School Libraries 

The Secondary School Library is available to students in Grades 6 to 12 and is located on the first floor of the Beethoven 13 building. The Library is a place for quiet study, reading and research.

Secondary School librarian: Ms. Emma Dornan

Opening hours:

The Library is also open during lunch times.

Summer 2010 Reading Lists for Grades 6, 7 & 8

Homework Club for Grades 6-8 takes place every day in the library after school with the Secondary School librarian and another teacher.

There are ten thousand books in the Library, in English, French, and other languages. Students in Grades 11 and 12 also have access to the extensive collection of the American Library in Paris. The Secondary School Library subscribes to a range of print periodicals, in English and French, and to the on line educational database Ebsco. Also available in the library are copies of previous Extended Essays and Personal Projects, and an extensive range of information regarding universities and applications. There are fifteen computers for students to use for research.

The Primary School Library provides service to students in Nursery to Grade 5, their parents, and the broader ISP community, who want to borrow books in English, French or home languages of the ISP community. The Primary School Library is located in the lower floor of the 98 Ranelagh building.

Primary School librarian: Ms. Carol Whitehouse

The library is open daily from 9:00 until 16:00, except on Thursdays when the library closes at 15:45 for staff meetings. Parents having questions are invited to set up an appointment with the Primary School librarian, either before or after the school hours. The library is also open to staff an parents during lunchtime between 11:45 and 12:45 weekdays. Parents are also encouraged to suggest classic titles in their home languages or in English or French to help the librarian choose books with multicultural perspectives for our library collection.

There are approximately 10,000 books in the Primary School library, and several childrens' magazines. The books are largely in English, which is ISP's language of instruction, but we also actively collect French books and magazines and books in home languages of the student population. According to the research, reading strategies and skills in a home language will transfer to the students' reading strategies and skills in English.