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Christmas present ideas for your favourite librarian???

 

 

 

#shelfie

 

Don't forget to join in and take a #shelfie by your favourite shelf in the library!

“What in the world would we do without our libraries?”
― Katharine Hepburn

But first, let me take a shelfie...

The shelfies are growing in number daily. Students and staff, old girls, family and friends are all joining in taking a shelfie with their favourite shelf or book.

 

Here's our favourite so far...

 

Why don't you join in too?!

The British Library

Coming out of the subterraneous passage in King’s Cross station, we entered into the fantasy world of the British Library’s exhibition called ‘Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination’. After meeting our tour guide, we started by looking at images depicting the story considered to be the first in the Gothic literature genre, ‘The Castle of Otranto’. Left to explore the wonders behind the hidden corners of the exhibition, we had the opportunity to view original copies of many Gothic texts, including the first handwritten draft of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, which featured amendments and annotations from Percy Shelley. We then used our booklets to identify the key features that influenced Gothic literature, including the likes of Shakespeare and the ‘Graveyard Poets’.

 

 

We proceeded to learn about the typical settings, characters and fear factors within the Gothic genre, as well as looking at the Gothic under different themes, for example ‘the divided self’ and ‘science’. As we continued through the exhibition, we noticed how it chronicled the development of Gothic literature over time, ranging from ‘The Castle of Otranto’ and ‘The Monk’ to ‘Twilight’. After thanking our tour guides and visiting the gift shop, we headed home. We all had a great time, not just from creeping up on our friends in the dark, but also because the trip was an insightful experience, which has provided us with a thorough grounding in the context behind Gothic literature.

 

"The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” - Albert Einstein

 

 

Love Letters to Libraries

From places to go for kindly advice to havens of hush, libraries play a special role in cultural life. With councils up and down the country sharpening the axe, Book Week Scotland has launched a campaign to get readers to write love letters to their favourite temple of reading.
Authors read and share their love for libraries, here are a few of our favourites:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/nov/29/-sp-love-letters-to-libraries-michael-morpurgo

 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/gallery/2014/nov/26/-sp-love-letters-to-libraries-chris-riddell?CMP=share_btn_link

Why don't you write a love letter to your library?
What does your library mean to you personally? What memories do you have from them? Perhaps your love of reading started there, you spent countless hours studying in them, made new friendships or discovered great books in them? Does your library have any special features, or a special role in your community?

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." – Jorge Luis Borges

Death Row

We've been having a bit of a clear out of some of the shelves because we figure there's no point keeping books that no one has ever looked at and no one will ever look at.

 

We're going slowly, and have started with a few ancient fiction books that have been sitting on the shelves gathering dust. The plan is that the books go on "Death Row" for 2 weeks, where they are given their last chance to be saved by being read. After 2 weeks if they're still not borrowed, then they're doomed to a fate worse than death: eBay.

 

Save the books!

Any money made from the old books will go towards our BuildALibrary project.

We need inspiration for our new Library! We've asked people to take a "Shelfie" in their favourite bit of their local library. Click here to take a look at some of their shelfies!

 

 

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First Steps...

Here at WHSG we want to build a Library. We have a dream for a Library that is the heart of the school, and the journey to our dream becoming reality starts now!