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Staff for 2007-2008		Hours
Name	Position	Monday to Thursday	8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ms. J. Chan	Head of Library Studies	Fridays	8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Mrs. Guttman	Teacher Supervisor	Note: Hours may change on occasion due to staff absence, meetings, etc
Ms. Pooley	Teacher Supervisor
Ms. G. Lakhani	Technician

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Our Learning Resource Centre affords all WCI students an equal opportunity to optimize their potential as literate citizens.
Designed to accommodate individuals, as well as small and large groups, it provides the environment, equipment, programmes and resources to stimulate a love of learning, reading and communicating effectively.

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Instruction in information processing (from formulating the thesis statement to the location, evaluation, analysis, synthesis and communication of ideas) is provided both on-demand and per perceived need.
Thousands of tools in the form of books, magazines, information files, videos / audio resources are housed in-house and online.

A vast web presence containing school informational pages, tutorials, research strategies, access to the catalogues of in-house and remote collections, and nearly ten thousand educational links is maintained.
New materials and selected fiction groupings are promoted on the website complete with reviews.

New Books to the WCI Library Collection

JR ISU Novels - gr 09-10

SR ISU Novels - gr 11-12
Fast Reads
Literary Authors

Both teacher assistance and the tools (hardware and software) for textual, graphic and multimedia creation, viewing and presentation are availed to students, facilitating their adaptation to the emerging technologies. As such, our facility is a vibrant and integral part of our school’s learning culture.