Aug 20, 2016 – Welcome back to school.  We have one full week completed and the library is fully functional.  All the new books this year have been processed and ready for checkout.  The new fiction titles have been generized.  The library has already played host to many classes and meetings as we work to support the reading and information skills of our students at SAS.

The SAS Secondary Library has connected with:

• 6th and 8th Grade classes to connect them to changes in the library, especially the Genreized Fiction Collection
• MS Parents at the MS Parent Coffee to assist them connecting to OverDrive, our eBook platform
• 9th and 10th Grade EAL classes to assist in NoodleTool Start-up
• 9th and 11th Grade English classes to familiarize them with the Library collection and provide them book check-out time
• AfterSchool supervised study/work time in the library.  As a note, the library has extended our hours from 7:30-5:20 M,T,W,F to support student and faculty/staff needs

As SAS makes it transition to Schoology as our LMS, the library will be evaluating how and what can be moved.  While the move to Schoology provides SAS great advantages, the library will need to look at how the move changes the way we can reach out and broadcast information about the library and its programs to the greater school community.  We in the library look forward to these challenges.

Finally, the Pudong Secondary Library looks to take fuller advantage of it LibGuide Platform with LibGuides, LibWizard, and LibAnswer/Chat this year.  Stay tuned for more information as we continue to roll out these library tools.