Learning Resource Centre - LRC

Opening Times of the LRC are 8.00am - 4.15pm Monday to Thursday

8.00am - 4.00pm Friday

Use of the LRC

During break and lunchtimes, the LRC is usually very busy with hundreds of students using a range of resources each week. There is a large demand from students to undertake research towards the completion of their set work. Students also use the LRC for investigating their personal interests and hobbies.

Book Loans

Sixth Form students may borrow 6 books, Years 7 to 11 may borrow 2 books, for a period of 2 weeks.

We have just installed a new library management system to help you to check what books we have available, to assist you in your research.

Click here to access the system:

Newspapers and Periodicals

The latest news in a variety of papers are available daily, together with a variety of periodicals.

Information and Fiction Books

In the library section, a very wide range of both fiction and non-fiction books can be found.

Computers

All students of Tomlinscote are expected to develop computing skills and we provide equipment and support to help you. All stations on the network give you access to your work, software and have Internet access via 8mbps Broadband link, which is why we place great importance on every student and their parent/guardian signing a form to show they have read and agreed to abide by the code of practice before they are allowed to use the computers. We do run a filtering system on the network but it is not always possible to stop all undesirable material getting through.

How much is printing?

Students are issued a quota of free sheets at the beginning of each academic year. For Years 7, 8 and 9 this is 100 sheets and for Years 10 upwards this is 150 sheets. After this you can purchase from the IT department an additional 20 sheets for one pound. For colour printing, (in Art and Technology) you pay 40p per A4 sheet.

What are the printing rules?

Only one copy of a document can be printed at a time.
Five pages at any time. If you have more pages you will need to print page 1-5, then 6-10 etc.
PDF, GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG or TIF files are not permitted to be directly printed.
Printing directly from the internet has been disabled.
Maximum file size is 4MB

You may also download a copy of the Code of Practice in PDF format.

Photocopying

Students can use the LRC photocopier, A4 costs 5p per sheet, A3 costs 10p per sheet.