Keep upto date with the latest news and online gossip about the scariest thing since SARS.
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DON'T PANIC!
30 April, 2009
Swine flu update
Spreading the news
Keep upto date with the latest news and online gossip about the scariest thing since SARS.
Australian Government information
. ABC news items with swine-influenza tag
. Blinkx videos on swine flu
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention swine flu information
. Google news stories and blog mentions about swine flu
. HealthMap global disease alerts for swine flu
. Library databases, articles and more: ANZ Reference Centre, General OneFile, Health and Wellness Centre (log in with membership number)
. Twitter: news, rumour and conversation on Swine Flu and with #swineflu tag
. Victorian Government's practical and local swine flu information
. World Health Organisation (WHO) updates and media centre
. YouTube swine flu videos
harps
DON'T PANIC!
Keep upto date with the latest news and online gossip about the scariest thing since SARS.
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harps
DON'T PANIC!
29 April, 2009
Share your experience
Review what you borrow
Now you can let other library members know all the things you loved, hated, found intriguing, challenging, illuminating or disgusting (but read every word of). Review music, DVDs, books and talking books - whatever you borrow!
Everything you loan from the Library has an entry on the catalogue. Each entry has a link that says Add your review. Identify yourself with membership number and PIN, provide a star rating out of ten and write up a brief response to the title. All reviews are moderated (published or rejected) with an eye to anything offensive before publication.
You can see published reviews in the catalogue entries and via the [+] New Resources - Ratings and Reviews links in the catalogue's left sidebar.
Now you can let other library members know all the things you loved, hated, found intriguing, challenging, illuminating or disgusting (but read every word of). Review music, DVDs, books and talking books - whatever you borrow!
Everything you loan from the Library has an entry on the catalogue. Each entry has a link that says Add your review. Identify yourself with membership number and PIN, provide a star rating out of ten and write up a brief response to the title. All reviews are moderated (published or rejected) with an eye to anything offensive before publication.
You can see published reviews in the catalogue entries and via the [+] New Resources - Ratings and Reviews links in the catalogue's left sidebar.
harps
28 April, 2009
Selction guidelines
A choice policy
How does a library choose what goes on the shelves for members to borrow? How do librarians know what to buy and what to wrinkle their noses at? These are important questions.
It isn't all up to personal choice. Selection is one a library's most critical and far reaching decisions, so it needs to be supported with documentation and statements of intent. What a library buys goes to the heart of its values, of the customer's freedom to read, our democratic rights of access to information, diversity of view, opinion and taste.
With this in mind, we now have available on the Library's website an important document, the Collection Development Guidelines pdf of the Frankston Library Service. It may not be page turning bedtime reading, but it does help to explain why everything you borrow and choose not to borrow is there.
harps
How does a library choose what goes on the shelves for members to borrow? How do librarians know what to buy and what to wrinkle their noses at? These are important questions.
It isn't all up to personal choice. Selection is one a library's most critical and far reaching decisions, so it needs to be supported with documentation and statements of intent. What a library buys goes to the heart of its values, of the customer's freedom to read, our democratic rights of access to information, diversity of view, opinion and taste.
With this in mind, we now have available on the Library's website an important document, the Collection Development Guidelines pdf of the Frankston Library Service. It may not be page turning bedtime reading, but it does help to explain why everything you borrow and choose not to borrow is there.
harps
Round 5 excuses
Let me run a theory past you
If a sporting competition is difficult to pick, then that's good. It's unpredictable because the competition is close.
Therefore, on the field, AFL had a really healthy weekend.
That, or some of the teams are just flaky.
harps
(trying hard to find excuses for coming third last)
If a sporting competition is difficult to pick, then that's good. It's unpredictable because the competition is close.
Therefore, on the field, AFL had a really healthy weekend.
That, or some of the teams are just flaky.
harps(trying hard to find excuses for coming third last)
21 April, 2009
Penguin's digital stories
We Tell Stories
Or Penguin authors do, anyway. We Tell Stories is an experiment by Penguin in online fiction using the likes of blogs, Google Maps and Twitter.
It's kind of fun.
harps
Or Penguin authors do, anyway. We Tell Stories is an experiment by Penguin in online fiction using the likes of blogs, Google Maps and Twitter.
It's kind of fun.
harps
ANZAC Day closure
Libraries closed 25 April
In recognition of the ANZAC Day public holiday, the Frankston Library Service will be closed on Saturday, 25 April,
At Frankston, the returns chutes will be closed from 6pm, Friday 24 April. The library and chutes will re-open at 12 noon, Sunday 26 April.
At Carrum Downs, the returns chutes will be closed from 6pm, Friday 24 April. The chutes and library will re-open at 12 noon, Sunday 26 April.
harps
In recognition of the ANZAC Day public holiday, the Frankston Library Service will be closed on Saturday, 25 April,
At Frankston, the returns chutes will be closed from 6pm, Friday 24 April. The library and chutes will re-open at 12 noon, Sunday 26 April.
At Carrum Downs, the returns chutes will be closed from 6pm, Friday 24 April. The chutes and library will re-open at 12 noon, Sunday 26 April.
harps
19 April, 2009
Round 4 round up
A tipster's nightmare?
Special comments by Sir Lord Harper
What a magnificent round of Australian Rules Football this weekend. It was a privilege to witness fifteen teams, each lead by a captain of industry, former playing legend or broadcaster, compete in the spirit of the game. It was a shame that Fremantle played like a group of unionized dock workers.
Of course, I was disappointed for Jeffrey on Saturday, but on Sunday experienced a grand old time cavorting in the members watching the fall of the once mighty Richmond Football Club. The faithful always tip for their side, and my side won.
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Who said that you had to know nothing about football to pick a winner this weekend?
SLH
Go Dees!
Special comments by Sir Lord Harper
What a magnificent round of Australian Rules Football this weekend. It was a privilege to witness fifteen teams, each lead by a captain of industry, former playing legend or broadcaster, compete in the spirit of the game. It was a shame that Fremantle played like a group of unionized dock workers.
Of course, I was disappointed for Jeffrey on Saturday, but on Sunday experienced a grand old time cavorting in the members watching the fall of the once mighty Richmond Football Club. The faithful always tip for their side, and my side won.
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Who said that you had to know nothing about football to pick a winner this weekend?
SLH
Go Dees!
17 April, 2009
March 09 customer feedback
Oops
There's plenty of criticism, ranging from returns to the Library's lighting during Earth Hour, in the March customer feedback.
At least some people enjoy the new coffee cart.
harps
There's plenty of criticism, ranging from returns to the Library's lighting during Earth Hour, in the March customer feedback.
At least some people enjoy the new coffee cart.
harps
14 April, 2009
Round 3 finally finsished!
It was a long round of AFL,
especially for those of us with middling results.
Others, though, were on the edge of their seats with anticipation,
as 4 of our competitors tipped 7 winners.
as 4 of our competitors tipped 7 winners.
Well done, I say - jealously.
Did you know that it's still not to late to join.
harps
09 April, 2009
Bunny visit
After warming up backstage, Easter Bunny wowed the kids at the Library this week with a whole lotta love and shiny confectionery gifts.
Happy Easter!
harps
Mother's Day competition
Win a Mother's Day pack
Here's another of our really easy ways to win something competitions.
Just fill out one of the entry forms available from Monday, 20 April for your chance to win a stimulating Mother's Day prize pack, including:
Here's another of our really easy ways to win something competitions.
Just fill out one of the entry forms available from Monday, 20 April for your chance to win a stimulating Mother's Day prize pack, including:
- tickets to Walking by Apple Tree Creek at the Frankston Arts Centre in June
- two movie tickets
- a bottle of bubbly alcoholic fluid
- and a box of chocolates
The competition starts 20 April and ends Sunday, 3 May and is open to all Library members.
Winner's will be contacted by phone.
harps
08 April, 2009
06 April, 2009
Late start this Tuesday
Tuesday re-scheduled
The Library's 1st Tuesday of the month team meeting will be happening 7 April.
This means that the Frankston Library will open at midday and Carrum Downs at 1pm.
harps
The Library's 1st Tuesday of the month team meeting will be happening 7 April.
This means that the Frankston Library will open at midday and Carrum Downs at 1pm.
harps
Round 2 update
Consistency
There was a fairly constant 5 wins across the competitors this week and our message board is alight with questions about the consistency of the Hawks. Can they loose three in a row? If so, will they win once tippers start jumping ship?
Only the Shadow knows.
harps
There was a fairly constant 5 wins across the competitors this week and our message board is alight with questions about the consistency of the Hawks. Can they loose three in a row? If so, will they win once tippers start jumping ship?
Only the Shadow knows.
harps
03 April, 2009
February 09 feedback
It's your experience
We're doing just right, we're doing it wrong, or maybe we should just do it better. Everyone has an opinion and a point of view. It wouldn't work if we all the same.
Here's February's customer feedback for your personal consideration.
harps
We're doing just right, we're doing it wrong, or maybe we should just do it better. Everyone has an opinion and a point of view. It wouldn't work if we all the same.
Here's February's customer feedback for your personal consideration.
harps
Easter competition
Of bunnies and chocolates 
To help celebrate Easter, we have two baskets of culturally relevant goodies to give away, one each for Frankston and Carrum Downs. One of them is seen here in the accompanying scarily obscure photograph.
To enter, please neatly pen your name and telephone number on an entry form and slip it into the Easter competition box.
The prizes are drawn on Wednesday, 8 April. We'll call you and your dentist if you win!
harps
To help celebrate Easter, we have two baskets of culturally relevant goodies to give away, one each for Frankston and Carrum Downs. One of them is seen here in the accompanying scarily obscure photograph.
To enter, please neatly pen your name and telephone number on an entry form and slip it into the Easter competition box.
The prizes are drawn on Wednesday, 8 April. We'll call you and your dentist if you win!
harps
02 April, 2009
Under construction
Bang, whir - bbbrrrttthhh!
Please note that while Frankston's new Multipurpose Room
is being built over the next couple of weeks,
it may sound a little like a dentist's waiting room
(while someone's getting a big root canal job).
is being built over the next couple of weeks,
it may sound a little like a dentist's waiting room
(while someone's getting a big root canal job).
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We apologize for these most unlibrary like sounds.
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harps
01 April, 2009
Summer Read 08-09 round up
Summer Read top 5
For those who may not have caught up with the news, the top 5 Summer Read books – as voted by readers – are:
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