About Us
Our mission is to develop proactive, life-long learners equipped with a high standard of literacy and research skills and effective study habits. Learning is facilitated in a setting that provides outstanding personal service and high quality physical and digital resources.
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 7:30 am – 6:30 pm
Friday: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Boarders’ Study
Monday – Thursday: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Please note closing times can vary with special events and student free days. Changes are advised in the Daily Memo.
Borrowing Info
- Loan limits apply to assignment resources, however the amount of recreational reading items you can borrow flexible. If you love to read and have a good track-record of returning items then we are happy to accommodate a higher loan limit.
- Different items have different loan periods (see Table below)
- Visit the SLRC catalogue to search for books and other items (school access only).
- See our FAQ page for information about reserving and renewing items.
| Item Type | Loan Period |
Conditions |
| Fiction & Non-Fiction Books | 3 weeks | Senior Fiction is available to students in Years 9-12. Assignment resources (e.g. non-fiction books relating to assignment topics) are occasionally subject to loan restrictions. |
| Audiobooks (Talking Books) | 3 weeks | |
| Periodicals & Magazines | 2 weeks | |
| DVDs | 3 days | A consent form must be signed by a parent or guardian before students under 15 may borrow M 15+ movies. |
| eBooks | 2 weeks | Visit https://smcwa.wheelers.co/account/register to register for an eBook account. Age restrictions apply on some eBooks. |
| Study Guides | Varies | Current versions: Not for Loan (for use in the SLRC only) Past versions: |
Contact us
The SLRC is located on Level 2 of the Mercy Building.
View maps of the SLRC & Plaza areas.
Phone inquiries:
Ph: 6330 0259
Email inquiries:
Parents and Staff, please email: library@santamaria.wa.edu.au
Students, please fill in the contact form found on our Ask a Librarian page
Alternatively, please see the Meet the SLRC Staff toggle box (below) for individual staff email addresses.
To request items:
Please fill in the contact form found on our Request a Book page
Meet the SLRC staff
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Tracey Rouhiainen Co-Head of Sawle Literature & Research Centre See Book It for available hours rouhiainen.tracey@santamaria.wa.edu.au |
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Nikki Chandler Co-Head of Sawle Literature & Research Centre Boarders’ Study Supervisor (Thursday) See Book It for available hours chandler.nicole@santamaria.wa.edu.au |
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Alex Oudejans Senior School Literature & Research Specialist See Book It for available hours oudejans.alexandra@santamaria.wa.edu.au |
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Chenelle Davies Middle School Literature & Research Specialist Boarders’ Study Supervisor (Monday – Wednesday) See Book It for available hours davies.chenelle@santamaria.wa.edu.au |
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Catherine Hutchinson Literature & Research Assistant (Monday – Friday) hutchinson.catherine@santamaria.wa.edu.au |
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Lynda O’Meara Literature & Research Assistant (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday) o’meara.lynda@santamaria.wa.edu.au |
Collection Development Policy
FAQs
Visit our FAQs page for more information about:
- Photocopying & scanning
- Booking a room in the SLRC or Plaza
- Logging into our digital services
- and more…
Please refer to our General Services Brochure (left) for further information about the services we provide students.
At a glance, just some of the services we provide:
- Access to a large collection of quality print and digital resources
- Study assistance
- Reading recommendations
- Lunchtime activities
- Co-curricular book clubs
Please refer to our Staff Services Brochure (right) for further information about the services we provide to staff.
At a glance, just some of the services we provide:
- Locating hard-copy and digital resources.
- Collaborating on the development of assignments to provide scaffolding.
- Team-teaching in classrooms to develop research strategies.
- Individual one-off lessons on resources or topics eg. Journals related to your subject area, literature genres, functional and digital literacy concepts such as keywords, search terms, reliability of sources and referencing.
