SPECIAL EDITION
APRIL 2020 | VOL. II
Tō Tātou Karere WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES NEWS
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Kia ora, this is our Covid-19 lockdown special edition. As all of our libraries are closed at the moment we’ve decided to bring the library experience to your home. In this edition we are highlighting some of what you can do with your library card online and all the special online content our librarians are working hard to deliver to you. So sit back on your couch, grab a cup of your preferred warm beverage, wash your hands as you will be close to the sink, and join us for this month’s Newsletter.
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Do more with your library card
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new books
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kids activity
StayAtHome Fest on our Blog
e m i t y r Sto ! e n i l n O
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mon-fri 10.30am
saturday 2pm
Live Storytimes on Facebook
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Storytime online Virtual Storytime: Straight from the Librarian’s Living Room by Stephen Clothier With our libraries currently closed, are you Stories Online missing your regular storytime fix? Don’t
If those options aren’t enough, over on the
worry, we have you covered in more ways Kids’ Downloads page we have a whole raft than one: check the options below!
of digital storytime content that we have been curating over the years. This page
Virtual Storytimes During
the
is stuffed full of videos of New Zealand
lockdown,
your
favourite books being read by their authors at the
librarians will be bringing you livestreamed library, links to awesome resources such as storytimes directly from their living rooms
TumbleBooks and Kanopy Kids, and plenty
on the Wellington City Libraries Facebook of other bits and pieces to keep your mind page. Storytime will be streamed live Monday-Friday
at
10:30am,
and
busy!
on
Saturdays at 2:00pm, to match the times While you check out all these awesome when Preschool Storytime would normally resources,
why
not
watch
our
first
be happening at your local library. You can livestreamed Virtual Storytime below? join us live as we stream, or watch the video Straight from my living room (with Velvet afterwards.
Elvis looking down from above!) I bring you I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen,
Story Box Library
published by Walker Books.
Tired of waiting for your next storytime livestream? Did you know that you can enjoy a read-aloud storytime ANYtime?! All you need is your Wellington City Libraries card and a device to watch on — PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Log in with your library card number and PIN, and enjoy stories being read aloud by fantastic, predominantly
Australian
and
New
Zealand, storytellers.
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do more with your
library card
Have FREE access to eMedia with your Library Card — eBooks, streaming film, eMagazines, eNewspapers, digital storytimes & more. Check our Quick Start Guide for simple steps to get started.
Libby OverDrive’s new simplified site and app. Read and listen to eBooks & eAudiobooks — over 50,000 titles available. Check here.
Lynda.com Unlimited access to over 3500 online video courses. Topics include IT, business, design & more. Check here.
Kanopy Streaming film — over 30,000 titles from around the world. Login requires an adult membership type. Check here.
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Beamafilm Streaming film — over 500 international movies and documentaries, with a strong Australasian focus. Login requires an adult membership type. Check here.
Pressreader Same day access to full-page replicas of newspapers & magazines from NZ and around the world in 60+ languages. Check here.
rbDigital Over 200 eMagazine titles for reading online or offline — across all genres. Check here.
Mango Languages Learn over 70 new languages on the go. Check here.
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StayAtHomeFest 2020 by Paul Veart It can be tough being stuck at home. You need plenty of food, you need exercise, you need social support (and, it seems, you need a large stockpile of toilet paper). But there’s something else you need, too–the arts! Presenting: StayAtHomeFest 2020! StayAtHomeFest 2020 combines talks from some of our favourite authors with links to eBooks of their work via Overdrive. We’ve also added links to associated digital resources in case you want to do a bit more exploring. So make yourself a coffee, move the cat from the best spot on the couch and settle back for this socially-distanced digital event!
To see all of the StayAtHomeFest 2020 content visit our blog.
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