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Welcome to the Vientiane International School library page The VIS library is a K-12 school community resource with students, staff and parents able to borrow from our wide range of resources. The library is situated in a two story building between the primary and secondary buildings and is open from 7.40 am until 4pm Monday to Friday. The library contains comfortable reading zones, a classroom space and a study area. 
OUR LIBRARY STAFF The library staff consist of 2 assistants and one librarian. The librarian's role in the school is to manage the library, purchase resources and teach students across all grades in collaboration with the class teacher. A typical teaching day for the librarian could include teaching book care to a primary class, helping grade 3 use a online encyclopedia, recommending books to grade 5, teaching note taking skills to grade 8 and showing grade 11 how to avoid plagiarism. 
OUR RESOURCES The library resources include - A collection of books relating to Lao -recommended especially to people who have recently arrived in Lao
- Picture books
- Electronic encyclopedias (Britannica, Grolier) and electronic libraries (Questia)
- Non-fiction books for learners of English
- First chapter books
- Audio books on tape/CD, accompanied by the book
- Non-fiction
- Videos and DVDs
- Fiction
- Young adult fiction for grades 9 + (younger grades may borrow with parents written permission)
- World languages - books in languages other than English
- Parenting books
- Manga/comic/graphic novel collection
- Daily newspapers
- Magazines – the library subscribes to the following
English · Australian Geographic · Asian Geographic · National Geographic · Spider · National Geographic Kids · Faces · The New Internationalist (electronic only) · The Ecologist (electronic only) · Blue Moon for Girls · Stone Soup · Time · Discover · Ladybug · Odyssey · Asian Art News · IB World French · Geo Ado · Okapi FOR PARENTS Parents are welcome to borrow books during and after school until 4pm. We encourage parents to come to the library and read to their children from our large picture book collection after school while waiting for other children who may be doing afterschool activities. Our young adults fiction section contains a number of books that may be of interest to parents as well as our parenting section that contains books on topics include parenting, Third Culture Kids and couple skills. The library purchases annual access to a number of encyclopedias and databases for student access at school and at home. If you would like to learn how to use these to help your child with their school work please ask the librarian. Websites of interest to parents http://www.internet4classrooms.com/parents.htm |
