AICS Library News

16 October 2023—As part of the upgrade to our digital services, the AICS Library has partnered with AccessIt to offer patrons a new catalogue system to find resources in our library and beyond. With AccessIt, students and staff can use the same single sign-on that they use for other school services. Browsing what is available at a specific campus is now easier than ever, and we will roll out a host of other new AccessIt services for teachers and students throughout the fall. Log in to AccessIt and watch the short video on the dashboard for an overview of some great new features.

15 December 2022—The AICS Library is thrilled to announce that hundreds of titles have been added to Sora to enhance several parts of our collection.

Duke Classics and Project Gutenberg 

AICS Library patrons now have unlimited access to select Duke Classics and Project Gutenberg titles on Sora, which means that any number of users can borrow them at the same time. The list of titles that have been added includes works that are in the current AICS literary curriculum, such as:

Shakespeare’s collected plays

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“The Awakening” by Kate Chopin

If you’d like to see a complete list of these new titles, please contact us.

Dutch and Ukrainian Titles

In addition to our expansive ebook and audiobook collection in English, Sora now includes hundreds of titles in other languages, including our latest additions for Dutch and Ukrainian. To filter titles by language, simply log in to Sora, click the Filters button at the top, and change the word All next to Language to the language that you’re interested in browsing. Don’t have a Sora account yet? Contact us to find out how you can get your free account.

French Print Titles

Thirty new print titles in French have been added to the World Languages collection at both our South East and our South campuses. The books include selections to interest everyone from early readers to adults.Ask a librarian for assistance in locating any new French titles.

MYP World Languages Book Drive

A group of MYP students is running a book donation drive for books in any language except English until 25 January. See the image of the flyer here or throughout the school for more details.