This year we bought a ton of new titles for you to read! We have access to hundreds of eBooks and hardcopy titles.

To find out if we have something available, visit our catalog which is linked to our library website under both the "Read" and "Research" tab. 

Place a Hold or Renew a Book
To place a hold or renew a book, simply log into the catalog using your info. See below for details.

LOGIN INFO for Students 
            Student ID # - xxxx
             ​Your password is your 8 digit date of birth - MMDDYYYY.

Borrow an eBook from the Gov. Volpe Library
You will also use this ID to borrow eBooks from our library on Destiny Discover (one of the tabs on the catalog). 

Similar to our eBooks, we also share access to eBooks with a few other schools on this platform called the Commonwealth eBook collaborative.
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LOGIN INFO
whslc + "firstnamelastname" = e.g. whslcjanedoe

BPL eCard: The BPL eCard will give you access to anything the Boston Public Library has free digitally. This includes their access to their databases (including JSTOR), Hoopla, their audiobooks/eBooks (Overdrive), RBDigital Magazines (formerly Zinio), and also allows you to borrow museum passes. Anyone that is a resident of Massachusetts can sign up online. You'll get an email with your account info. Nota Bene: Use your personal email to log in so that you can use this card after you graduate. You can also sign up for a real library card by visiting any BPL branch. 

​Hoopla: With a Wakefield Library Card or a Boston Public Library Card (hardcard or eCard) you can create an account on Hoopla. Hoopla is awesome. It has free movies, albums, audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels, comic books, etc. 

Here are a few of their current offerings:
Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey; The Sun and Her Flowers
Sarah Schmidt's See What I Have Done
Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Graphic Novel Adaption
Film: What We Do in the Shadows (It's like The Office mixed with a vampire movie- hilarious and spooky). 

Feel free to send me an email or drop by the library if you ever need help with eBooks or anything related to your studies.

-Mrs. Ho

The Boring, but ever so important, Gov. Volpe Library Expectations

• I'm not grading you. I'm here to help. I won't judge you if you procrastinated, if you "didn't read the whole book," or if you don't know how to begin research.  I'll only work that much harder to help you succeed. 
• You can contact me whenever you'd like. I'm really responsive to emails and Google Chat/Hangouts. My email is diana.ho@wpsk12.org.
• The library is your space- respect the books, respect the furniture, respect yourself, and respect all others. Also, please don't move furniture around. It's a pet peeve of mine. 
• The library is a place to study, to read, and to collaborate (but not to co-blab-erate) with your peers. You can talk but please use an in-the-library voice.
• Tentatively, food and beverages are permitted, so long as everyone continues to clean up after themselves. If it becomes an issue, we'll have to take away this privilege (which I don't want to do!). 
• If I am not in the library, the library is closed. You should head back to ASC. If you are found in the library unsupervised you will be written up (again, I don't want to do this, so make the right decision). 
• You may use your devices to listen to music at a reasonable volume. If I can hear it- it's too loud.  
• The library is typically open from 7:30-2:05 Monday - Friday. We are not open before or after school. I usually keep this calendar fairly up-to-date if you want to check for availability.
  
  

I hope you're having an excellent start to this school year. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance. 


Take care.

​Mrs. Ho