Southern Downs Regional Libraries
Library Lovers news DECEMBER 2012
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Welcome to the last edition of Library Lovers News for 2012. This newsletter can be printed on demand for you or you can be added to our email list to have it sent to you. Please ask your local library staff if you would like a copy.
The Summer Reading Club will be in full swing from Monday the
Inside this issue:
Summer Reading Club 1 Author visit
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Christmas Closures
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Unusual Libraries
2
Most Borrowed Titles
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Spotlight
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Awareness Profile
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Logic Puzzle
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10th December at the Southern Downs Regional Libraries. The theme for this year is Untangled Tales. Children can register at their local branch and will receive an activity pack and reading log. There will be a lot of fun activities to do as well as prizes to be won.
Author visit Local author, Sara Skinner, will be giving an author talk at the Warwick Library on Wednesday the 28th of November at 10.30 am. Her fantasy fairy-tale inspired novel is titled Don’t go into the woods. Contact Warwick Library on 4661 0342 for bookings.
"Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal." - Lenore Hershey
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Christmas Closures The Southern Downs Regional Libraries will be shut from 3 pm Monday 24th of December, reopening on Wednesday 2nd January.
If you have any ideas of what could be included in this newsletter please let us know; we would love your opinions.
The after hours return shutes will not be open over this period, however no items will fall due during this time.
Unusual Libraries
Ikea set up this library on Bondi Beach for one day in 2010. It consisted of 30 bookshelves and people were able to swap books or donate a gold coin. All money raised went to The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation.
“One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” — J. K. Rowling
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Our most borrowed titles The most borrowed fiction titles over the
The most borrowed non-fiction titles over
last twelve months are:
the last twelve months are:
The Drop - Michael Connelly
They Came To A Plateau - Jean Harslett & Mervyn Royle
The Litigators - John Grisham
The Sweet Poison Quit Plan - David Gillespie
Black Hills - Nora Roberts
Stamps of the World - Stanley Gibbons
The Bark Cutters - Nicole Alexander
Small Scale Poultry Flock - Harvey Ussery
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
Sarah’s Last Wish - Eve Hillary
The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
Spotlight on ..... Nicole Alexander Nicole Alexander is an Australian author who lives and works in on a property in rural New South Wales. She has over twenty years of writing experience and has written three novels highlighting farmers and graziers and their love of the land. Her first novel, The Bark Cutters was shortlisted for the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Newcomer Award for 2011. A Changing Land was a national top ten bestseller in 2011. Her latest novel is Absolution Creek which was released in September 2012. Her non-fiction writing includes genealogy and travel articles as well as a poetry collection called Divertissements - Love. War. Society. Nicole is a strong supporter of both the National Year of Reading and of the Australian Year of the Farmer.
When I got my library card, that's when my life began. Rita Mae Brown
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Current Awareness Profile Would you like to be notified when new books or DVDs are available? You can set up a profile for notification of the latest worksof your favourite author, items on a particular subject or maybe the latest in a series you have been reading. Sign into the library catalogue as shown with your ID (B9*******) and your PIN (the first 4 letters of your surname in CAPITALS). The login point is on the left side of the catalogue screen. Click on My Details and then select the “New Alert Profile� tab. (you must have an email address and have email notices enabled to use the Alert Profile service. Please contact library staff to set this up for you if necessary.)
Choose an option from the first dropdown menu and then fill in the space beside it. You can set your awareness profile for multiple authors, titles, subjects etc, if you wish. You will need to select OR from the drop down list on the right to receive alerts for more than 1 author. You can specify if you wish items from a particular collection, if you only want normal print choose AF or maybe you prefer Large Print or books on CD.
Now you can test your search if you wish. Click on the test button. This should provide you with a list of items on the catalogue that match the options you have chosen. Click on the return to previous page arrow at the top of the page when you are done.
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Choose how often you would like to receive an alert. This alert will be sent to your email address. Finally give your profile a name and click on save. To create another profile go to My Details and start from the beginning again.
To look at your profiles click the Alert Profiles link in My Details and you will see something like this.
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The Christmas Choir The local church is planning a special Christmas choir for their Christmas Eve service this year. This is a new program for the church and they have high hopes for its success. The conductor has designed a creative program using traditional Christmas carols and the singers have practiced for weeks. Four of the singers have solo parts in four different songs. Determine the full name of each soloist, which part of the choir each is in and the name of the Christmas carol in which each is singing solo. Hint: only women can be soprano and alto, and only men can be tenor and bass. Sherry Sanford didn’t sing the solo part in “Silent Night.” Bruce didn’t sing the solo part in “ O Holy Night.” The soprano wasn’t Ms. Sawyer. “Joy to the World” as no the solo part that Mr. Smith sang in. The tenor sang solo during “The First Noel.” Betty was part of alto section. Mr. Short wasn’t a tenor. The bass singer, who wasn’t Tom, didn’t perform a solo part in “Silent Night.” Bruce’s solo part was during “Joy to the World.” The answer will be in the next edition of Library Lovers News.
THE SOLUTION TO “WHICH BOOK - A LOGIC PUZZLE” : First Name
Surname
Genre
Main Character
Joseph
Crabtree
Thriller
Katy
Elsie
Elfin
Adventure
Jennifer
Graham
Fields
Who Dunnit
Linda
Gladys
Drake
Cowboy
Craig
Peter
Atkins
War
Malcolm
David
Branch
Romance
Stewart
Southern Downs Regional Libraries
Allora Library 4666 3742 Mobile Library 4661 0342 Stanthorpe Library 4681 2141 Warwick Library 4661 0342
Our online catalogue can be found at www.southerndowns.qld.gov.au