Goals+&+Purposes

****The BHS Library seeks to **** Promote a reading culture, develop literacy & foster a love of reading Support the BHS teaching and learning program to create effective learners Teach information literacy skills to all, creating responsible digital citizens Maintain positive relationships with students, staff, and the wider BHS community Support the growing digital culture within the school, especially our BYOD program 
 * BHS Library: Goals & purpose**
 * Some of the ways we do this are: **
 * Reading for enjoyment is encouraged through the library’s extensive fiction collection which includes graphic novels and a range of general interest magazines
 * The fiction collection is promoted via attractive displays which change frequently and via the school blogs
 * Students are invited to participate in either the Junior Book Club (open to Years 7 – 9) or the Senior Book Club (Years 10 – 12) which hold weekly meetings at lunchtime in the library.
 * Students are invited to participate in the Premiers’ Reading Challenge and/or the MS Readathon.
 * Students are encouraged to contribute to the library blogs: [|The Reading Room] (for fiction) and [|The Graphic Shelf] (based on the library’s expanding graphic novel collection)
 * English teachers are encouraged to make use of the Library’s Reading Space for class reading sessions.
 * BHS staff are invited to participate in the Staff Book Club which meets once a term to discuss a range of adult fiction
 * BHS staff are encouraged to celebrate reading events in the library
 * Library events and activities are promoted to the BHS community via the newsletter and the ARCH magazine
 * Access to a wide range of relevant resources and equipment is available from the library via the OLIVER catalogue.
 * Newly acquired materials are processed by the library team in a timely manner
 * Classroom teachers are encouraged to collaborate with library staff to develop information literacy skills in their students, making use of the excellent facilities provided in the Library Learning Space and appropriate online databases.
 * Staff and students are encouraged to use the DEECD’s excellent online resource <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">FUSE <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> for research into, and the development of, learning tasks.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 120%;">A supportive environment for class learning activities is provided to staff and students in the Research Space
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 120%;">The library’s VCE Study Space is an ideal location for student study and research, during and after school