Just passing on some news for anyone with holds on Andrew Fraser's book Snouts in the trough, concerning corruption in the Victorian Police force. It has been withdrawn from sale in Victoria so the Eastern Regional Libraries order will not be fulfilled. At present there are 2 copies circulating in the Swift Consortium however there are already 29 holds on the copies.
Cheers, Maryanne
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
The Eastern Regional Library Show
Library staff member Lesley Conway runs a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 98.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next Wednesday for a great show.
On Wednesday's show
Lazy summer reading time is just around the corner for some of us, and Lyn Baines has done some preliminary research during a short holiday. A common requirement is for a light read, entertaining and engrossing, not too demanding. Two books which satisfy the criteria are Losing ground by Catherine Aird and Name to a face by Robert Goddard. Goddard's books are full of twists and turns, and always a surprise ending, while Aird falls into the English village 'cosy crime' category.
For non-fiction readers, an interesting autobiography is Brenda Niall's Life Class. Niall has written two biographies on the artistic Boyd family, and the second half of this book is about the difficulties and pleasures of researching biography. There is also some background on how she got to know the Boyd family and gathered the resources to document a significant Australian artistic heritage. Other titles by Niall are The Boyds : a family biography, Martin Boyd: a life, Georgiana: a biography of Georgiana McCrae, Judy Cassab: a portrait, Seven little billabongs: the world of Ethel Turner.
And if you have not had enough biography after that, Lyn and I both recommend Inga Clendinnon's Tiger's eye, and an interesting article of hers about writing biography at http://tinyurl.com/36jjtd
Last but not least, Lyn urges everyone to make haste and whip up the Christmas cake and pudding if you have not already done so. Lyn swears by the recipes from Delia Smith's Delia Smith's Christmas, but there is a huge range on our shelves for both recipes and Christmas activities. Two I found at Lilydale this week which are excellent are Paul Levy's The feast of Christmas : origins, traditions and recipes, and Festive Graphics : the art and design of self promotion by Scott Witham, which has some very classy suggestions for greeting cards, packaging, labels and more.
---- Lesley
On Wednesday's show
Lazy summer reading time is just around the corner for some of us, and Lyn Baines has done some preliminary research during a short holiday. A common requirement is for a light read, entertaining and engrossing, not too demanding. Two books which satisfy the criteria are Losing ground by Catherine Aird and Name to a face by Robert Goddard. Goddard's books are full of twists and turns, and always a surprise ending, while Aird falls into the English village 'cosy crime' category.
For non-fiction readers, an interesting autobiography is Brenda Niall's Life Class. Niall has written two biographies on the artistic Boyd family, and the second half of this book is about the difficulties and pleasures of researching biography. There is also some background on how she got to know the Boyd family and gathered the resources to document a significant Australian artistic heritage. Other titles by Niall are The Boyds : a family biography, Martin Boyd: a life, Georgiana: a biography of Georgiana McCrae, Judy Cassab: a portrait, Seven little billabongs: the world of Ethel Turner.
And if you have not had enough biography after that, Lyn and I both recommend Inga Clendinnon's Tiger's eye, and an interesting article of hers about writing biography at http://tinyurl.com/36jjtd
Last but not least, Lyn urges everyone to make haste and whip up the Christmas cake and pudding if you have not already done so. Lyn swears by the recipes from Delia Smith's Delia Smith's Christmas, but there is a huge range on our shelves for both recipes and Christmas activities. Two I found at Lilydale this week which are excellent are Paul Levy's The feast of Christmas : origins, traditions and recipes, and Festive Graphics : the art and design of self promotion by Scott Witham, which has some very classy suggestions for greeting cards, packaging, labels and more.
---- Lesley
Thursday, January 04, 2007
New Harry Potter
Hello everyone, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
First up, I've just received news that we have created a record for the new Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As yet the publication date is not known however you can place your reservations with library staff. Note that the system will not allow you to place reservations through the web catalogue on this title yet as there are no copies.
While I'm talking about catalogues, the library will be using a new library system starting in March. The new system is called SirsiDynix Unicorn (catalogue is called iBistro). In the coming weeks I will let you know about the great new features Eastern Regional Libraries will be offering with the new system.
Cheers, Maryanne
First up, I've just received news that we have created a record for the new Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As yet the publication date is not known however you can place your reservations with library staff. Note that the system will not allow you to place reservations through the web catalogue on this title yet as there are no copies.
While I'm talking about catalogues, the library will be using a new library system starting in March. The new system is called SirsiDynix Unicorn (catalogue is called iBistro). In the coming weeks I will let you know about the great new features Eastern Regional Libraries will be offering with the new system.
Cheers, Maryanne
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