Monday February 8, 2010

Happy New Year!

It's a brand new year and the staff of Clarence Regional Library extend good wishes to all our library patrons.

2010 is going to be full of activities and events at your local branch so stay tuned to find out out more.

Better still, tell a friend and get them to sign up for our regular e-newsletter. It's easy! Just visit www.crl.nsw.gov.au and follow the prompts.

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Receive library notices via email and/or SMS and help save the environment

You've got mail !

Make life easy, and save a few trees, by signing up to receive overdue notices via email and/or SMS.

To receive an SMS when your books are overdue contact your nearest branch to update your registration details and tell them you'd like to have your notices sent to you via your mobile phone.

To receive your notices via email you can either contact your nearest branch or go online today and update your details yourself on our website.

Go to www.crl.nsw.gov.au , click on the catalogue button and then enter your library card number and PIN in the Login box.

Click on the Personal Details tab and once you've checked through the details here down the bottom you can supply your email address and tick the box which says "receive your library notices by email".

So, should you have any overdue library items you'll receive an email instead of a letter.

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Read a good book lately? Tell us what you think - here's how.

We'd love to know what you think about the books you've read or listened to. All you need to do is go to our website (www.crl.nsw.gov.au), click on the Catalogue button, and enter the details of the book you'd like to comment on.

As you scroll down the page of details you'll see a link to 'Add your review'. Once you click on this link a form will pop up asking you to log in with your library card number and PIN and to give the item a ranking out of 10 stars (10 stars being very good). You can also enter any comments you might like to make about the book. Click on 'Add Comment' to complete.

Your comments will be reviewed by library staff before being made available for general access to others (inappropriate language or content will not be accepted).

You can also read some recent reviews by clicking on the Ratings & Reviews link.

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Homework help just a click away

Clarence Regional Library has a number of ideas to help you with your homework , inlcuding a fairly comprehensive list of weblinks across most subject areas.

For targeted help with assistance from teacher-qualified tutors nothing beats Your Tutor  for guidance with Highschool homework and assignments. Your Tutor is available Monday - Friday from 4pm - 8pm.   YourTutor is a unique learning service that connects students via the internet to qualified tutors providing assistance with Mathematics, English, Science, assignments research, exam preparation and study skills.    You must be a member of Clarence Regional Library to use this service.

Targeted HSC resources include Infocus  - linking students studying for the HSC with information available from the State Library of NSW. Specialist staff research the vast collections of the State Reference and Mitchell Libraries to identify HSC-related resources that represent a diversity of viewpoints and text types, including reproductions of rare and unique heritage materials.

Infocus provides material that is: 

• specially chosen for its relevance to HSC topics, texts and issues
• drawn from Australian and international sources
• often hard to locate without visiting the State Library of New South Wales
• copyright cleared so that it can be maintained in member libraries collections

You can find Infocus articles on the library catalogue and if we don't hold an article you need for your assignment, let us know and we'll order it in for you. The only cost to you is the cost of photocopying (some articles range in length from 3 pages to 33 pages). All Infocus articles are held at Headquarters.

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Bellingen Shire Libraries

Work on the Wild Side – On Friday 15th January NSW National Parks Senior Ranger Barbara Webster and Bellingen Shire Council Ranger Brett Hannaford spoke with a crowd of 20 adults and children about what they do as National Parks and Council Rangers. All children who attended were treated to free face painting at the end of the presentation. Thanks Ranger Barbara and Ranger Brett for coming along and sharing your stories.

 Living Library @ Bellingen Library : Expressions of Interest - Bellingen Library plans to run a Living Library in March 2010 and is calling for expressions of interest from people in the community that may like to volunteer to be a “book” or assist with the running of the Living Library. If you are interested, please contact Bellingen Library    .

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Clarence Valley Libraries

Grafton and Yamba branch had a great response to the Summer Reading Club with 78 children registering at Grafton and 47 at Yamba to "Read on the Wild Side".

Pre-school storytimes are now back up and running:

• Grafton - Thursdays at 10:30am
• Iluka  - Wednesdays at 11am
• Maclean - Thursdays at 11am
• Yamba  - every second Tuesday at 10:30am

During February all Clarence Valley Council Branches will be celebrating international "Library Lovers Month". So whatever your passion come along to your nearest Library in February and go on a date with a good read or start an affair with a new author!

Knitting groups meet at Iluka Library on the 1st Friday of the month at 9:30am and Yamba Library on the 2nd Tuesday of the month also at 9:30am. New members are always welcome.

Iluka Book Chat group meets the last Wednesday of the month at 3pm at Iluka Library.

Iluka Branch Library also offers free weekly crossword and sodoku puzzles. Large print crossword for visually impaired people are also available.
 

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Nambucca Shire Libraries

Story time at Nambucca and Macksville Library recommences this month. For details please contact the library that you intend visiting.

Coming soon to Nambucca Library are individual computer lessons for seniors. These lessons will last an hour initially but times may be adjusted in the future if the need is there. Bookings will be essential. Contact Nambucca Library for more information.

The most exciting thing to happen to Nambucca Library in many months is the new paint job! We are now a shade called 'hogs bristle' and the building looks wonderful.
 

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February's Hot Pick

February's Recommended Reads lists some bright new titles at Clarence Regional Library . One hot new title, publicised as being the answer to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series is Fallen by Lauren Kate.

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours?

17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to keep them apart.

The first in a four-part series, Fallen is a dangerously exciting thriller and darkly romantic love story.

 Reserve your copy today.

www.crl.nsw.gov.au

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