More than Books issue 3

More Than Books ‘Alive with opportunity’

News From Your LibraryPlus – Issue 3

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A Message from Lynne

RECREATION

CULTURE

COMMUNITY

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OPENING HOURS

Libraries and Cultural Services Manager

Welcome to the spring edition of More than Books. The colour yellow represents spring for me as I see the gorgeous daffodils flaunting themselves at the entrances to our towns and the bright gold of the polyanthus in my garden. It is such a cheerful colour after a wet and dreary winter it lifts all our hearts. Gardens come into focus again as the weather warms and we come out of hibernation. So check out our shelves online or in the libraries for your favourite gardening author or book we have at least 892 titles on this subject.

What’s happening over the next three months I hear you ask? In October we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of our prestigious Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards with a Gala Cocktail evening at the Hawera Library. In November the librarians start gearing up for the 6 week Summer Reading Programme, libraries get decorated, schools are visited and incentives and book prizes start arriving. The theme this year is The Great Book Mystery so look out for more information on the following pages as December sees the Programme begin.

So spring into life, summer is just around the corner.

ELTHAM LIBRARYPLUS King Edward Street, Eltham Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm Saturday 9.30am – 12.00pm HAWERA LIBRARYPLUS High Street, Hawera Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm KAPONGA LIBRARYPLUS Victoria Street, Kaponga Monday – Friday 1.00pm – 5.00pm

Bye for now

Lynne

MANAIA LIBRARYPLUS South Road, Manaia Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

In This Issue: My 5+ favourite books – Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister Get to know your librarian – Kaye Lally What’s happening in your library eReaders @ the beach Ronald Hugh Morrieson Awards Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki In focus – Kaponga LibraryPlus Summer Reading Programme Cover credit: Brian Dettmer is a contemporary American artist noted for his sculptures using books and other media. Image courtesy of the Artist and Saltworks.

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OPUNAKE LIBRARYPLUS Tasman Street, Opunake Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 9.30am – 1.00pm PATEA LIBRARYPLUS Egmont Street, Patea Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 9.30am – 12.00pm WAVERLEY LIBRARYPLUS Weraroa Road, Waverley Monday – Friday 9.00am – 12.30pm 1.00pm – 5.00pm Saturday 9.30am – 12.00pm

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My 5+ favourite books:

Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand shares his favourite reads: It’s great to be able to contribute to the LibraryPlus newsletter, More than Books.

I recently enjoyed reading the autobiography of my friend and political ally John Howard, Australia’s former Prime Minister. John’s book Lazarus Rising: A Personal and Political Autobiography is an insight into his successful career as Australia’s second-longest serving Prime Minister. I have a great deal of respect and admiration for John so I thoroughly enjoyed reading his book.

I do a lot of reading in my job, but if I get a chance to read for pleasure, I tend to choose something like a John Grisham novel. I like to read books if I get the chance on holiday, but in my job these opportunities are rare! Happy reading.

Best wishes, John Key

Get to know your librarian:

Kaye Lally – Customer Services Librarian, Hawera LibraryPlus How long have you been a librarian? More than 20 years – I’ve lost count. I retired from Auckland City Libraries to South Taranaki but then got tempted to work at Opunake LibraryPlus which I loved.

Now I’m at Hawera – closer to home in Normanby. I love it here, too, in my local community.

Do you read much? Reading is what my eyes do best – so I read everything from the back of the cereal packet to 40 page reports for work. I read if we’re waiting for the car to fill with petrol, while I eat my lunch, before I go to sleep - whenever I’m sitting still with no one to talk to.

What gets you out of bed in the morning? Jimmy the cat tries first. The alarm succeeds! Then it’s the pleasure of walking out to get the newspaper with whatever view of the mountain and paddocks the day offers followed by porridge and, catching up with friends and family across the world via Facebook.

If you could change one thing, what would it be? More time! More hours in the day, more days in the week, more weeks in the year just to fit in all the wonderful things there are to enjoy and so I can spend as much time with people as I do at work.

Is there anything happening in the library world that excites you? Lots of things! The increasing treasure trove of images and texts available electronically through the collaboration and cooperation between libraries and other memory repositories (museums and archives). Reading overseas and national newspapers on http://library.pressdisplay.com with the power of my library card.

Increasingly seeing libraries as welcoming places with something for everyone who comes in but with the added ability to serve people remotely through all the developing electronic channels. It’s not the death of books, it’s the connecting of people everywhere to treasures that used to be available only to those who knew where they were kept and could visit them.

And finally, what book are you recommending at the moment? I never say: you MUST read this! I don’t assume that my taste is going to be yours. I prefer to find out what a customer has enjoyed and find something similar.Of course, I do have favourite authors and mostly read mysteries though to truly relax I return to my childhood favourite, Georgette Heyer. I’d never recommend her to anyone but I know she has other fans out there!

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What’s happening in your library: October: Garden Spectacular Opunake LibraryPlus: Art and your garden with Robyn Chard, Wednesday 17 October 2pm. Come and learn how to create simple and effective displays using plants and flowers from your garden.

Monday 8 October: Making pinhole cameras @ Aotea Utanganui, 10.30am. Explore a large camera you can slip on over your head and see the image projected above you. Ages 5-12 years, bookings preferred.

Wednesday 17 October: Pot Crazy @ Patea LibraryPlus, 10 am.

Get into gardening! Decorate your own garden pot. Materials supplied.

Sat/Sunday 27 and 28 October: Flower Power @ Aotea Utanganui, 10am – 4pm. We’re making paper flowers, floral stitch cards and much more; something for all ages.

All things Gardening! October is gardening month at Eltham and Kaponga LibraryPlus. We will have Gardening Art and Craft on show, flower displays and talks from local gardening enthusiasts. Pop along and grab a flyer with dates and times.

Which Bulb is this? For all you gardeners, come in to Hawera LibraryPlus and tell us which plant will grow from each of the bulbs we have on display. Not a gardener? Special prize for the most inventive answers.

November: Sports and Leisure Wednesday 21 November: Kinect’s Not Just for Kids! @ Patea LibraryPlus, 6.30-8pm. Fun evening of Kinect games for the adults and a Tai Chi demonstration - all sweetened with wine, cheese (plus some healthy snacks) and spot prizes!

Eltham and Kaponga LibraryPlus will have an interactive quiz for customers to enjoy during the month of November. Come and test your trivia knowledge with staff and other customers.

Learn more about all the Sports Clubs and activities available in the Hawera area from our informative display @ Hawera LibraryPlus

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Regular Events HAWERA Casual Cuppa Every Friday 10am Quiet Night @ the Library Last Monday of the month 7pm to 9pm MANAIA Book Club First Monday of the month 10am Crossword Morning Last Friday of the month 10am OPUNAKE Adult Book Club Second Monday of the month 10am Scrabble 1.30 pm every Monday Mahjong 1.30 pm every Tuesday PATEA Te Reo Support Network First Tuesday of the month 10.30am to 11.30am Coffee ‘n Crosswords First Wednesday of the month 11am WAVERLEY Adult Book Club First Monday of the month 2pm to 3pm If interested in regular events being held at either Eltham or Kaponga LibraryPlus come in and talk to the friendly staff.

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Regular Children’s Events ELTHAM Tot Time Every Friday 10.30am

December: Christmas fun Wine ‘n cheese @ Waverley LibraryPlus, 5.30-7pm. Celebrate a year of reading, enjoy each other’s company, and have some Christmas fun.

Wednesday 5 December: Christmas Coffee ‘n Crossword. Patea LibraryPlus, 11am. Our monthly Coffee ‘n Crosswords with a Christmas twist.

HAWERA

Wednesday 5 December. Christmas craft class with Juliette @ Waverley LibraryPlus 10.30am.

Story Time Every Monday 10.30am

Wednesday 19 December: Christmas for our readers. Celebrating a year of reading; includes book talk, a quick Christmas card craft, and some yummy Christmas food @ Patea LibraryPlus 5.30-7pm.

Junior Book Club Last Thursday of the Month 3.45pm

Opunake and Manaia LibraryPlus: Christmas decorating on a budget – 2pm Wednesday 12 December. Decorate your tree this year with your own handmade and unique creations!

MANAIA

Christmas Sharing @ Eltham and Kaponga LibraryPlus Christmas morning tea. Come share your favourite recipes, make Christmas wreaths and enjoy live music.

Bookwormz Book Club Fortnightly Tuesday 3.30pm OPUNAKE Bookbusters Book Club Fortnightly Tuesdays 3.30pm PATEA Book Heroes Last Wednesday of the month 4.00pm – 4.45pm

Tastes of Christmas @ Hawera LibraryPlus. Bring in a plate of your family’s favourite Christmas treat for everyone to share. We’ll have small pieces at the counter. Bring the recipe, too and any family stories that relate to it. We’ll make a small booklet of the recipes as our Christmas gift to all. Recipes in by 20 December please. Goodies welcome any time!

Kidz Biz

WAVERLEY Legends Children’s Book Club Second Monday of the month 3.00pm – 4.00pm

To check out what is happening in your library for children – grab a copy of our South Taranaki Kidz Biz booklet at your local LibraryPlus, Hawera i-SITE, PowerCo Aquatic Centre, Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki or the TSB Hub.

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eReaders @ the beach Did you get an eReader or tablet for Christmas and want to know how it works?

Staying at the Opunake Beach Motor Camp and wanting to download our library books?

LibraryPlus staff will be at Opunake Beach Motor Camp between Christmas and New Year for another Touch and Play session. Opunake Beach Motor Camp has wireless internet and we will help you learn to download our library books and operate your eReader or tablet to unlock the full eBook and audio experience.

When: 27 December @ 2pm Where: Opunake Beach Motor Camp TV and internet lounge.

Ronald Hugh Morrieson Awards Celebrate with us the 25th anniversary of the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Awards. You are invited to take part in this year’s awards ceremony Cocktail Evening to be held at the Hawera LibraryPlus, Friday 26 October @ 7pm. During the evening you will get to hear this year’s winning stories and poems, enjoy shared memories about Morrieson and the Awards, presentations to this year’s winners, the judges’ comments on 2012 stories and the launch of our Anniversary book.

The cocktail evening is a free black tie event. If you would like to join us please reply with numbers to contact@stdc.govt.nz or phone 0800 111 323/278 0555.

Judges Fleur Beale and Paula Green will be dining at Morrieson’s Cafe Bar prior to the evening’s celebrations. If you would like to join the dinner party contact Morrieson’s directly on 06 278 5647 to make a reservation.

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In focus: Kaponga LibraryPlus

The Kaponga Library started in the vacated county council office next door to the Kaponga Town Hall.

The Town Clerk Tom Thompson was located there and the county council business was carried out there prior to the amalgamation of the County and Borough Councils.

Although a lovely building, it was quite small. Patsy Lawson from Eltham was the Librarian at that time.

She has many happy memories of ‘the good old days.’ There were no computers then, everything was done manually on the old card system.

The Westpac Bank was being vacated and the building was offered to the Council to use.

Patsy remembers the move to the ‘bigger space’. It took two days of moving books in a borrowed supermarket trolley. Just as well they were beautiful days! It took a further couple of days with help from Hawera Library staff to put up the shelving and then shelve the books.

Because there was more space we were able to start doing holiday programmes. Children from all over the District would come and join in. Many families over the years have grown up using our library; we’re now on to the second generation.

Books were shared from Eltham Library, customers would ring up and ask for certain books, Patsy would then ring Eltham to see if she could borrow copies, she would then pick them up the next day on her way out to Kaponga. Borrowing from other libraries also included making trips to the National Library in Palmerston North. Travelling book reps would also visit to show the librarians the latest books for them to buy.

The hours were sometimes erratic but were managed to benefit the community. Classes from the 2 local schools would visit; they were always planned so Patsy would have a collection from around the District for the children to see. The outside space is fenced off so was used a lot in summer, parents would be happy the children were outside and safe.

In 2002 Kaponga Library became a LibraryPlus. Today it offers a wide range of services including free internet and wifi, school holiday programmes, class visits, visitor information, Council services such as rates payments and dog registrations as well as a full range of library services. We are now open 20 hours a week - you can come visit our lovely library between 1pm and 5pm Monday to Friday.

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Summer reading programme Solve the mystery of what to read this summer by joining The Great Book Mystery at your local LibraryPlus.

Hundreds of South Taranaki children will be spying out great reads and joining in some fun activities during the summer reading programme.

The programme is for children 5 - 12 years old and is available free of charge.

Children read, report in to staff three times over the summer and earn rewards for their reading.

Research shows that if children forget to read over summer their reading level suffers.

To prevent that happening! Join The Great Book Mystery.

Enrolments begin early December.

Interesting websites http://www.mygarden.co.nz Gardening, forums, tips & tricks all for New Zealand gardens. http://www.sportnz.org.nz Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ) is the new name for the government organisation responsible for sport and recreation (formerly SPARC). http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/kiwi-christmas A very interesting history of Christmas in New Zealand.

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