Moving Documentary DVDs

Lost in transition?
At Frankston, we are currently moving the Documentary DVDs from the Non-Fiction collection to their own shelves, right next to the Film collection.

During the changeover, you might need to check both locations.

If you need assistance finding a DVD, please ask and we'll help.

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Winter warmers at the coffee cart

Pop a pie @ your library

Carol the Frankston Library caffeine dealer now has hot pies and sausage rolls available from the Mrs Mac's Good Eating Range. These Heart Foundation Tick approved snacks join a selection of coffees, teas, hot chocolate, cold drinks and ginger bread men.

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A large beef pie costs $3.50 and a small pie or sausage roll $ 2.20. Sauce is 20c extra.

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The coffee cart is open 9am-4pm Monday to Friday and 9am-3pm on Saturdays.

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Carol says that a veggie pie is coming soon.

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Round 9 complete

All over the place
No one got the 8 this week, but several competitors in the Blogalogue footy tipping pastime did earn 7. After that, the numbers were all over the place, with new entrant heynonny following last week's 100% effort with a measly 2 correct tips. So it goes.

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Book a prize

This week only
our special gift to you
could be a ticket or two,
but first you have to looksies
at the booksies


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Going the extra character

Spine labels: now with more letters!

New library stock will now have four letter spine labels instead of the usual three. This applies across the collections.

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We aren't retrospectively re-labelling older items (that's far too much work), but as new titles arrive you'll be able to more readily identify the Harcourts from the Harrod-Eagles, the Morissettes from the Morrisseys and so on.

Those with four letters will file after those with three letters (eg, HAR, HARD, HARR).

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Heavy metal album generator
Each genre has its laughable conventions and heavy metal rock music has so many.

Now you can click to create awesome Spinal Tap-like moments thanks to Metallizer.dk's random heavy metal album generator.

Death to the defiler's of fear!

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Library and Information Week May 25-31

Celebrate Library Week @ your library!

Help us celebrate Library and Information Week with these great activities.

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Win a 42” Plasma TV in the Marvellous May Competition
Now until Sunday, 31 May
Entry forms available at the Library now. Click for Terms and Conditions.

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Choose your own adventure
Have you ever wanted to select books for your library? Well, now you can! Join us in the Library Community room to have your pick.
Where: Frankston Library Community Room
When: Monday 25 May, 10:30am-noon
Bookings: 9784 1020
Morning tea served

Ballam Park Primary School Choir

When: Monday 25 May, 10:30am - 11:00am
Where: Frankston Library

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Roving Performers
Expect the unexpected at your Library!
When: Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 May, 11:00am-noon
and Wednesday 27 May, noon-1:00pm

Where: Frankston Library

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St Joachims Catholic Primary School Choir
Where: Carrum Downs Library
When: Wednesday, 27 May at 2:00pm

Get excited about home cooked meals with Erik Jorgensen
Learn how to cook healthy, fabulous food with Casual Chef, Erik Jorgensen. Discover basic cooking techniques and how to make healthy cooking easier. Each person will take home recipe and shopping list handouts. Light lunch served. Unfortunately, no actual cooking or tasting.

Where: Frankston Library

When: Thursday, 28 May, 12:30pm-2:00pm
Bookings: 9784 1020

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Dive into Reading workshop: Baby Massage Demo

Infant massage is a wonderful way to nurture the bond between you and your baby whilst teaching them the benefits of relaxation. The session is suitable for parents/caregivers with children from birth to 12 months.

Where: Frankston Library Community Room
When: Friday 29 May, 10:00am-11:00am
Bookings: 9784 1020

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Live music with Matthew and Michael Clayton
Where: Frankston Library Community Room

When: Saturday, 30 May, 10:00am-10:30am

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Round 8 rounded up

Easy Eight
I would like to say that 8 tipsters in the Blogalogue comp scored the perfect round of 8 in round 8, but it was only 5. A bookie's nightmare, a tipster's dream. Well done to all who aced it!

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Recent customer feedback

Passionate about libraries
Our customers are passionate about the service they experience at their libraries, be it pleasant or challenging, as witnessed by recent feedback from the Carrum Downs Library and that for the Frankston Library.

Does it make a difference? Well, the new stools in Frankston's magazine area are by public demand, as expressed through customer feedback.

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Jump @ your library

Hopscotch
is played in school yards, on footpaths, bare earth and on streets the world over, and now at the Frankston Library.

It's great fun for kids of all ages.

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2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Get the full story
You can watch the public hearings or read the transcripts of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission online.

For those without the bandwidth access at home, you are welcome to watch the webcasts of the hearings at our place: just book a computer.

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P.S.: The photo was taken near Marysville on Easter Sunday. The forest is recycling to green. For more, see Flickr's Victorian Bushfire 2009 pool photostream.

Empty shelves giftwrapped

A new look collection is coming to Frankston.

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It's still under wraps, tied with a bow.

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More soonish.
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Round 7 roundup

Worth waiting for?

With the Monday night football experiment, it was one of those long 4 day rounds. It was worth waiting for if you're a Sainter.

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While Refgurl maintained her position on top of the ladder, what I found most encouraging was that our leggy last, Rav, tipped the most winners for round 7 with 6 wins.

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Live music at Frankston

Thomas Vecera plays live
Thomas blends alt folk and indie pop to produce songs about the things in life you find yourself thinking over and over about. He will be performing stripped down solo versions of songs from his band The Broken Splendor.

The coffee cart will be open for your drinking pleasure.

Where: Frankston Library Lounge, 60 Playne Street, Frankston
When: Sunday, 17 May, 1:30pm - 3:00pm

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Musicians and performers wanted

All the Library's a stage
The Library is seeking expressions of interest from musicians and artists interested in performing at Frankston's libraries.

If you've got talent to share, please email your info to the Library or have a chat with Leith Baggs on 9784 1020.

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Is the novel dead?

Or are they just tweets now?
For years, people have been claiming the novel as obsolete as rock paintings. The replacements have been many over the last century, challenging printed words with ever more sensually arousing media . More than mere technologies, each medium brings with it new experiences and behavior, currently characterised by the snack culture of Googling and Tweeting.

Have our attention spans got too short to cope with a novel? Are we too time poor to sit and read? Are we evolving past books? Or are short romance paperbacks, online ebooks and graphic novels the future? Here's your chance to express your views on the future of the novel by commenting on this post and via this month's Blogalogue poll (in the blue sidebar).

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Library careers evening

If you want to make a difference

The printer's shredding paper, there's a DVD copy of The Secret that should be on the shelf but isn't, there's an enquiry about the latest Dan Brown book on the Meebo, you're distracted by a #twilight blizzard in the Twitterverse and you've just noticed that your reserved copy of the Hollywood Librarian is overdue.

What happens next is up to you

For more information on a satisfying career with a meaning and a future, pop in to this free library careers evening:

Where:
Experimeda, State Library of Victoria
When:
Tuesday, 26 May, 5.30-7pm
To book (by Friday 22 May):
ph 866 7099 or email

Rise

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Dive into Reading Parent/Caregiver Workshop

Come along to a free session on infant massage
Presented by mini me massage.

Infant massage is a wonderful way to nurture the bond between you and your baby whilst teaching them the benefits of relaxation.

The session is suitable for parents/caregivers with children from birth to 12 months.

Where: Frankston Library Community Room
60 Playne Street, Frankston
Date: Friday, 29 May 2009
Time: 10:00am-11:00am
Bookings: 9784 1020 (places are limited)

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For more on baby massage, checkout some Library resouces.

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Education Week activities

Events for the student in us all
17-23 May is Education Week, so it comes as no surprise that local educators for all ages are going public with a wide range of special activities. Please consult this pdf for all the details of local Education Week events.

At the Library, we have - cooking!

Casual Chef Learn to Cook Program
Learn how to cook healthy, fabulous food in this hour and a half program by Casual Chef, Erik Jorgensen. Discover basic cooking techniques and how to make healthy cooking easier. Each person will take home recipe and shopping list handouts. Light lunch served. Unfortunately, no actual cooking or tasting.

Where: Frankston Library, 60 Playne Street, Frankston
When: Thursday, 28 May, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
To book, phone 9784 1020

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Win a big plas'

Marvellous May Competition
Colour your life by borrowing during the month of May and fill in a competition entry to go into the draw for a 42 inch (106.68 centimeter) wide plasma HD telly!

It's one entry per person, except if you invite a friend (or relative, associate, acquaintance or colleague) to join the Library.

You can enter right upto Sunday, 31 May at 4:00pm. The raffle is drawn randomly on Wednesday 3 June 2009.

For the fine print, please see below.

Marvellous May Competition
Terms and Conditions

1. Information on prizes and how to enter form part of these conditions of entry
   This promotion is open to residents of Australia who are Frankston Library Service members.
   
2. Entry is free
   
3. The promotion commences on Friday, 1 May 2009. The closing date for entries is Sunday, 31 May at 4:00pm. (Promotion period)
   
4. To enter the promotion, entrants must complete a competition entry form available when borrowing from Frankston and Carrum Downs Library, Seaford and Langwarrin Shops or Library Express. To be eligible entrants must provide a valid name, membership number and contact details.
   
5. Only one entry per member is permitted, unless eligible for a second chance entry (see below).
   
6. Double chance entry
   a. If a member invites a friend to join the library during the promotion period they are entitled to an additional entry per friend successfully invited.
   b. To successfully invite a friend, the friend must complete the invite a friend form and return it to the library and complete their membership.
   
7. The draw is not open to employees or their families of Frankston Library Service, their agencies or their families or anyone involved in the promotion in any way.
   
8. There will be one prize winner
   
9. The prize is an LG 42PQ20D 42 inch plasma TV with HD tuner (Valued at approx $1500).
   
10. The prize does not include delivery. The prize winner must arrange with the Library to collect the prize within three months of the date notified.
    
11. The prize must be taken as offered and is not exchangeable, transferable, or redeemable for cash.
    
12. The winner will be drawn at random on Wednesday 3 June 2009
    
13. The winner will be announced and contacted by Sunday 7 June 2009
    
14. The Promoter may conduct and select additional winner if unable to make contact with the prize winner three months after the initial announcement.
    
15. Entry into the competition shall be deemed acceptance of these conditions of entry and is deemed approval to use the winners' name(s) and photograph(s) for publicity purposes. The Promoter may, at its discretion refuse to award any prize to any entrant who fails to comply with these conditions of entry. The Promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
    
16. The Promoter is Frankston Library Service, 60 Playne Street, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia. ABN: 49 454 768 065
    
17. Personal details will only be used for the purposes of this competition. Any information you provide will be processed and held by Frankston Library Services and will be safeguarded under the Privacy Act 1988.

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Space chairs now at Frankston

escape pod

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Round 6 round up

Surprisingly good
Here I was thinking that it was a horror round and it turns out that results of 5 and 6 were the common effort. Not so bad then.

By the way, muddy60, Mollyfud, MandyH, tango2, librarytart, Otis B Driftwood and bluesgal are our non-Frankston Library Service competitors, which means that members of the Library team are filling the coveted top 4 positions. It's still close in the eight, though, as only 4 wins separate first to eighth.
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