McIsaac Library has over 15,000 books. It is a huge open space with a vaulted ceiling and beautiful wildlife mural surrounding 2 walls. The library has a story pit with rugged steps for students to sit on to listen to stories. There are 3 huge animal reading pillows, 30 circle and square vinal reading pillows, and 6 triangle foam chairs for the students to relax and read on.
There are magazines, videos, filmstrip kits, and many books for the staff and students to borrow. The students are lucky to have their own photocopier in the library, which was bought by the student council. The teachers have a separate area for professional books and Audio Visual Materials.
At present, the library has a millennium project for the students to participate in. The goal is to read 2,000 books before the year 2,000. For every book read, a gumball is put into an aquarium in the library.
November 2nd., 1999 the library started automated circulation and books are scanned out of the library with student bar-coded library cards and a barcode scanner. Books are catalogued on the Maplewood System.
There are 2 OPAC stations for students' to access the card catalogue to find books by author, subject, and title. There is one freestanding computer for OPAC and CD_ROM use. There are also 4 computers used to run the Columbia System.
The Library is connected to the Computer Lab and many classes use the Computer Lab and Library at the same time.
Mrs. Reed is the Library Technician who runs the library with the help of some parents.