Read your favourite newspapers online with PressDisplay

The latest addition to Eastern Regional Libraries' family of online resources is PressDisplay and can be found in Online Resources under Newspapers and Magazines of the library website.

With PressDisplay you can read your favourite newspapers online. Access newspapers from Australia and around the world on the day they are published.
Instant access to 1400 newspapers from 82 countries in 39 languages.

All of the newspapers have been digitised which means that you can read the entire edition as well as looking at the photos, cartoons, classifieds and all.

We have 3 consecutive users so please make sure you sign out once you finish.

Cheers, Paul & Maryanne

Stories written for children ineligible for Adult section of the Storywriting Competition

We have had several queries about one of the rules in the Storywriting Competition which states:

Please note: poetry and stories for children are not eligible

This refers to stories written for children by adults who wish to enter them in the Adult Section.
Cheers, Maryanne

Healesville Primary School students learned stop motion animation

Eastern Regional Libraries were the recipients of a State Government grant offered to libraries in the bushfire affected areas. We used our grant to organise an animation workshop for Year 5 kids from Healesville Primary School.

Gregg Brown from Play Animation sent us a note with a link to the final results. The kids did an amazing job.

"The students seemed to have a lot of fun being free to explore the skills I passed on. The sound track was fun to make for them too."
Gregg Brown - Play Animation

Healesville P S Animation from Play Animation on Vimeo.

Cheers, Maryanne

Follow us on Twitter

Have you joined Twitter? If so, follow the library at http://twitter.com/EasternRegional Not only is it a great way of finding out what's happening in our libraries but its also a fantastic way of communicating with us. I'm always happy to answer any questions you have about the library.

Cheers, webgurl
@imwebgurl

Venus Self Check unit at Montrose Library

We've installed the Venus Self Check unit at the newly refurbished Montrose Library. I've been working hard on the guide to its use and receipts and can give you a sneak peek.




Members will be able to check out and renew their own items with the units. Its quick and easy.



This is the welcome screen and guide to borrowing items through the Self Check.

1. Scan your library card by placing it on the shelf with the barcode facing up.
2. Stack your items, up to 4 at a time, on the glass. Spread them out a little so that the tags are detected. Each item successfully borrowed will display in green with a tick.
3. Touch the Print Receipt button and collect your receipt.
4. Don't forget your library card and items

Staff will be available to assist with any problems and to help with your book selections.

The units will be gradually introduced at our other branches in the coming months.

Cheers, webgurl

Cook-off at The Good Guys Bayswater has been cancelled

The cook-off scheduled for Saturday 26th June has been cancelled. We thank The Good Guys, Bayswater, Greg Rako and all of our judges and celebrity chefs (Ann Creber, Ben Higgs, Lucy Rushbrooke, Allan Campion, Scott Pickett, Greg Malouf) for their support.
Cheers, Maryanne

New judge for the Storywriting Competition is Rose Michael

Unfortunately Dale Campisi is unable to judge this year's National Storywriting competition, however we are pleased to announce this year's judge is publisher Rose Michael.

Currently a publisher with Arcade Publications, she is a former editor of Bookseller and Publisher, and was a judge of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Rose is herself a published author, her book The Asking Game was published in 2009. She has lectured in Publishing and Communications at Melbourne University and will shortly take up a position with publishers Hardie Grant.

Cheers, Maryanne

From Friday 25th June all DVDs and videos will be 14 day loan

With RFID and self check approaching we have been standardising loan periods  and as a result from Friday 25th June all DVDs and videos will be a 14 day loan.

Cheers, Maryanne