North Western Adult Fiction Launch

North Western Library will be launching our new adult fiction collection on the week commencing 24th November. The addition to this collection has been made possible by a development grant from the State Library of NSW. All items will rotate between the four branches therefore creating a wealth of new reading material over the coming months.
To celebrate the launch the first thirty clients of the week at each branch will receive a free gift bag containing notebook , pen, reader's advisory material, general library information and of course the chocolate!!
So call in and check out the new fiction material currently available at your local branch our friendly staff at each location will be more than happy to assist you.

Gilgandra's favourite authors are?

Gilgandra Library has begun a search for Gilgandra's favourite authors. We have begun a new blog, Gilgandra Library Book Chat (gilgandralibrarybookchat.blogspot.com).


We are asking people to tell us the names of their favourite authors, either by dropping a note in the Box at the Library (see photo below) or by commenting on the new blog. We hope to compile a nice, fat list of authors by December 2008, and publish it in our local paper. You never know: we might all discover some new authors to try!


T The Box at Gilgandra Library

Warren Shire Library - Books & Bikkies

Book club with a difference!!!!
Books & bikkies commences on Tuesday 11/11/2008 at 10.45am. To be held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Come along and have a cuppa and tell others about your current or favourite read. All welcome.
A reminder to carers of young children that our next Storytime and craft will be held on the 19/11/2008 - Christmas is coming...........

Coonamble Story Time Training

Lyn is attending a Story Time workshop in Dubbo and is looking forward to putting her new skills into practice in the near future.
So watch out for upcoming story times at Coonamble!!!!!!!!!!!!

Warren Library 40th Birthday Celebrations

The Warren Shire Library will be celebrating the 40th birthday of the current library building at 69 Dubbo Street Warren.

You are all invited to a morning tea to be held at:

The Warren Shire Library
Thursday 23rd October 2008
10.00am

Come along and join in the party and check out our awesome history over the years.

Free chocolates to the first 50 borrowers of the day!!!!!

Gilgandra Library "Dream Library" competition results

During the school holidays, the Library held a competition called “Draw your dream library”. We received 16 entries, from children aged from 5 to 13. There were some beautiful drawings and some fantastic ideas. Several children drew an outside view of their dream library. Most were imposing buildings, with multiple stories and interesting windows. We especially loved the pretty library decorated with hearts and flowers, and the beautiful library which consisted of three towers with a large diamond on the roof of each of the towers. There was also a wonderful rocket ship library.

Other children drew floor plans for the interior of their dream library. There were some interesting new ideas, such as an open plan room containing all the usual shelves and books, with a wide set of stairs leading up to a smaller second storey which was entirely devoted to quiet space. Another child drew a library with lots of books, a café, a play room and a room devoted to electronic games. Another child drew a library with a separate enclosed sound proof movie room and another space for babies to sleep. In most of the entries, the children drew a separate clearly defined room for kids, and most included a play area. One great idea was to have an outdoor play area attached to the library, with swings.

Most of the children included more computers in their dream library, and several had separate computer rooms. One had a quiet room where older people could sit and relax near the front of the library, and a noisy children’s play room at the back. The teenagers section featured a bean bag corner and lots of shelves of books.

There were six prizes for the “dream libraries” which showed the most new ideas. It was very difficult to choose the winning entries, because each of the drawings included lots of fresh ideas. First prize was won by Jael, and the five runners up were: Shea, Sophie, Joshua, Wesley and Amber. The other entries were so beautiful that we decided to give each of the other entrants a small gift, too. We would like to thank the children for their lovely drawings, which will be displayed at the Library.

Gilgandra Shire Library Survey

What do Gilgandra residents want from their Shire Library? We are part way to finding the answer to this question with the completion of the telephone survey conducted by Taverner Research. Jenny Burke from Taverner Research presented the results of the telephone survey to Gilgandra Shire Council last Tuesday 9 September.

402 people answered the telephone questionnaire, half of them users of the Library and half non-users. One in five library users believed there needed to be a bigger library or an extension to the Library. One in ten library users would like to see a better collection of books and other items in the Library. The other improvement that people would like is to have a space for quiet study and a space for meetings. When people were asked what things they would see as important in planning their ideal library, they wanted mainly more books and other library materials, and more computers and internet access.

Overall satisfaction with the services and collections of the Library was high, with all users being satisfied with the service they receive at the Library. The Library would like to thank all the people who took the time to answer these questions. Their help has given us a very good base on which to build the Library’s plans for the future.

Taverner Research also conducted two focus groups in the Library last Tuesday. The report on the findings of these focus groups should be received by the end of the month. The focus groups aimed to explore in greater depth some of the ideas that came out of the telephone survey. The whole survey project, including the phone survey and the focus groups, was funded by a NSW Library Development Grant.

Warren Shire Library

WARREN SHIRE LIBRARY will be hosting it's next story time for pre school children on the 24th September at 10.45 am. The theme will be "fish" - stories, craft and fun. All small children and their carers are welcome. This will be the last storytime for this term, starting again on the 22nd October, 2008.

eBay Workshop at Gilgandra

Are you interested in finding out how to buy and sell on eBay, and how to shop safely on the internet? If you are, this could be your golden opportunity! Gilgandra Shire Library is hosting a free two hour workshop on buying and selling online- for beginners!

The workshop is being held to celebrate Adult Learners’ Week, and has been funded by an Adult Learners’ Week grant. It will be held at the Community Technology Centre (inside the Government Access Centre) in Miller St, Gilgandra, on Thursday 4th September, from 2pm to 4pm. It is completely free of charge, but bookings are essential. To book, please contact Gilgandra Shire Library on 6817 8877, or email to: library@gilgandra.nsw.gov.au.

Book Link at Bogan Shire Library

The Book Link Reading Programme ends next Friday 29th August. Participants are asked to
hand in their Reading Book Logs by the 5th September so that calculations can be done and the date for the Presentation Party set.

Children's Book Week at Bogan Shire Library

The libray has all the nominated Children's Book Week books on display this week. Our Story Time is on Tuesday 19th August commencing at 10.30 am. Books being read will be "Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley" by Aaron Blabey - Book of the Year : Early Childhood; "Cat" by Mike Dumbleton and Lucy goosey by Margaret Wild - Honour Books Early Childhood.
Everyone is welcome to come in to see the books .

Children's Book Week at Warren

The Warren Shire Library will be celebrating Children's Book Week 18 - 22nd August the library is decorated around the book week theme of Fuel Your Mind with a special story time to be held on Wednesday 20th of August commencing at 10.45am.
We will be highlighting the following short listed titles:

• Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley - Aaron Blabey
• The Trouble with Dogs - Bob Graham
• Cat - Mike Dumbleton
• Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books - Frances Watts

All children attending will receive an activity pack and special Book Week Bookmark. So call in and check out the great displays and pick up a short listed title or two!!!!!!