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July School Holiday Program - Draw Bots

 

Book Club Readers

With the extension of the lockdown throughout the region, see below a reminder about online resources that you can access in place of physical book club kits.

There are three ways you can access eBooks in our elibrary found at https://rrl.nsw.gov.au/collection/online/ebooks/

1. Indyreads - the ‘Available Now’ carousel on the home page has a great selection of titles that you can simultaneously download onto your digital device.
2. Libby by Overdrive - many titles have multiple copies that can be simultaneously downloaded.
3. Borrowbox – Normally you cannot access simultaneous downloads with Borrowbox, but we have purchased 2 eBooks and 2 eAudiobooks in simultaneous access for use over the next two months:

 eBook:

• Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
• Beneath Dark Ice by Greig Beck

eAudio:

• Stockman’s Secret by Mandy Magro
• The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan

Don’t forget to log in to any of these sites with your personal library membership number E.G. R123456. Your password is your date of birth (DDMMYYYY). 

A huge thank you to those book clubbers who have sent in their suggestions for new books for 2022. It gives us a clearer idea of what types of books you like to read and want to see in our book club collection. It is not too late to send in suggestions at E: tracey.luhrs@rrl.nsw.gov.au.

Keep safe and keep reading!

 

Library Card Sign Up Month

There are so many reasons to get a Library Card. In fact, we’ve got a reason for every letter of the alphabet! We’re kicking off our AZ for Library Cards challenge today as part of Library Card Sign Up Month.

Day 1 - 

'A' is for Ancestry. Enjoy FREE access to ancestry.com.

Ancestry.com is currently available via Member Services on the WebOpac. You will need to log in with your member number and password (date of birth DDMMYYYY). Uncover your family history from home – all you need is a Library card. If you don’t have one go to rrl.nsw.gov.au to get one. 

 

Representations of a Communities Soul 

The Greater Hume Libraries were successful in receiving a Country Arts Support Grant for this amazing community project. They worked alongside the Local Art Groups to help build community spirit through art and creativity by creating portraits of important community members in a series of workshops led by a local artist. The finished portraits are now to be unveiled online through our social media and websites as COVID- restrictions are limiting numbers of people in the Libraries. The portraits are to be held in the Henty Library, where they are displayed on the cultural wall for the foreseeable future.

To see each of the portraits and their explanations please click on the relevant person's link below.

• Portrait of Abi Meyer(PDF, 5MB) by Carol Keene and explanation(PDF, 22MB).
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• Portrait of Annette Schilg(PDF, 4MB) by Gwen Conrad and explanation(PDF, 20MB).(PDF, 20MB)
• Portrait of Brad Wettern(PDF, 5MB) by Leanne Howard and explanation(PDF, 20MB).(PDF, 20MB)
• Portrait of Debbie Stanley(PDF, 5MB) by Trish Busby and explanation(PDF, 20MB).(PDF, 20MB)
• Portrait of Fr Ken Dale(PDF, 4MB) by Gwen Bullock and explanation(PDF, 20MB).
• Portrait of John Ross(PDF, 4MB) by Jenny Stein and explanation(PDF, 21MB).(PDF, 21MB)
• Portrait of Judy Morison(PDF, 5MB) by Phil Morison and explanation(PDF, 21MB).
• Portrait of Les Dale(PDF, 4MB) by Steph Hanckel and explanation(PDF, 20MB).
• Portrait of Mick Broughan(PDF, 5MB) by Roger Macreadie and explanation(PDF, 21MB).
• Portrait of Milton Taylor CBE(PDF, 4MB) by Gwen Bullock and explanation(PDF, 21MB).
• Portrait of Noelene Bedggood(PDF, 5MB) by Judith Zweck and explanation(PDF, 22MB).
• Portrait of Yvonne Booth(PDF, 4MB) by Gwen Bullock and explanation(PDF, 21MB).

 

Tutoring at the Holbrook Library

The Holbrook Library has tutors available for most ages and abilities in a wide variety of subjects. 

Contact: Holbrook Library 

T: 02 6036 0173