Shire of Mundaring Library Service

Social Media and Mental Health with HelpingMinds®

Boya Community Centre, Friday 2 June, 10.30am to 11.30am

A one-hour workshop which aims to increase knowledge and understanding about: the positives of social media, social media and links to mental health, not believing everything you see on social media, health and safe social media use. Bookings essential at https://020623b.eventbrite.com.au.

Bushfoods for Beginners with Mark Tucek

Boya Community Centre, Saturday 17 June, 2.30pm – 4pm

Mark Tucek will talk about his recently published book, Bushfood for Beginners, Tucker Bush™, the native plants he grows, and native dried produce. There will be a range of plants and Mark's book available for purchase. Bookings essential at https://170623b.eventbrite.com.au.

Brilliant Minds Author Interview with Shannon Meyerkort

Join author Shannon Meyerkort for an inconversation about her book Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes Who Changed Our World with writer Elizabeth Lewis.

Some of the world's greatest minds struggled at school. Meyerkort has written about the way these record-breakers, game-changers and risk-takers managed their dyslexia persevering through hardships to achieve greatness. Bookings essential at https://260623b.eventbrite.com.au.

Did you know about these Libby app features?

If you had a wish list in the Overdrive app (no longer available), you can import it into Libby as a smart tag. Tags in Libby can also be used to curate your own personal bookshelf, track your favourite titles, create reading lists and more.

You can use Libby’s “Notify Me” tags feature to express interest in digital titles Libby doesn’t yet offer and receive notification if they are added.

You can use Libby’s “Pin” feature to automatically apply filters when browsing the catalogue.

You can transfer titles from Libby to read on eReaders which are compatible with Adobe Digital Edtions by downloading to a computer first, then transferring to the eReader.

Learn more about these tips and more at https: //help.libbyapp.com.

Don’t miss out on borrowing from your local library

Library Home Services

Did you know our libraries offer a free home delivery service to library members living in the Shire of Mundaring who are unable to visit the libraries due to mobility or illness?

The service can be provided on a temporary or permanent basis. You may be recuperating from an operation or illness for a short time, or you may have long-term mobility and other reasons which mean the service is required on a permanent basis.

Once you are signed up for the service, volunteers and staff will select items based on your interests and deliver them to your door.

If you would like to know more, or would like help with applying for the service, please call the libraries on 9290 6780 (Mundaring) or 9290 6755 (Boya). You can also contact us by email at mills@ mundaring.wa.gov.au (Mundaring) or gills@mundaring.wa.gov. au (Boya).

Seed Library Donations Welcomed

We would really appreciate donations of seeds for the Mundaring Seed Library.

The lovely folk at Mundaring Seed Savers sort, clean and prepare donated seeds to be added to the seed library. Library staff catalogue and add the seed packets to the library system. Library members may then "borrow" seeds, plant and grow them, then harvest seeds to "return" to the library in a great community sustainability effort.

If you have seeds you can donate, bring them in to the Boya or Mundaring libraries, supplying details of the seed variety along with the seeds. It would be greatly appreciated if a note is included on where the seeds were harvested and any tips on growing. The libraries have donation envelopes, or you can just use your own bag or container and drop them in.

You can find out more about the Seed Library as well as hints and tips on how to harvest seeds at https://bit.ly/MunSeedLib.

Public Holiday Closure

WA Day

Monday 5 June

Shire of Mundaring Libraries will be closed for WA DAY on Monday 5 June. Libraries will re-open at 9am on Tuesday 6 June. The libraries' after-hours chutes will be available for library returns during this time. You can access the libraries' free digital books, magazines, audiobooks, and video streaming 24/7 at https://bit.ly/SOMeLib