLearning" section after you log in or ask us library staff for help and access codes. II. Author's visit Morris Gleitzman, also known for his humerous stories for children, visited the Y7 students on Wednesday, 18th November 2009. On Tuesday, 3rd November 2009, the author Adrian Tilley presented to K6, K7, K8, Y8, K9 and Y9 his latest book "The Spider's Web". 
The response of the audience was fantastic (please see interview on the senior library blog). All three library copies of The spider's Web have been checked out the first day of his presentation. For more details on the author and an exerpt of the Spider's Web, please see attachment.
III. Battle of the Books
What is the Battle of the Books?
To view the booklist.
Winner of Semi final that took place at IB Hall is the team from King George V. 
Our Y9 Team from Mr Barker's class. Participating schools in the Semi-Final were: German Swiss International School - French International School
- Island School
- King George V
Congratulations to all the teams who had the courage to participate and read extensively. We hope you enjoyed the range of genre available from the booklist. Please contact your teacher or the library staff if you would like to participate in next year's Battle of the Books scheme. This year's (2009-2010) Battle of the Books titles for Middle School Years are: Bootleg Alex Shearer
Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson
The Devil and his Boy Anthony Horowitz
Dovey Coe Frances O’Roark Dowell
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer
Lion Boy Zizou Corder
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Looking for Bapu Anjali Banerjee
No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman
Once Morris Gleitzman
Operation Red Jericho Joshua Mowll
Project Mulberry Linda Sue Park
Rice Without Rain Min Fong Ho
Scat Carl Hiassen
The Silvery Donkey Sonya Hartnett
The Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle
The Wind Singer William Nicholson
The dates to note: Semi-Final : May 5 and 6, 2010 Final : May 17 and 18, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Information
The Senior Library was established in 1971 and is open to all students, parents and staff of GSIS.
The library offers a wide range of quality literature, newspapers, periodicals, audio-visual and digital resources in German, English, French, Mandarin and Latin. Six PC workstations, a scanner, one b/w printer, six video recorders, one data projector, one DVD player, one DVD/CD burner, wireless headphones and a designated OPAC are available for students and staff during school hours.
Parents are welcome to access our print resources at no charge.
Library Muse and News
Introducing
"German Artist, Wolfgang Nieblich
"Mal-Zeit", Buch Objekt 1991 Permission to use the artist's work has been obtained (14.9.2006).
 http://www.nieblich.de/
"Die imaginaere Bibliothek"
Please click on the link below to view (alternatively copy and paste this URL)
http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/deutsch/ausstellungen/nieblich/index.html
Mission
The fundamental aim of the Senior Library is to promote the concept of GSIS as a learning institution. To that end
- The Senior Library is committed to inspiring and involving all users in the school community in the learning process
- The Senior Library aims to empower its library users to acquire and share knowledge so that they become independent learners throughout their lives
- The Senior Library's ultimate purpose is to provide a teaching and learning environment which facilitates the acquisition and development of information literacy
Opening Hours
- We are open Monday to Friday from 7.15 am until 16.00 pm during school time.
- It is located on the 2/F Upper Building, 11 Guildford Road, The Peak, Hong Kong.
Library Policies - Please be considerate and work quietly.
- Do not bring food or drink into the library.
- Check the due dates of your borrowed items. A fine of 50 cents per item per school day will be charged for late returns.
- A replacement fee will be charged for lost or damaged items.
- Computer use in the library:
- All students are to follow the Acceptable Use Policy;
- Preference is given to students who have a class period.
- Acknowledge sources and make references by providing a bibliography (see 'Plagiarism')
- Only print what you will use and be patient before you press the print button again. If you waste print resources, a 50 cents per page charge will be levied.
- Ask the librarian for passwords to access online resources (or log in to your school account and look up 'elearning' resources) and you must keep passwords confidential.
| Current Collection | | Fiction Books | 6000 | | Non Fiction Books | 19,500 | | CD Roms | 250 | | Subscriptions to Newspapers and Periodicals | 50 | | Audio Cassettes | 450 | | DVD | 260 | | Videos | 830 | | Audio CDs | 100 |
Electronic Resources
- Britannica Online
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- Newsbank
- Global NewsBank with Periodicals and Statistics (1996-Current)
- NewsBank ScienceSource Collection (1987-Current)
- Access World News (full text archive) - SCMP Archive
- Gale Cengage (Infotrac, Literature and Science) Learning
- Geofile and Geoactive
- Geography in the News
- New Scientist
- The Economist Asia
- Times Educational Supplement
- Time
- Wise Learning (including Wise News) NEW
You can access the e-resources by logging into the portal and selecting the options GSIS Applications and e-Learning.
see here for screen captures produced with Jing (29/5/2009)
Literature Promotions 
Carnegie Medal Award winner David Almond at IB Hall
- Suggested Reading Lists
- Monthly displays
Information Literacy
Why is it important to be information literate? With the advancement of technology, information is created and revised constantly. Hence the ability to quickly access, process and evaluate information to distinguish what is relevant and pertinent has become crucial for making informed decisions in life.
A good start is to look at your topic and think about what you are trying to find. Identify relevant keywords or subject headings and refine or widen your search terms using our mindmap software (download Smart Ideas from your school account). Become familiar with a wide range of resource formats and compare sources for verification, accuracy and validity. Throughout the school year formal and informal subject specific training is provided to all levels as requested. 
Research Skills in the Senior Library
Internet How to navigate the Internet effectively The Internet is a computer network that has grown exponentialy and is expanding constantly. It is volatile and the average user often relies heavily on one search engine to gather information from the World Wide Web. To search effectively, one needs to acquire more than the basic skills to input a search term. Familiarize yourself with Advanced Search options and look up the Help given. Be aware that anybody can publish and nobody is in charge of the net hence always compare data with authoritative sources. Plagiarism / Referencing What is plagiarism?
We are allowed to use and if necessary copy a small part of someone else's work if we remember to quote the source and give credit to the person by making a reference in our work. If not, we actually steal someone else's intellectual property. To avoid this we simply learn to add a bibliography of the resources we consulted when researching and writing our assignments. More...
For help we suggest you to browse and use this link. It enables you to prepare a bibliography effortlessly.
http://www.bibme.org/
Induction Programme 
K5B Library Orientation
All students promoted to the secondary school will have a library orientation lesson within the first two weeks of school. In addition students in year 7 and year 8 have fortnightly library lessons through their English classes. They participate in a reading programme to encourage them to engage in a wide range of literary materials. Once the students have covered a respectable amount of different genres of fiction and learnt to appreciate the different styles of writing, they will be awarded the bronze medal leading to the gold medal.
Contact
Please feel free to contact the library team below: 
Librarian
Ms Ida Griffiths Zee
Email: igriffiths-zee@gsis.edu.hk
Assistant Librarian
Mr Isaac Lai Chung Him
Telephone: 28258128
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