Drug info@your library

Available on the drug info @ your library website is heaps of information about drugs

visit www.druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/
then select the section for Students & Teachers
Take a look at A – Z Drugs for additional relevant information, then browse through all the links under the following topics:
For PDHPE – Personal development, health and physical education, Alcohol & drug use in Australia, Specific drug use, Secondary students use of alcohol and drugs, International Drug Trends, Policy – National, Policy – New South Wales

Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly Library

Getting Out: A young persons guide to independent living

Leaving home? This website has lots of great tips and links to useful resources for when you leave home
www.gettingout.info

Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly Library

HSC Talks Feedback

Thanks to all those who attended our recnt HSC talks. The Northern Beaches Libraries held 6 HSC workshops this year, with 113 people attending, and 17 educational institutions represented. From the evaluation forms 94% were satisfied that the worshops met expectations, 97% found the time convenient, 98% found the speaker was of high quality, 96% found theinformation presented useful. Planning is already underway for more senior High School student talks and workshops in 2008
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Have you been Ripped Off!!

Ripped Off? - Ripped Off is a new blog where you get to tell your story about when you’ve been ripped off and what you’ve done about it. - Fair Trading wants to know what problems you have had getting a refund or returning faulty goods. They also want to know any issues you have had with mobile phones, cars and credit card debt. Your stories will enable them to develop further programs to help young people understand their consumer rights. All NSW bloggers go into the draw to win one of ten $100 shopping vouchers so start blogging now!
The Ripped off blog is at : http://www.blogs.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/rippedoff/
If you want to check up on your consumer rights your local library has information in their LIAC collections - there are also brochures available to take home
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Is all Graffiti Bad???

YAPA the Youth Action Policy Assocation would like your views about graffiti to assist in a submission to the NSW Government. If you have an opinion about any of these questions please e-mail a reply to policy@yapa.org.au
1. What is your view on the legal uses of aerosal paint such as legal walls and graffiti programs?
2. Do you see a socail benefit to providing legal uses of aerosal paint?
3. Given legitimate uses of aerosal paint, do you think a ban on the sale os aerosal paint is appropriate?
The dealine for any comments is this Friday
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Schoolies Week 2007

Visit http://www.druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/ for information about Schoolies Week events, alcohol and safe partying. This website link will be available from mid October...

Good Luck to all 2007 HSC students

Good Luck to all the 2007 HSC students as you head into the final weeks of the exams. Don't forget all the Northern Beaches libraries have quiet places to study.

HSC TALKS

Thanks to all who attended our first ever Northern Beaches HSC talks - some students travelled across the Northern Beaches by bus to get to the venue where their topic was being discussed. Thanks also to those who provided us with feedback so we can plan a better series of talks for those students doing the HSC in 2008. Pictured are some of the students who attended Manly's "Writing for the HSC" with Lyndall Hough.

Louise, Youth Librarian at Manly

HSC talks

Our HSC talk programme is part way through, if you want to go to one of the 3 remaining talks ring the library that is holding it to book your place - the venues have differing capacities. It's been great to see students travelling "from afar" to get to lectures, one student caught 2 buses, which took over an hour. Below is a picture of one of our lecturers Lyndall Hough with 3 local students after her "Writing for the HSC" lecture.
Louise - Youth Librarian at Manly Library

Reviewing Legal Studies for the HSC

Visit the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) at the State Library of NSW website for invaluable information to help you review before your HSC exams. The website is at
www.liac.sl.nsw.gov.au/students/
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Excel Guides - Excellent summaries for study

All the libraries on the Northern Beaches have a good range of the Excel HSC guides and study guides series of books - most are in the Reference sections - so you can't borrow them - but it does mean that they are available for everyone to use. To find the full lists at each library use the Library Catalogues Link below - Search tip - type in Excel and HSC as a keyword search - Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly

Essay competition

Are you interested in History and/or Law? The Francis Forbes Society of Australian Legal History has a great essay writing competition - they are looking for essays that entertain about Australian history - win prizes for your school and for yourself - visit the website at http://www.forbessociety.org.au/ for more information - Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly Library

Quiet places to study hint - your local public library

Now that the 2007 trials are nearly over - have you found it difficult at home to study? - if so why not head away from the distractions of the TV at home and use your local public library. All the public libraries on the Northern Beaches have quiet areas in them to study and read.