We are pretty busy in our school library and ideally it would be great to have the time to stroll through the stacks of a bookshop and fill a basket with books.
But rather we purchase our books from a range of companies that are happy to work with us.
Bookstores
The local Dymocks is happy to take school purchase orders and package up orders for us. The odd purchase comes from Readings and sometimes Robinsons bookshop.
Book Tubs
Lamont Books drop off tubs of books for us to look through, they also do a high quality standing order that we get every term. We generally get the books for a number of days and then they get picked up again.
We also got some books dropped off from VIPA books, who are local and we are happy to support them.
Standing Orders
We get a standing order from Lamonts every term. These books come with a detailed book review and we are guaranteed that they are "Young Adult" books. Lamont seem to be able to pick all the award nominees every year, so when the CBCA awards come around, we have normally had the books in the circulation before then.
Online Purchases
We can also purchase through Wheelers for physical and also electronic books and audiobooks, we get invoiced for payment.
So a range of strategies are used by our library to purchase books.
