Only a few places left for Bag a Book

Bag a Book is one of our most popular events of the year. Spend library money purchasing new items for your favourite branch. Book in now to avoid disappointment.

When: Tuesday 25th May 6:30pm
Where: Borders, Knox City Shopping Centre, Shop 3110, 425 Burwood Hwy, Wantirna Sth

Bookings essential at any of our branches or book online

Cheers, Maryanne

Literary Lunch - Meet Susan Gordon-Brown

Born and bred in Australia, Susan Gordon-Brown has close to two decades of photography experience, working at a national and international level.

Susan’s specialist area is portrait photography, where past subjects have included Stephen King, comedian Bill Cosby and blues legend BB King.

In recent years, Susan has staged well received historical photo documentary exhibitions including 56 Faces; a moving tribute to Australians who survived the 1956 Hungarian uprising and 40 Days; an exploration of cultural and religious practices of contemporary Australia.

When: Thursday 27th May 12:30pm
Where: Belgrave Library, Reynolds Lane, Belgrave
Cost: $10 includes lunch
Bookings essential phone 97547266

Cheers, Maryanne

Library Week event - Cook Here and Now – a slow food conversation

Cook Here and Now is a concept developed by San Francisco food lover Marco Flavio Marinucci. Following successful presentations in America, Melbourne is the first city to adopt the idea.

Cook Here and Now brings together a group of people to select, prepare and share locally sourced food. At several events at local farmers’ markets in the coming months communities will get the opportunity to enjoy a shared meal. This is a movement with potential for building community and promoting healthy eating.

Join Library Week Ambassador our special ‘foodie’ Ann Creber and Slow Food Melbourne President Alison Peake to discuss this exciting new idea and its possibilities for local communities.

When: Wednesday 26th May 7pm
Where: Montrose Library, Corner Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road & Swansea Road Montrose
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 97284224

Cheers, Maryanne

The Planets - a tour through the Solar System

Until a few short years ago we only knew of the planets in our own solar system. We now know of at least 292 planets in 251 separate solar systems. Come and hear how these discoveries have been made and why they have revolutionised our understanding of our place in the Universe. A journey to the frontiers of scientific knowledge with professional astronomer and science educator, Dr James Murray.

When: Tuesday 25th May 7pm
Where: Lilydale Library, Anderson Street, Lilydale
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 92943120

Cheers, Maryanne

Speed maths with Bill Handley

Renowned author, Bill Handley, will again present his session on speed mathematics.

Impress your friends and teachers with your math skills.

Great for kids who struggle with maths but also kids who really enjoy maths because it is a simple approach to solving what would otherwise be complicated. Its great for adults too!

When: Tuesday 25th May 5:30pm
Where: Montrose Library, Corner Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road & Swansea Road, Montrose
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 97284224

Cheers, Maryanne

Tips for the best selections for Bag a Book

Bag a Book is your chance to spend the library's money purchasing books for your favourite branch of Eastern Regional Libraries. Book online for Bag a book.

If you have booked then its always best to do a little preparation before the event. Have a think about what your branch needs. Perhaps they could do with some more picture books, perhaps they need more science-fiction or maybe they're short on Yoga books.

Have a look on the catalogue beforehand to make sure your branch doesn't already have the title and come along to the event with a few possibilities.

Don't forget that Borders will be offering a 15% discount for personal purchase and there will be snacks and giveaways through the evening.

When: Tuesday 25th May 6:30pm
Where: Borders Knox City, 425 Burwood Hwy, Wantirna Sth (see map below Border's Bookstore is pin C)
Bookings essential


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Cheers, Maryanne

New heating/cooling system at Mt Evelyn Library

Just saw the fantastic news that Mt Evelyn Library will be having an upgrade to its heating/cooling system. You can read more details in the Star News Group article.

Cheers, Maryanne

Biggest Morning Tea

Join us to raise money for Cancer Council Australia. You can also donate online using the links below.

Donate $10 for an entry in the draw to win a holiday to Europe. Guests that attend the events as well as those donating online are eligible.

Rowville
Join us for morning tea whilst listening to some beautiful music from singer guitarist Michael Lloyd. Enjoy a cuppa and help us to raise funds for the fight against cancer. All welcome. Donations to support the Cancer Council Australia

When: Tuesday 25th May from 10:30am
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Stud Road, Rowville

Donate online - Rowville


Knox
Come and enjoy a cuppa and cake while listening to music performed by harpist, Cath Connelly. Help us in the fight against cancer.

When: Thursday 27th May 10am
Where: Knox Library, 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
Cost: $2.50 each. Proceeds go to Cancer Council Australia

Donate Online - Knox


Ferntree Gully
Come and enjoy a cuppa and morning tea while listening to gentle guitar music performed by guitarist Graham Trevor.

Plant Sale and lucky prizes (including draw for $100 of seedlings)

When: Thursday 27th May 10am-12noon
Where: Ferntree Gully Library 1010 Burwood Hwy Ferntree Gully
Cost: Gold coin donation. All proceeds to Cancer Council Victoria to help tip the balance in the fight against cancer. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
Enquiries phone 9294 8140

Donate Online - Ferntree Gully


Mooroolbark
Come and join us for a cuppa and morning tea at Mooroolbark Library and help tip the balance in the fight against cancer.

Let's make 2010 our best year ever! Everyone welcome

When: Thursday 27th May 10am-12noon
Where: Mooroolbark Library, 7 Station St, Mooroolbark
Enquiries phone 9726 8200


Croydon
Come and join us at the library for a warm cuppa and morning tea and support the fight for cancer.

When: Thursday 27th May 10:30am-12noon
Where: Croydon Library, Civic Square, Croydon
Bookings essential phone 9294 5640


Boronia
Jill Hess is demonstrating decorating cupcakes in the library. Look & learn and enjoy a cuppa with friends all to help out a very worthy cause. Take home a cupcake and recipe sheet.

When: Thursday 27th May 11am
Where: Boronia Library, Park Crescent, Boronia
Cost: $5 a head to be paid at time of booking. All proceeds go to The Cancer Council.
Bookings essential phone 9762 4099


Yarra Junction
Join Sunni and her original music for a cuppa from our CWA ladies and raise money for cancer research.

When: Thursday 3rd June 11am
Where: Yarra Junction Library, Hoddle Street, Yarra Junction
Enquiries phone 5967 1588

Donate online - Yarra Junction

Cheers, Maryanne

Library and Information Week 24th-30th May 2010

Celebrate Library and Information Week with the following events:                                      

Bag a Book
Join ERL's Library Week Ambassador Allan Campion and celebrate Library Week at the fourth annual Bag a Book event.

Come along and spend the library's money to purchase a special book for your branch. Take the opportunity to do some personal shopping, Borders are offering a 15% discount on items purchased on the evening (conditions apply). There will be giveaways, quizzes and cake and lots of beautiful books.

When: Tuesday 25th May 6:30pm
Where: Borders, Knox City, 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South Melways Ref 63 K11
Bookings essential at any branch of Eastern Regional Libraries or telephone 9800 6409

Cook Here and Now – a Slow Food Conversation
Cook Here and Now is a concept developed by San Francisco food lover Marco Flavio Marinucci. Following successful presentations in America, Melbourne is the first city to adopt the idea.

Cook Here and Now brings together a group of people to select, prepare and share locally sourced food. At several events at local farmers’ markets in the coming months communities will get the opportunity to enjoy a shared meal. This is a movement with potential for building community and promoting healthy eating.

Join Library Week Ambassador, our special ‘foodie’ Ann Creber and Slow Food Melbourne President Alison Peake to discuss this exciting new idea and its possibilities for local communities.

When: Wednesday 26th May 7pm
Where: Montrose Library Corner Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road & Swansea Road Montrose
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 9728 4224

Cheers, Maryanne

eLibrary is back up

The Eastern Regional Libraries eLibrary catalogue is back up. Apologies for any inconvenience, it was outside our control.

Cheers, Maryanne

eLibrary catalogue down

We are currently experiencing an unscheduled outage of our library system, therefore currently the eLibrary catalogue is down.

Cheers, Maryanne

Library and Information Week competition

It’s Library and Information Week 24–30 May 2010 and to celebrate we invite you to enter our prize draw to win a cookery book from two of our Let’s Cook! chefs.

Pick up a form at any of our libraries and fill in your name, telephone number, and if you would like to receive our monthly e-newsletter ERL New Books and Activities please add your email address.

You can now book for our events online, go to www.erl.vic.gov.au and click on calendar events button.

Competition closes at 5pm 30th May 2010. Winners will be notified by telephone.


Cheers, Maryanne

Vintage cookbooks - A Cook's Kitchen event

Barbara from Vintage Cookbooks will discuss the fascinating world of collecting and selling unusual and out-of-print books on Food and Wine. Anyone with old or rare cookbooks are welcome to bring them along to the discussion. This special event is not to be missed.

When: Thursday 20th May 2pm
Where: Healesville Library, 231 Maroondah Highway, Healesville
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 59624423

Cheers, Maryanne

Refurbishment for Montrose Library

Montrose Library will be closed on the following dates due to a refurbishment:

Closing 12noon Saturday 29th May and re-opening at 2pm Monday 28th June

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Please note that the bookchute will be closed during this time, please return items to another branch. You will find that we will be extending the dute dates so items should not be due in this period.

I will be uploading photos of the refurbishment to Flickr and advertising through the blog.

Cheers, Maryanne

Double up with hold notification

There's been a glitch in the hold reports today so some members may receive the telephone call and a paper notification in a few days. We apologise for the extra notification.

Cheers, Maryanne

Book online for events

This week we have introduced a new feature on our website - online booking for library events with your library card.

Click on the Calendar button on the front page of the website

The Events calendar will appear displaying the current month's events. Click on the event title to view the event details.

The event details will appear. Click on the Book Now link to book

Signin with your library card number (starting 20023) and PIN

The booking form will appear. Fill in the required details and click Place booking. You can book more than one person. If the event is a children's event you will be asked for the age.

Cheers, Maryanne