Library Lovers News

Southern Downs Regional Libraries May 2013 Volume 2, Issue 3

Inside this issue:

Activities for

children

2

Unusual Librar-

ies

3

Spotlight on

Jack Sheffield

3

Fabulous

bookcases

3

New Books 4

Book Sale 4

Australian Au-

thors

5

Authors of

Vampire Fiction

5

Strange things

left in library

5

Top ten reads 5

Pop-up Library 6

Author visit 6

Solution to last

editions puzzle

7

The computer program which runs the library catalogue and circulations sys-

tem has recently been upgraded. This will result in improved functionality

and some extra features on the catalogue. If you use our OPAC (online pub-

lic 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.

Library system upgraded

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)

Recent publications cannot be borrowed on an ILL. However you are

welcome to place a purchase request with us.

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.

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.

It’s the Grapes of Wrath!

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 Stan-

thorpe 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 ta-

bles 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-Regional-

Libraries/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 pro-

gram. Children receive a Read Up card and once they have borrowed

from the library six times they can choose one of five different certifi-

cates. 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/

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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.

The Basalt Regional Library in

Colorado lends seed packets. The bor-

rowers grow fruit and vegetables from

the seeds and then harvest seeds from

what they have grown and return them

to the library!

Unusual Libraries

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 se-

ries.

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”.

More information on Jack Sheffield can be found

at his website www.jacksheffield.com which in-

cludes a map of his fictional village Ragley.

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If you have any

ideas of what

could be

included in this

newsletter

please let us

know; we

would love to

hear your

opinions.

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.

Fabulous Bookshelves

This newsletter

can be emailed

to you if you

wish. Ask to be

added to the

email list at

your local

library.

New Books

Volume 2, Issue 3 Page 4

Alex Cross, Run by

James Patterson

Blood Fire by

Sharon Page

Clockwork Princess by

Cassandra Clare

Bella’s Run by

Margareta Osborn

Burial Rites by

Hannah Kent

Back to the Pilliga by

Tony Parsons

Best Kept Secret by

Jeffrey Archer

Calculated in Death by

J.D. Robb

8 Hour Diet by

David Zinczenko

100 Lace Flowers to Crochet

by Caitlin Sainio

Agony of the Leaves by

Laura Childs

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.

These are the items which were the most borrowed

in the last two months.

1. Reader’s digest select editions

2. Gardening Australia [magazine]

3. Kindle set 1 [preloaded Kindles]

4. Australian Country Style [magazine]

5. Australian House & Garden [magazine]

6. The Drop - Michael Connelly

7. Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child

8. Legacy - Tamara McKinley

9. The Affair - Lee Child

10. 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

Marta Acosta

Roderick Anscombe

L. A. Banks

David Bishop

Les Daniels

Mary Janice Davidson

Christine Feehan

Linda Grant

Laurell K. Hamilton

Charlaine Harris

Lynda Hilburn

Tanya Huff

Jeanne Kalogridis

Stuart M. Kaminsky

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Richard Lay

Brian Lumley

Doug Marray

James Reese

Anne Rice

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Lyndsay Sands

Christopher Schildt

Susan Sizemore

Bram Stoker

Whitley Strieber

David Wellington

Daoma Winston

Authors of Vampire Fiction

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

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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Bookworms

will rule the

world… as

soon as we

finish one

more

chapter.

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 perpet-

ual Scrabble game.

Pop-Up Library

Southern Downs

Regional Libraries Allora Library 4666 3742

Mobile Library 4661 0342

Stanthorpe Library 4681 2141

Warwick Library 4661 0342

www.southerndowns.qld.gov.au

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The original advertisement for the book

Winnie-the Pooh