Library Lovers News Southern Downs Regional Libraries
May 2013
Volume 2, Issue 3
Library system upgraded The computer program which runs the library catalogue and circulations system has recently been upgraded. This will result in improved functionality and some extra features on the catalogue. If you use our OPAC (online public access catalogue) you may have already noticed some small changes. Over the next few newsletters we will bring you some articles on these changes and how to get the most out of them.
Inside this issue: Activities for children
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Unusual Libraries
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Spotlight on Jack Sheffield
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Fabulous bookcases
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New Books
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Book Sale
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Recent publications cannot be borrowed on an ILL. However you are welcome to place a purchase request with us.
Australian Authors
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When an item from another library is loaned to you it will have a yellow paper slip on the cover. This slip will tell you the due date, and also will have a barcode on it. This barcode is very important as it identifies that item on our library system. Therefore we ask that the yellow slips are not removed from ILLs and that the item is returned with the slip still attached.
Authors of 5 Vampire Fiction Strange things left in library
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Top ten reads
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Pop-up Library
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Author visit
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Inter-Library Loans The Southern Downs Library Service has over 100 000 items on our system divided between the four branches. However, occasionally, we may not have what you require. In this instance we can do an inter-library loan (ILL) from another library service. ILL requests can be done in person at any of our library branches. Most libraries will not loan any items except books (e.g.. no DVDs or magazines etc)
If you have any questions about ILLs please ask at your local branch.
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? Oscar Wilde.
Solution to last 7 editions puzzle
It’s the Grapes of Wrath!
Southern Downs Regional Libraries
Volume 2, Issue 3
Activities For Children The Southern Downs Libraries offer a variety of activities for children. StoryTime is a program aimed at children from birth to school age and their parents and carers. This program runs weekly in the Stanthorpe and Warwick branches, Warwick Storytime is on Thursday mornings at 10.30, and the Stanthorpe session is on Tuesday mornings, also at 10.30. For school aged children the Warwick & Stanthorpe branches host school holiday activities which usually consist of a treasure hunt within the library and activity tables which children can access at any time. There are also several children’s newsletters produced. The Storytime newsletter is published monthly and the Kids Stuff newsletter comes out every school holidays. You can read these newsletters online by following links from our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Downs-RegionalLibraries/475451612496319 . Alternatively you can have a copy emailed to you, or pick up a hard copy in branch. For children 8 and under the library is participating in the Read Up program. Children receive a Read Up card and once they have borrowed from the library six times they can choose one of five different certificates. They can then start again with a new card if they wish. Bookweek is held from the 17th - 23rd August, 2013 and this years theme is “Read Across the Universe” There will be some displays and activities in branch as well as a treasure hunt to celebrate.
Finally, National Simultaneous Storytime will be held on the 22nd of May at 11 am. Libraries and schools across Australia will be reading The Wrong Book by Nick Bland. This is an inititive of ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association), held each year to promote reading and literacy. In 2012 over 380 000 children at over 2000 locations took part. More information can be found at their website http:// alia.org.au/nss/
Pop-Up Library As part of Library and Information Week celebrations, there will be a Pop-Up Library in the Farley Street Piazza, Stanthorpe, on Thursday the 23rd May from 9.30 - 3.30. Library staff will be in attendance with a selection of items. Come along and help us to complete our jigsaw or have a turn in the perpetual Scrabble game.
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Library Lovers News
Unusual Libraries If you have any ideas of what could be included in this newsletter please let us know; we would love to hear your opinions.
The Basalt Regional Library in Colorado lends seed packets. The borrowers grow fruit and vegetables from the seeds and then harvest seeds from what they have grown and return them to the library!
Spotlight on Jack Sheffield Jack Sheffield is a retired school teacher who has written the Teacher series. The seventh book in the series Schools out! has just been released and Jack is currently writing the eighth in the series. Jack credits his start as a writer to one of his school teachers, who, when asked how Jack could become an author, replied “Go to Compton Road Library and read everything you can�. This newsletter can be emailed to you if you wish. Ask to be added to the email list at your local library.
More information on Jack Sheffield can be found at his website www.jacksheffield.com which includes a map of his fictional village Ragley.
Fabulous Bookshelves This beautiful bookcase is handmade and is available on the internet through an Etsy shop called Wood Curve. http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodCurve? ref=seller_info# Some of the other creations made by this very talented man are inchworm bookcases and a melting clock bookcase.
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Volume 2, Issue 3
New Books
Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson
Blood Fire by Sharon Page
100 Lace Flowers to Crochet by Caitlin Sainio
Back to the Pilliga by Tony Parsons
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
8 Hour Diet by David Zinczenko
Bella’s Run by Margareta Osborn
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb
Agony of the Leaves by Laura Childs
Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
12th of Never by James Patterson
A library book sale will be held in the Stanthorpe library foyer from Monday 20th May - Saturday 25th May. The Warwick library also has a book sale table in their foyer. There are lots of great books to be had at a bargain price.
Authors of Vampire Fiction Marta Acosta
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Roderick Anscombe
Richard Lay
L. A. Banks
Brian Lumley
These are the items which were the most borrowed in the last two months.
Charlaine Harris
1. 2. Doug Marray 3. James Reese 4. 5. Anne Rice Kristine Kathryn Rusch 6. 7. Lyndsay Sands 8. Christopher Schildt 9. Susan Sizemore 10.
Lynda Hilburn
Bram Stoker
Tanya Huff
Whitley Strieber
Jeanne Kalogridis
David Wellington
Stuart M. Kaminsky
Daoma Winston
David Bishop Les Daniels Mary Janice Davidson Christine Feehan Linda Grant Laurell K. Hamilton
Reader’s digest select editions Gardening Australia [magazine] Kindle set 1 [preloaded Kindles] Australian Country Style [magazine] Australian House & Garden [magazine] The Drop - Michael Connelly Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child Legacy - Tamara McKinley The Affair - Lee Child The Australian Women’s Weekly [magazine]
Australian Authors Money Bills Letters Photographs Greeting Cards Combs Deflated balloons Shopping Lists Prescriptions Tissues A Passport A slice of cheese Band-Aids Leaves Bacon Gift Cards Bus tickets
Venero Armanno Jennifer Bacia Robert G. Barrett Jean Bedford Nancy Cato Peter Corris Bryce Courtenay Eleanor Dark Marele Day Sandy Dengler Robert Dessaix Garry Disher Sara Douglass Miles Franklin Kerry Greenwood Rodney Hall Marion Halligan Frank Hardy Xavier Herbert Janette Turner Hospital Anne Infante
Thomas Keneally Kathy Lette Morris Lurie Colleen McCullough Sandy McCutcheon Claire McNab Marie Mahood Greg Matthews Martin Middleton Drusilla Modjeska Frank Moorhouse Judy Nunn Ruth Park Jennifer Rowe Nevil Shute Vivian Stuart Arthur Upfield Morris West Patrick White Tim Winton
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Bookworms will rule the world‌ as soon as we finish one more chapter.
Pop-Up Library As part of Library and Information Week celebrations there will be a Pop-Up Library in the Farley Street Piazza, Stanthorpe, on Thursday the 23 May from 9.30 - 3.30. Library Staff will be in attendance with a selection of items. Come along and help us to complete our jigsaw or have a turn in the perpetual Scrabble game.
Solution to Easter Egg Hunt puzzle 1. Mr. Hops found the blue egg that had the visor and finished third. 2. Jumper found the red egg that had the chocolate candy and finished second. 3. Long Ears found the yellow egg that had the jelly bean and finished fourth. 4. Ms. Littlenose found the green egg that had the gold coin and finished first.
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Volume 2, Issue 3
The original advertisement for the book Winnie-the Pooh
Southern Downs Regional Libraries
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Mobile Library
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Stanthorpe Library
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Warwick Library
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