Libraries
The Hutchins School has two sub-school information resource centres – the Stephens Library for Early Learning Centre, Junior and Middle Schools, and the Nettlefold Library in the Senior School. There are also several departmental resource collections across the Early Learning Centre, Junior, Middle and Senior School, as well as the Marieville Esplanade campus.
The library catalogue is . The library e-books are accessed through the and e-platforms. The library research skill and subject guides are .
Our Mission
In 欧美视频ing The Hutchins School’s vision to provide an inspirational education where each student strives to achieve his personal best and is willing to serve his community as an informed and active citizen, the mission of the Hutchins libraries is to empower the 欧美视频 to become effective information users, confident readers and independent and creative lifelong learners.
The libraries’ information services are central to the teaching and 欧美视频 programs of the School. They provide up-to-date physical and online resources, operating online 24/7 to the Hutchins community through the catalogue, and portal. is the library management system employed across all libraries.
The library team are proactive in their partnership with classroom teachers and the IT specialists to ensure the integration of literature and a reading culture, information and rich media literacies, ICT and digital technologies to 欧美视频 all 欧美视频 in their research, 欧美视频 and recreational reading.
F E Technologies’ RFID (radio frequency identification) electronic tagging technology has been adopted in the Nettlefold and Stephens Libraries. All members of the library staff are highly qualified in varying aspects of librarianship including Library & Information Studies, Teacher-Librarianship and Education.
Academic integrity
The Hutchins School ensures that all 欧美视频 understand academic integrity. In-text referencing and end bibliographical skills are taught at Hutchins and Turnitin is integrated into our online 欧美视频 platform Rory, with an educative approach to avoiding plagiarism. Other resources used for academic integrity are the availability of printed information sheets, embedded referencing presentations, the provision of a , access to online software and mobile applications for citing and creating references and the use of the .