Games and Competitions

Every so often and depending on the season, our library conducts games, quizzes, and competitions with prizes at stake open to all students.

To welcome the new school year, there's a competition to solve word puzzles and we're giving away a number of cute pocket-size staplers for students who will borrow three or more books in one transaction, which of course we did not announce for obvious reasons.

Last Christmas, we had a guess-the-number-of-Santa-chocolates-in-the-jar. This was a tricky one because the glass jar's design made it difficult to count the contents. And during the AFL (Australian Football League) season, we asked the students to guess which team will win the championships.

We do get a lot of responses from the students and the prizes we give out are not really expensive. For the footy guessing game, we gave out coffee vouchers and for Christmas, the winner got to take home the glass jar and all the chocolates inside.

It really takes a lot of creativity and ingenuity to market the library and it doesn't have to hurt the library's budget.