Menai Library Gets Creative in Library Week
Library Week is over for another year but not before Menai Library's guests lapped up some special treats.
Menai Library launched a pre-emptive strike on Library Week 2008 with its library promotions display in Menai Marketplace on Friday May 16. We received a multitude of enquiries throughout the day, ranging from Preschool storytime, Rhymetime, foreign language courses and HSC resources to the location of Menai library and it's history in the area. We met one person who had lived in the area for 30 years and did not know that Menail branch library existed! Historical photographs of the area around the Alfords Point bridge showing the old Lugarno ferry allowed a number of older residents to reminisce about their childhood days. A walkthrough by Bookatoo entertained the younger generation, and those game enough for a cuddle received a balloon. As a result of the contacts made on the day, there has been an influx of new registrations and new faces at Preschool storytime.
We celebrated with lots of events including National Simultaneous Storytime, What's Under Wraps and fancy dress fairy storytimes. We raffled a hamper of delights and even offered our visitors morning tea (with marshmallows and bickies!). The highlight of our week though was undoubtedly a scrapbooking demonstration by Lisa Mossman from Creative Memories.
All participants genuinely welcomed the opportunity to attend the workshop and believed they had gained useful scrapbooking skills by the end of the session. There was a lucky door prize, won by a gentleman who was very surprised to 'win anything at all'. Follow up phone calls provided positive feedback from other interested people. The Library's collection boasts a number of books on Scrapbooking techniques. Check them out for yourself next time you visit. Ask us if you need help locating them - our staff are always willing to help. Scrapbooking enthusiasts might also wish to note our Digital Photography and the Internet course. It could prove to be very useful.
To everyone who visited us during Library Week we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did and we thank you for celebrating with us. See you soon,
Menai Library staff.
Menai Library launched a pre-emptive strike on Library Week 2008 with its library promotions display in Menai Marketplace on Friday May 16. We received a multitude of enquiries throughout the day, ranging from Preschool storytime, Rhymetime, foreign language courses and HSC resources to the location of Menai library and it's history in the area. We met one person who had lived in the area for 30 years and did not know that Menail branch library existed! Historical photographs of the area around the Alfords Point bridge showing the old Lugarno ferry allowed a number of older residents to reminisce about their childhood days. A walkthrough by Bookatoo entertained the younger generation, and those game enough for a cuddle received a balloon. As a result of the contacts made on the day, there has been an influx of new registrations and new faces at Preschool storytime.
We celebrated with lots of events including National Simultaneous Storytime, What's Under Wraps and fancy dress fairy storytimes. We raffled a hamper of delights and even offered our visitors morning tea (with marshmallows and bickies!). The highlight of our week though was undoubtedly a scrapbooking demonstration by Lisa Mossman from Creative Memories.
All participants genuinely welcomed the opportunity to attend the workshop and believed they had gained useful scrapbooking skills by the end of the session. There was a lucky door prize, won by a gentleman who was very surprised to 'win anything at all'. Follow up phone calls provided positive feedback from other interested people. The Library's collection boasts a number of books on Scrapbooking techniques. Check them out for yourself next time you visit. Ask us if you need help locating them - our staff are always willing to help. Scrapbooking enthusiasts might also wish to note our Digital Photography and the Internet course. It could prove to be very useful.
To everyone who visited us during Library Week we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did and we thank you for celebrating with us. See you soon,
Menai Library staff.
Pirates Attack @ Engadine Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suthlib/2553344790/, originally uploaded by Sutherland Shire Libraries.
Our special Pirate themed storytimes for children were a big success with more than forty children attending. Children visitng the library were also encouraged to borrow a mystery book from our pirate ship display. Anyone brave enough to borrow a book from the pirate ship got a free pirate sticker. We also held a competition in which children had to guess the number of chocolate coins in a jar. The winning guess of 169 was only one coin off the exact number of 168. Happy eating to the winner!
Our adult visitors weren't left out. We held a treasure hunt that involved people looking around the library for the answers to questions about the history of Engadine. We had two winners who each received a brand new book.
Everyone who borrowed a book during the week entered the draw for a hamper of goodies, National Simultaneous Storytime was held on Wednesday and we also unveiled a pile of new books as part of What's Under Wraps.
It was a busy week but it was great fun. Thank you to all who helped us celebrate Library Week at Engadine Library and we hope to see you back soon.
Michael.
The Journey of Paper Cranes
On Wednesday 21st May Sutherland Library hosted an inspirational talk by Cheryl Koenig, author of Paper Cranes. The audience heard how a single tragic event took Cheryl's family on a journey which began with heartbreaking despair, led them through dark tunnels of sorrow, over major potholes of indecision and through crossroads of anger and resentment. The family were ultimately guided to a very special place - a place of understanding, a place of self discovery and a place of healing.
Paper Cranes: a mother's story of hope, courage and determination is a very moving account of a mother's love and deternimation to regain her son.Sylvania Library Unwrapped during Library Week
During Library week Sylvania Library unwrapped a whole bunch of new books for our users. We set up the display two and a half weeks before the big unveiling and it created a lot of curiosity and interest. For the big moment 12 people were present and each went away with several exciting finds. Throughout Saturday morning the pile dwindled - in fact it was the busiest Saturday for a while.Our hamper raffle was drawn the following Monday, and the lucky winner was a lady who has been using Sylvania Branch since Boomerang Hall days - easily 26 years. All in all a successful Library Week.
Thanks to all who visited us during Library Week,
Sylvania Library team.
Library Week Update: Engadine Library
We have a lot going on at Engadine Library during Library Week, 19th - 25th of May. The theme for 2008 is Libraries are for Everyone, so come and join us for some great activities.
Have you ever wanted to learn the secrets of Engadine library? If you have, then you will want to attend our special library tour. This is one event that you will definitely not want to miss as we won’t be repeating it any time soon. During the tour you will get a glimpse into how the library works, what goes on out the back and you will get a taste of future technology in the library. You will also get to see some of the different types of items in our collection - we don’t just have books! The secrets of how to use the library catalogue will also be revealed. This special one-off library tour will be held on Wednesday the 21st of May at 10:30am - right after our What’s Under Wraps unveiling. Come along, borrow a brand new book, and get a free tour of the library- did I mention it’s free?
For the inquiring minds, throughout Library Week we will have a treasure hunt for adults only – we can’t let the children have all the fun! Follow the clues around the library until the treasure is found. You will need to have your thinking cap on to be in with a chance to win the prize. Everyone who borrows will also be eligible to get a free ticket for our library week hamper full of goodies!
Children will also be able to join in the fun with our lucky dip book borrowing challenge. Children who borrow a mystery book that is wrapped up will get a special reward. And of course, it wouldn’t be Library Week if we didn’t have a guessing competition. Children will be able to guess how many chocolate coins are in a jar. The winner of the competition will get the chocolate coins!
A reminder of our regular activities and facilities - Did you know that Engadine has a meeting room available for hire? We also have a display case that can be used by local groups - feel free to give us a call on 9548 6003 if you are interested. We also have lots of regular activities for children and Babies including Lapsit and Rhymetime.
See you during Library Week,
Michael.
Have you ever wanted to learn the secrets of Engadine library? If you have, then you will want to attend our special library tour. This is one event that you will definitely not want to miss as we won’t be repeating it any time soon. During the tour you will get a glimpse into how the library works, what goes on out the back and you will get a taste of future technology in the library. You will also get to see some of the different types of items in our collection - we don’t just have books! The secrets of how to use the library catalogue will also be revealed. This special one-off library tour will be held on Wednesday the 21st of May at 10:30am - right after our What’s Under Wraps unveiling. Come along, borrow a brand new book, and get a free tour of the library- did I mention it’s free?
For the inquiring minds, throughout Library Week we will have a treasure hunt for adults only – we can’t let the children have all the fun! Follow the clues around the library until the treasure is found. You will need to have your thinking cap on to be in with a chance to win the prize. Everyone who borrows will also be eligible to get a free ticket for our library week hamper full of goodies!
Children will also be able to join in the fun with our lucky dip book borrowing challenge. Children who borrow a mystery book that is wrapped up will get a special reward. And of course, it wouldn’t be Library Week if we didn’t have a guessing competition. Children will be able to guess how many chocolate coins are in a jar. The winner of the competition will get the chocolate coins!
A reminder of our regular activities and facilities - Did you know that Engadine has a meeting room available for hire? We also have a display case that can be used by local groups - feel free to give us a call on 9548 6003 if you are interested. We also have lots of regular activities for children and Babies including Lapsit and Rhymetime.
See you during Library Week,
Michael.
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