Creating the future public library: a children's forum.Five young speakers were selected from a South Australian statewide competition in which entrants were asked to present a short speech defining their ideal library and pose a question for a panel of representative library service providers to address. Kyle Rowley, Nikki Macor, Tom Ricketts, David Forster and Emma Toop were chosen because of their clarity of vision, their commitment to that vision and the insight their vision gives of the role and potential role of libraries. Edited version of a session at the Australian Library and Information Association The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is a professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Based in Canberra, its membership is open to individuals and organisations, the only membership requirement is an interest in the conference Adelaide October 1998 Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : I am indebted in·debt·ed adj. Morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; beholden. [Middle English endetted, from Old French endette, past participle of endetter, to oblige to Janice Curtis, Port Adelaide Port Adelaide, city (1996 pop. 37,559), South Australia, S Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, on an inlet of Gulf St. Vincent. It is the principal port and wool-trading center of the state. The chief exports are wheat, flour, and wool. Enfield Library and Nola Cavallaro, City of Adelaide The City of Adelaide is a local government area of South Australia covering the original Adelaide settlement. Established in 1840, the Adelaide City Council is the oldest municipal authority in Australia. Library for the supply of this contribution to Aplis Library service to young people is a complex partnership between young people, teachers, librarians and governments. Creating the future is a series of South Australian activities designed to raise interest in, and awareness of, issues surrounding library services to young people. In 1997 the Creating the future seminar brought together public and teacher librarians to better facilitate open dialogue between library service providers in meeting this client group's needs. A key outcome from this seminar was the recognition that young people seldom get an opportunity to participate in the planning and development of services that most affect them. The Creating the future children's forum session at the 1998 Australian Library and Information Association conference in Adelaide was one step towards redressing this deficiency. The library of the future Kyle Rowley Year 7 Pimpala Primary School I visualise libraries of the future being relaxing and good for the environment. So relaxing that you would think of it as your very own home and if you felt like having a nap then maybe you could go into a garden and there would be bird sounds and sounds of a nice warm breeze flowing slowly past you. It could be a room with hammocks and comfy com·fy adj. com·fi·er, com·fi·est Informal Comfortable. comfy Adjective [-fier, -fiest] Informal comfortable Adj. 1. chairs to sleep and read in. I don't think people would use encyclopedias This article contains a list of encyclopedias, including projects to create new works. Because the number of works that can be considered encyclopedias is very large, this list does not attempt to be comprehensive. or books. There would be computers and many big screened machines and things like that. Books will be more valuable and sacred in the future and I really don't think that the people who work in libraries will want to get rid of all their books and encyclopedias and just have big screens, virtual reality helmets and computers etc. I hope that they will have some kind of room where they could put all the antique computers from the past. Maybe there could be another room where all the old books are kept. These would be historical rooms. In the movies that are about the future, most movies show our world with heaps of computers, humungous hu·mun·gous adj. Variant of humongous. humungous or esp. US humongous Adjective Informal very large; enormous: it was not a humungous box office hit glass and metal buildings and a lot of high tech things. That's not how I would really like to look at libraries. I would like to see libraries with lots of trees out the front and all you would have to do is look at the building and see that it's a friendly place. I've said a bit on how I would like to see a nice, peaceful library. Now I might talk about what kind of rooms it could have and what you could do there. A perfect library would be a library with quiet and peaceful rooms and noisy and playful rooms. Rooms where you can have books read to you by computers or robots and rooms where you can research any information you want on the internet. When I close my eyes I can visualise my future library, and my future library is a happy and fun place. I would like to see libraries for everyone. When I say everyone, you probably forget about people with disabilities. When it comes to reading I think it's the blind people who miss out the most. That's why talking computers would really help the blind. Maybe they could take a laptop computer into a room or corner or have the story or information read to them. Another great idea for the blind people would be a talking lift. The lift would tell you what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. what floor of the building. When I said that the library would be for everyone I didn't just mean for blind people. I mean things for everybody with a disability, like things for people who can't walk. For example wide doors, wide lift doors, large lifts and shopping paths for people in wheelchairs. The building would be state of the art and would be very modern. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially it would be environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] . It would have recycled paper, recycled toilet paper, it would have solar powered hot water which would be powered by the sun, saving electricity. A library of the future would have nearly everything in it recyclable. I don't see the whole library run by computers. I see people to be there when you need help or when you need to hire a virtual reality helmet. In my future library there are counters on every floor in case you need help. In fact, as soon as you walk in there is a huge counter with three of four people behind it. Now you know how my future library is and how I would like to see them. Everything I have just been talking about is my kind of library. My question is Even in the future do you think a library could be complete without books? My ideal library Nikki Macor Year 9 Wilderness School Wilderness School is an independent, non-denominational Christian, day and boarding school for girls' in Medindie, South Australia. It was founded by the Brown sisters in 1884 and celebrated its 120th birthday in 2004. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Nikki Macor and today I will be speaking on my ideal library. First, I would like to ask, `What is a library?' In the Oxford Australian students dictionary, a library is defined as `a collection of books for reading or borrowing, a room or building in which these are kept and a similar collection of records and films'. My ideal library would not only do these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. , but would also be an information centre. This centre would include the areas of social events, technology, book recommendations and tutors. I would like to begin describing my library by explaining its physical aspects. This library would have eleven floors, each for a different purpose, for instance, reference, nonfiction, fiction and tutors. It would be spacious and bright, with high ceilings and an old fashioned n. 1. A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry. Noun 1. old fashioned - a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices interior. Scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. all over every floor would be computer guides and search facilities, to simplify the location of a certain book. On some floors, talking would be permitted, as there would be other places for people to go if they sought peace and quiet. There would be displays and exhibitions on some floors, where experts could show their new designs, products or scientific breakthroughs. Although my library would have a lot of technology, it would have the cosy, traditional appearance that depicts a library to me. Now I would like to describe some of the facilities that would be available at my library. I would have many technological facilities for free use, as with all other facilities. I would have an audiovisual department with televisions, vcrs and movie theatres. There would be an abundance of computers to use, which would all be set up with internet and an `intranet', which is a network for library information, including `What's on?', book recommendations, and a `Further reading' index for information on books related to any topic. All sorts of technology would be available to hire, including laptop computers and even scientific equipment. My library would have many fully trained staff, who would know their way around the library completely. It would be attached to a university, so that students could use the many individual study and reading rooms for their work. Tutors would be on hand for anyone needing help, and all lectures from the university would be available on cassette tape. There would be self serve borrowing facilities for people in a rush, and access to books from other libraries. My library would cater for businesses also, with conference rooms, whiteboards and overhead projectors. A floor would also be devoted to children's literature children's literature, writing whose primary audience is children. See also children's book illustration. The Beginnings of Children's Literature The earliest of what came to be regarded as children's literature was first meant for adults. , and a creche for children whose parents required other parts of the library. My library would have many encyclopedias, a very wide range of different resource materials and it would be extremely organised with easy to follow numerical or alphabetical ordering systems. Finally I would like to explain the facilities on each of the levels in my ideal library. * The ground floor would be a foyer, with marble floor and columns. It would have an information desk in the middle where staff and computers would guide visitors around. The desk would double as a place to return any borrowed books or equipment. Surrounding the desk would be the displays and exhibitions mentioned earlier. An elevator or lift would lead to the reference level, with encyclopedias, magazines, brochures and other material * Floor two would be nonfiction books on a very diverse range of topics, printed in some other language as well as English * The third floor would house adult fiction books. Large print, other languages, new books and classics would all be included on this floor * The next floor would be a shop for books and equipment, similar to the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. shops. This floor would also be a storeroom and repair workshop or damaged books * Floor five would be the children's centre and creche, ranging from picture books to teenage novels * The sixth floor would be for technology * The seventh, eight and ninth floors would be study rooms, tutorial rooms and cosy reading rooms respectively * Finally, the tenth and last floor would be for authorised Adj. 1. authorised - endowed with authority authorized lawful - conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful personnel only. One half of this floor would be staff rooms and the other half for rare and expensive literature, only to be accessed by certain experts As a dedicated reader, to create a library with as much money as is needed would be a dream come true. The library of the future Tom Ricketts Year 6 Prince Alfred College Prince Alfred College (also referred to as PAC, Princes and in sporting circles, The Reds) is an independent, day and boarding school for boys', located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the CBD of Adelaide, South Australia. Since I was born there have been many changes in technology and today I will be talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to you about the library of the future. There have been many advances in technology for example the internet, mobile phones, cds and projection tvs See rear-projection TV and front-projection TV. just to name a few. There have not, however, been a lot of advances in library technology except for computers. I believe there will be many technological advances in the library of the future and today I would like to suggest to you changes in the areas of history, fiction, nonfiction, borrowing, library comfort and service and even a future predicting machine. Don't you hate it when you go to the local library to find out some information, on say, Captain James Cook and you find a few books about the famous sailor Person who navigates ships or assists in the conduct, maintenance, or service of ships. Sailors have historically received special treatment under the law because of the nature of their work. but only have ten minutes to read them? It would take you at least twenty minutes to read all the information but you don't have a library card or already have too many books out and really need this book for your project due the next day? Well, in the library of the future there will be an information program with all the books programmed into it. You would log in, put on the headset Headphones combined with a microphone. Used in call centers and by people in telephone-intensive jobs, headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Many people use headsets at the computer so they can converse and type comfortably. , type in the relevant topics and details about Captain Cook and the computer responds with a visual and sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros `Good afternoon my name is James Cook and I will be talking to you about the life of a sea captain ...' If you get to a multiple choice you can choose what he tells you. As you can see this would be a lot easier. This will be a lot quicker than reading the actual books you chose and will save you valuable time. Technology can improve fiction books too. If you really love reading, like I do, and you have heard about a really good book, for example, Tomorrow, when the war began and wished to know about this book's characters, where it is set and the plot, you can scan the books barcode on a computer and the screen will display a relevant picture with characters, the setting and a brief summary about the book. If you like, you can borrow this book or another. Maybe the library of the future will have many more fiction books than nonfiction but not enough room to store them all. So one day the librarian decides to get rid of all the nonfiction books to save room. Where is all the information going to go? Onto computers, that's where! In the library of the future all the information from the nonfiction books will be stored on computers so when you want to find a subject about frogs for example, you simply log `frogs' into the computer. A voice will provide information about all frogs and then when the voice has finished there will be a list of all the types of frogs for you to search as required. Borrowing books in the library of the future will also be a lot easier. All you will have to do is type in your name and pin code, scan the book's barcode on a scanner on the borrowing computer, push enter and leave. I'd like to see that!!! In the library of the future all programs will be loaded into one mainframe for fast, efficient service. All the furniture in the library of the future will be cushioned for your comfort and maybe even a miniature screen, mouse and keyboard installed in the table or the arm of your seat. I was wondering, if everything in the library of the future is going to be modern, sleek and streamlined what on earth will the librarians look like? My final proposition for tonight is that the library of the future will have a future predicting machine. This machine will consider issues of present day concern and predict how they will develop, change and effect mankind in the timeframe requested. For example, if you want to discover what the deterioration of the ozone layer ozone layer or ozonosphere, region of the stratosphere containing relatively high concentrations of ozone, located at altitudes of 12–30 mi (19–48 km) above the earth's surface. will be in fifty years from now at its present rate of destruction you would type in `Ozone layer 50 years' and on the screen will be the answer you require. Today, I have addressed you about libraries of the future and what they will be like. I have talked about history, fiction books, nonfiction books, borrowing, what the library of the future will feel and look like and the future predicting machine. I hope you can now see that in a technologically advanced library everything would be quicker and easier. My question is In the library of the future will everything be on computers or will there still be books to read? The library of the future David Forster Year 9 Pulteney Grammar School Pulteney Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, day school, located on South Terrace, in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded as a boys' school on Monday, 29 May 1847, and is one of the oldest schools in South Australia. The question `What will the library of the future be like?' is a hard question to answer, for the simple fact that we will never know what the future holds for us, until it happens. This question also brings up the other quandary of `Is the future predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: , or is it affected by our actions?', but that is a whole other issue. Since the distance of time being `the future' was not defined in the initial question, we cannot determine whether this means the future tomorrow, or the near future, or the far future. I have presumed in my answer that it will be the library of the far future. In the future we will progress technologically at an alarming rate. We will discover and discard many technologies and ways of life in a matter of weeks. We will outlive out·live tr.v. out·lived, out·liv·ing, out·lives 1. To live longer than: She outlived her son. 2. the age of world peace and nuclear war. Contraptions like the hover An option in Microsoft Internet Explorer that removes the permanent underline from hypertext links. The underline displays automatically and only when the cursor is placed over (hovers over) the link. Hover is available in Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Underline links. car and concepts like the efficient and worldwide use of clean electricity will come and go. The theory of genetic selection will become a reality and will be put into practice only to be abolished when it is found to be socially discriminatory and the evidence of its actual ever existence will be erased e·rase tr.v. e·rased, e·ras·ing, e·ras·es 1. a. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping. b. . I imagine that in the future we will transmute our physical nature, and we will exist as many separate entities on a whole other astral plane The astral plane, also called the astral world or desire world, is a plane of existence according to esoteric philosophies, some religious teachings and New Age thought. In the context of Unicode, astral planes refer to planes above the Basic Multilingual Plane. to the one we exist on at the present time. We will have no need for the physical presence that we currently hold. We will exist as clusters of neuron neuron, specialized cell in animals that, as a unit of the nervous system, carries information by receiving and transmitting electrical impulses. neuron or nerve cell Any of the cells of the nervous system. impulses, each with our own complexities and imperfections as we have today, but they will become the complexities and imperfections of us in our new adopted neurological neurological, neurologic pertaining to or emanating from the nervous system or from neurology. neurological assessment evaluation of the health status of a patient with a nervous system disorder or dysfunction. state. Every person will construct a condition in their mind resembling, some might care to call, our imagination, creating our own existence as we see fit. There, we will live in ecstasy for the rest of eternity without hurting or even bothering anybody else. Events will happen if people want them to happen and history will occur how people want it to occur, but whatever happens in one person's reality will never anybody's other realities. Down to the topic of libraries. Libraries exist now principally as a place of learning. The libraries of today help us to research, learn and understand different subjects, as well as providing entertainment. In the future there will be one centre of learning, one hub of research. It, however, will not be a building or a structure. It will just be a huge mass of energy on this other plane we exist on. Everything ever recorded, ever thought, ever dreamed will be in this `library'. People will not actually travel there, they will think there. The library will exist all around everything and everyone, as well as everything else. If somebody wishes to learn something, then they will know it. The library will sense that they wish to know it and they will. It will be effectively downloaded into their brain. We can relate this idea of a future library to the computer that creates the images on the holodeck in Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . This computer simply helps the person control
their own reality. It will provide the information and the resources to
allow the person to access their dreams, and anything will be possible.
The library will not be run by librarians, in fact it will not be run at all--it will just exist. We will have no conscious knowledge of the presence of this library, for when we create it we will realise that we don't actually want to remember it, so it will be erased from our minds. This library will not have a personality. This library will be a tribute to our knowledge and technology. The library will be created with self education software. It will be a computational replica of the form we will then take. It will learn new things by itself, and expand its capacity by itself, thus severing sev·er v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers v.tr. 1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate. 2. To cut off (a part) from a whole. 3. all need for human intervention. Once the library has been initially formed, we will begin to live a whole new life of personal reality and complete independent dependence on technology. Whether this new future library is a good idea is an easy question to answer. Whether this new future is a good idea, is not as easy. We should contemplate our options and think carefully about out future before it happens and we should always plan ahead so we don't get caught up in it. Only one thing is for sure--the libraries that are here today will certainly not be here tomorrow. My ideal library Emma Toop Year 9 Wilderness School Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am here today to tell you about my ideal library. The first thing that came into my mind when we received the topic was that I wanted to create a library which would encourage kids to read. By kids I mean children who are under the age of 18. Many children can't afford books, have parents who are too busy at work to take them to a library or just aren't interested in reading. It's a proven fact that kids who are read to or start reading at an early age are smarter than those children who don't. We have to ensure that the next generation of kids are looked after. They are our lifelines LifeLines is a free genealogy software tool to assist family history research. Lifelines was originally written by Tom Wetmore circa 1991-1994. Its primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM to a better future. I first thought that I would have a normal library with a few extras to entice kids. I then thought that that wouldn't really do very much for the aforementioned children. After watching Spiceworld the movie, the idea came to me to have a mobile library. I know that mobile libraries already exist but they are mainly for disabled and aged people who can't leave their homes or for those who live in remote areas. My mobile library would be for the less advantaged kids. My mobile library would actually be a double decker bus painted with vivid, bright colours. This will hopefully attract children and appeal to them so they come and see what is available to them. When they find out the bus is well stocked library, I'm hoping they will take advantage of all the materials on offer. I would work out the timetable so that my bus could tour all areas but paying particular attention to the lower socioeconomic areas, This would be weekly so that all the suburbs I plan to visit know when to expect me. As I want to encourage children to read, I plan to begin my tours after 4pm when school is over and finish about 7.30pm on weekdays. On weekends I hope to be working all day. My plan is to stock the van with all different sorts of books. There would be two levels. One level would contain encyclopedias and nonfiction books as well as computers with internet access See how to access the Internet. , educational games and tapes, videos and even books in Braille. As I would have an unlimited amount of money I would buy all the new books with up to date information and give all the old books to charity. The other level would be filled with `all sorts of books including picture books, classic novels, science fiction, romance and all that's in between. We would be equipped with beanbags and pillows for comfort, well stocked with Adj. 1. stocked with - furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store" stocked furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; multiplication multiplication, fundamental operation in arithmetic and algebra. Multiplication by a whole number can be interpreted as successive addition. For example, a number N multiplied by 3 is N + N + N. tapes, cds, kids tapes and headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. . Board games This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see for a list of board game articles. would be available for hire. Everything but encyclopedias would be available for a two week hire. If any information is required from an encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books , it can be photocopied. Any other information be printed direct from the computers. To put people in a pleasant frame of mind when they board my bus I intend to paint the inside walls a bright yellow and team this with royal blue carpet The Blue Carpet is a piece of Public Art in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, designed by Thomas Heatherwick. Although classified as a piece of public art, it is closer to an urban design feature. . To service everyone efficiently and quickly there would need to be two librarians, myself and one other. We would both drive the bus but the other librarian would double as a tutor. We would provide an English and maths tuition program called Kumon. This method provides ready made sheets which children do to make sure that they are very skilled in the basics, such as multiplication and fractions in maths or verbs and comprehension in English. When the child completes these sheets they are given to the tutor to mark. I would have stickers and medals to give as rewards for excellent work. I plan to take care of all the locating and borrowing of books so the other librarian can tutor the children who wish to do Kumon. The bus would park for 20-25 minutes at each stop at a selected time each week. We would choose safe, well lit areas to park the bus, so that parents don't have to worry about the safety of their children. To advertise I would probably organise a letterbox The effect of displaying a wide screen movie on a standard TV set the way it was originally shot in full panoramic format. On the TV, the image frame spans the full width of the screen, but because of the difference in aspect ratios of the two formats (wide screen movie vs. drop in the areas I plan to visit. The pamphlet pamphlet, short unbound or paper-bound book of from 64 to 96 pages. The pamphlet gained popularity as an instrument of religious or political controversy, giving the author and reader full benefit of freedom of the press. would specify when we are due in that district, what we have to offer and how children and others can benefit. I do not plan to charge my customers for overdue books. I want them to enjoy their books without worrying, although there will have to be a charge for lost books so that people don't steal them. If a child wants a particular book, it will be our pleasure to order it in for them. Obviously, we will end up having too many books for the bus and will have to set up a rotating system where each week we'll move in some of the books from storage and move other into storage. If my mobile library is a success, I plan to make more buses to cover bigger areas and many more people. I hope you have enjoyed my talk about my ideal library as much as I have enjoyed sharing it with you. My question is Do you think that libraries will ever disappear as we know them and become completely online via the internet? Kyle Rowley attends Pimpala Primary School in South Australia South Australia, state (1991 pop. 1,236,623), 380,070 sq mi (984,381 sq km), S central Australia. It is bounded on the S by the Indian Ocean. Kangaroo Island and many smaller islands off the south coast are included in the state. and is in Year 7. Kyle plays basketball and indoor cricket and his hobbies include bike jumping and art. He enjoys history and hates maths. Kyle is interested in the future and enjoys writing and talking about his ideas Nikki Macor attends Wilderness School in South Australia and is in Year 9. Nikki plays competitive tennis and enjoys history. She owns a golden retriever golden retriever, breed of large sporting dog developed primarily in Scotland in the mid-19th cent. It stands about 23 in. (58.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 60 to 75 lb (27.2–34.1 kg). called Bubbles. Nikki loves reading, especially fantasy and her favourite books include the Axis trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. by Sara Douglass Sara Douglass (Born 2 June 1957 in Penola, South Australia) is the pen name of Australian fantasy writer Dr. Sara Warneke, who lives in Hobart, Tasmania. Her works include the Axis trilogy, the Wayfarer Redemption trilogy, the Crucible trilogy and the Troy Game series. , the Alanna Alanna may refer to:
Tom Ricketts attends Prince Alfred College in South Australia and is in Year 6. Tom enjoys playing basketball and likes to play computer games. He plays the electric guitar which he has been learning for five years. Tom's favourite series of books is Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden David Forster attends Pulteney Grammar School in South Australia and is in Year 9. David plays bass guitar and has a strong interest in music. His favourite subjects are English and music and he has a strong interest in debating. David is David I, king of Scotland David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria, ruling S of the Clyde the youngest of four with two sisters and a brother. David is a fantasy reader who enjoys writing. His favourite books are The Hobbit A microprocessor from AT&T that was used in a variety of portable devices. It is no longer made. 1. Hobbit - A Scheme to C compiler by Tanel Tammet <tammet@cs.chalmers.se>. , C S Lewis works, the First World series and he is obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with James Bond movies and their music Emma Toop attends Wilderness School in South Australia and is in Year 9. Emma plays softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' , hockey and lacrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. and is learning to play the flute and bass guitar. Emma has won two academic scholarships to Wilderness and her favourite subject is drama. Emma has a miniature schnauzer miniature schnauzer: see schnauzer. called Ajax. Her favourite books are the Alanna series by Tamora Pierce and Michael Crichton's books. Her favourite movies are Austin Powers and Happy Gilmore Kyle Rowley, Nikki Macor, Tom Ricketts, David Forster, Emma Toop South Australian school students Received November 1998 |
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